Want to know more about the evolution of this essential plumbing fixture? If so, then read on:
What was the first flushable toilet?
The first device is described as a two-foot deep oval bowl that needed to be fed water from an upstairs cistern. This pot required 7.5 gallons of water, but when water was lacking, up to 20 people could use it before flushing. In doing so, they could conserve more water. Next came the invention of the S-shaped pipe below the toilet bowl, which used water to create “a seal preventing sewer gas from entering the toilet”. But it wasn’t until the 19th century that the first successful flushable toilet was manufactured, with a better tank-filling mechanism, closer to the one we have today.
Who invented it?
Sir John Harington, the godson of Queen Elizabeth I, described the very first two-foot oval bowl. Harrington called this the Metamorphosis of Ajax - a pun on the term “a jakes”, which was slang for toilets. While these devices were popular for people to use, it wasn’t until 1775 that Alexander Cummings granted the first patent for a flush toilet. Then, it was Thomas Crapper who built the very first widely successful, flushable toilet. Although many names attribute to the invention of the toilet, it took many years for this device to become what it is today - easy-to-use and highly functionable.
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