November 19th every year is World Toilet Day. The International Toilet Organization holds activities on this day to make mankind aware that there are still 2.05 billion people in the world who do not have reasonable sanitation protection. But for those of us who can enjoy modern toilet facilities, have we ever truly understood the origin of toilets?
It is not known who invented the toilet in the first place. Early Scots and Greeks claimed that they were the original inventors, but there is no evidence. As early as 3000 BC in the Neolithic period, there was a man named Skara Brae in mainland Scotland. He built a house with stones and opened a tunnel that extended to the corner of the house. Historians believe that this design was the symbol of the early people. The beginning of solving the toilet problem. Around 1700 BC, in the Knossos Palace in Crete, the function and design of the toilet became more clear. Earthen pipes were connected to the water supply system. Water circulated through clay pipes, which could flush the toilet. The role of water.
By 1880, Prince Edward of England (later King Edward VII) hired Thomas Crapper, a well-known plumber of the time, to build toilets in many royal palaces. Although Crapper is said to have invented many toilet-related inventions, Crapper is not the inventor of the modern toilet as everyone thinks. He was just the first to make his toilet invention known to the public in the form of an exhibition hall, so that if the public had toilet repairs or needed some equipment, they would immediately think of him.
The time when technological toilets really took off was in the 20th century: flush valves, water tanks, and toilet paper rolls (invented in 1890 and widely used until 1902). These inventions and creations may seem small, but now they seem to have become essential items. If you still think that modern toilet have not changed much, then let’s take a look: In 1994, the British Parliament passed the Energy Policy Act, requiring ordinary flush toilet to only flush 1.6 gallons of water at a time, half of what was used before. The policy was opposed by the people because many toilets were clogged, but sanitary companies soon invented better toilet systems. These systems are the ones you use every day, also known as modern toilet commode systems.
