All About Toilets

Born in 1836 and died in 1910

Water inside the traps stays behind after you flush, this barrier of water blocks gases like methane from entering your home.

He invented the floating ball inside of toilet tanks designed to automatically stop filling the tank before it overflowed.

3 of them were for improvements to toilets.

This was before India was colonized by the British.

Toilets during the time of the Roman Empire were communal with sponges, goose feathers, and broken pottery for everyone to wipe with.

Yes, most toilets fed into the local water supply. People didn't know about or believe in germs until the late 1800s.

Pipes with constantly running water would flow under a hole in the floor and outside of the building.