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The credit for inventing the flush toilet goes to Sir John Harrington, godson of Elizabeth I, who invented a water closet with a raised cistern and a small downpipe through which water ran to flush the waste in 1592.
19 Μαΐ 2015 · The first modern flushable toilet was described in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen Elizabeth I. Harington’s device called for a 2-foot-deep oval bowl...
20 Οκτ 2022 · In 1775, Alexander Cummings was awarded the first patent for a flushing version of the toilet. He modified the shape of the bowl, improved the flush mechanism and included an S-trap – more commonly known as a ‘bend’ – to retain water within the waste pipe, thus stopping sewer gases from entering buildings.
25 Μαΐ 2024 · In 1778, Joseph Bramah invented the first practical flush toilet with a hinged valve and a float valve system to regulate the water flow. George Jennings installed the first public flush toilets at the Great Exhibition in London‘s Hyde Park in 1851.
22 Μαρ 2022 · The first detailed plan of a flushing toilet appeared in John Harrington’s 1596 Metamorphosis of Ajax. It was similar to Brightfield’s design, with a handle that could be turned to wash away the waste with water from a cistern.
Keep reading to see how we got from buckets of sand to the flushing toilet of today. The Invention of the Flush Toilet. Historians date the first mention of a flush toilet back to 1596, when the godson of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir John Harington, described it in writing.
Joseph Bramah's improved version was the first practical flush toilet. Prolific inventor Joseph Bramah began his professional career installing water closets (toilets) that were based on Alexander Cumming's patented design of 1775.
