A toilet is a plumbing fixture and a disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes urine and feces. In addition to this primary purpose, it is frequently used to dispose of other waste matter. The word toilet can be used to refer to the fixture itself or the room containing it; the latter predominates mainly in British and Commonwealth usage. Toilet - Etymology. The word toilet came to be used in English along with other French fashions (first noted 1681), and ...

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• Toilet - The Great Equalizer
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There are many different types of toilets around the world. There are also many different ways to clean oneself after using the toilet. A lot depends on national mores and local resources. The most common choice in the Western world is toilet paper, sometimes used in conjunction with the bidet; see toilet paper for a discussion of the many alternatives used through history and in different cultures. In most of Asia the custom is to use water rather than paper, traditionally the left hand is used for this for which reason that hand is considered impo ...

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A flush toilet or water closet (WC) is a toilet that disposes of the waste products by using water to sweep them away down a drainpipe. The water is also used as a hygienic barrier between the drainpipe and the user. Flush toilet - Invention timeline. As with many inventions, the flush toilet did not suddenly spring into existence, but was the result of a long chain of minor improvements. Therefore, instead of a single name and date, there follows a list of significant contributors to the hist ...

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• Flush toilet - The bowl siphon
• Flush toilet - Valve closet
• Flush toilet - Flushing mechanisms
• Flush toilet - Direct flush flushometer
• Flush toilet - Valve Tank Type
• Flush toilet - Valveless Siphon Tank Type
• Flush toilet - Pressure assist
• Flush toilet - Automatic flush
• Flush toilet - Manual operation
• Flush toilet - The Flush

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Toilet paper (also lavatory paper or toilet tissue) is a tissue paper product designed for the cleaning of the excretory organs to remove fecal material after defecation or to remove remaining droplets of urine from the genitals after urination. Toilet paper, which differs in composition from facial tissue, is designed to deteriorate when wet in order to keep drain pipes clear. Some types of toilet paper are designed to decompose in septic tanks, while other bathroom and facial tissues do not. Most septic tank man ...

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A chemical toilet is a toilet using chemicals to disinfect the waste instead of simply storing it in a hole, or piping it away to a sewage treatment plant. These toilets are most commonly found on airplanes and trains, identified with a blue colored dye in the bowl water. An even simpler chemical toilet conists of seat on a container or bucket of water, with a solution of chemicals used to disinfect and deoderize. Commonly found on inter-city buses and in homes were indoor plumbing is not available. Disinfection is generally carried out by mixing formaldehyde or ...

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Composting toilets use biological processes to deal with the disposal and processing of human excrement into organic compost material. Composting toilet - Types of toilet. There are two basic types of compost toilet, those that complete the composting process 'in situ' (such as a Clivus Multrum, BioLet, Envirolet or Sun-Mar composting toilet), and those that are emptied to a separate compost pile remote from the toilet itself. The latter arrangement is sometimes referred to colloquially as a ‘bucket and c ...

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The World Toilet Organization is an organization dedicated to issues involving toilets and sanitation. It is based in Singapore and, as of 2004, includes toilet associations from 17 countries around the world, from Russia to the United States to Australia to Japan [1]. Every year, the World Toilet Organization sponsors the World Toilet Summit. This has been held in various places around the world: 2001 - Singapore 2002 - Seoul, South Korea 2003 - Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 2004 - Beijing, People's ...

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A cesspit is a pit, or covered cistern, which can be used for refuse or sewage. In the UK a cesspit is a sealed tank for the reception of sewage. Because it is sealed, the tank must be emptied frequently - in many cases as often as weekly. Because of the need for frequent emptying, the cost of maintenance of a cesspit can be very high. In many rural communities, the builder or installer of a cesspit may breach the floor of the pit after the final inspection by building inspectors so as to allow liquid from the tank to es ...

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Toilet humour (also potty humour) is a type of humour dealing with bodily toilet functions. Public reference to bodily functions is taboo in many cultures. This genre also sees substantial crossover with the sexual humour genre, most likely because of the multiple-function nature of the body parts involved in both genre as well as the sexual fetishism involved with certain bathroom functions. Many artists have made their names promulgating toilet humour: Much of the lyrical content of avant-garde rock musici ...

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A bidet is a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus. Bidet is pronounced using IPA: [bɨˈdeɪ] (US), [ˈbiːdeɪ] (UK). Bidet - Usage. Bidets are principally used to wash and clean the external genitalia and the anus, as well as the skin near these areas. They may also be used to clean any other part of the body; they are co ...

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Urination, also called micturition, is the process of disposing urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. The process of urination is usually under voluntary control. When control over urination is lost or absent, this is called urinary incontinence. Urination - Urinary System. The micturition reflex is activated when the urinary bladder wall is stretched; it results in urination. This reflex occurs in the spinal cord, specifically in the sacral regi ...

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Bedwetting (or nocturnal enuresis or sleepwetting) is involuntary urination while asleep. It is the normal state of affairs in infancy, but can be a source of embarrassment when it persists into school age or the teen years. Primary enuresis is when the child has never been dry at night or would not sleep dry without being taken to the toilet by another person or has some dry nights but continues to average at least two wet nights a week with no long periods of dryness. Secondary enuresis occurs when a child goes ...

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The Coriolis effect is an apparent deflection of a moving object in a rotating frame of reference. The effect is named after Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, a French scientist, who discussed it in 1835, though the mathematics appeared in the tidal equations of Laplace in 1778. Coriolis effect - Formula. The formula for the Coriolis acceleration is where (here and below) is the velocity of the particle in the rotating system, and is the angular velocity (the rotation rate and o ...

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• Coriolis effect - Coriolis flow meter
• Coriolis effect - Ballistics
• Coriolis effect - Molecular physics
• Coriolis effect - Visualisation of the Coriolis effect
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An explosion is a sudden increase in volume and release of energy in a violent manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. An explosion causes pressure waves in the local medium in which it occurs. Explosions are categorized as deflagrations if these waves are subsonic and detonations if they are supersonic (shock waves). Most common artificial explosives are chemical explosives, usually involving a rapid and violent oxidation reaction that produces large amounts of hot gas. Gunpowder was ...

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Alexander Cummings invented the flush toilet under English patent number 814 in 1775. Other related archives1775, English, flush toilet, patent

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HM Prison Wandsworth is a prison in Wandsworth in south London, England. It was built in 1851 when it was known as the Surrey House of Correction. It was designed according to the humane Panopticon principle with a number of corridors radiating from a central control point and each prisoner having toilet facilities. Subsequently, the toilets were removed to increase prison capacity and the prisoners had to engage in the humiliating process of 'slopping-out' until 1996. Wandsworth contains two wings. The smaller one was originally designed for women but now houses the Vulnerabl ...

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Japanese toilet - Squat toilet. The traditional Japanese-style (和式, washiki) toilet is a squat toilet, also known as the Asian toilet, as squat toilets of somewhat similar design are common all over Asia. A squat toilet differs from a western toilet in both construction and method of employment. A squat toilet essentially looks like a miniature urinal rotated 90 degrees and set into the floor. Most squat toilets in Japan are made of porcelain, though in some cases (like on trains), stainless ste ...

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Public toilets are easy to find in Japan, and one seldom needs to look very hard when nature calls. Restrooms can be found in department stores, supermarkets, book stores, CD shops, parks, most convenience stores, and in all but the most rural train stations. Beginning in the 1990s, there has been a movement to make public toilets cleaner and more hospitable than they had been in the past. This may come as a relief to tourists and Japanese alike. It is not uncommon, however, to see Ja ...

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Toilets have been used in Japan since the start of civilization, although their exact construction and use are unknown. The earliest sewer systems are from the Yayoi period (300 BC to A.D. 250). These systems were used in larger settlements, probably in combination with toilets. During the Nara period (710 to 784), a drainage system was created in the capital in Nara, consisting of 10-15 cm wide streams where the user can squat over with one foot on each side of the stream. Wooden sticks were used as a sort of toilet paper. The earliest know ...

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