Toilet - History

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 - Etymology
• Toilet - Khazi
• Toilet - Loo
• Toilet - Types of toilets
• Toilet - Toilets in private residences
• Toilet - Public toilets
• Toilet - High-tech toilets
• Toilet - History
• Toilet - Culture
• Toilet - Disposal
• Toilet - Graffiti
• Toilet - Furtive sexual relations
• Toilet - Social bonding
• Toilet - Sex- or caste-based cleaning roles
• Toilet - Unusual uses
• Toilet - The Great Equalizer
• Toilet - Bibliography

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Toilets appeared early in history. In the year 2500 BCE, the people of Harappa in India had water borne toilets in each house that were linked with drains covered with burnt clay bricks. There were also toilets in ancient Egypt and China. In Roman civilization, toilets were sometimes part of public bath houses where men and women were together in mixed company. The invention of the flush toilet is credited to Sir John Harington in 1596, though it took improvements in the Victorian era (likely spearheaded by Alexander Cummings rather t ...

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Toilet, Toilet - Etymology, Toilet - Khazi, Toilet - Loo, Toilet - Types of toilets, Toilet - Toilets in private residences, Toilet - Public toilets, Toilet - High-tech toilets, Toilet - History, Toilet - Culture, Toilet - Disposal, Toilet - Graffiti, Toilet - Furtive sexual relations, Toilet - Social bonding, Toilet - Unusual uses, Toilet - The Great Equalizer, Toilet - Bibliography

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Toilets appeared early in history. In the year 2500 BCE, the people of Harappa in India had water borne toilets in each house that were linked with drains covered with burnt clay bricks. There were also toilets in ancient Egypt and China. In Roman civilization, toilets were sometimes part of public bath houses where men and women were together in mixed company. The invention of the flush toilet is credited to Sir John Harington in 1596, though it took improvements in the Victorian era (likely spearheaded by Alexander Cummings rather t ...

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Toilet, Toilet - Etymology, Toilet - Khazi, Toilet - Loo, Toilet - Types of toilets, Toilet - Toilets in private residences, Toilet - Public toilets, Toilet - High-tech toilets, Toilet - History, Toilet - Culture, Toilet - Disposal, Toilet - Graffiti, Toilet - Furtive sexual relations, Toilet - Social bonding, Toilet - Sex- or caste-based cleaning roles, Toilet - Unusual uses, Toilet - The Great Equalizer, Toilet - Bibliography

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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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Toilet, Toilet - Etymology, Toilet - Khazi, Toilet - Loo, Toilet - Types of toilets, Toilet - Toilets in private residences, Toilet - Public toilets, Toilet - High-tech toilets, Toilet - History, Toilet - Culture, Toilet - Disposal, Toilet - Graffiti, Toilet - Furtive sexual relations, Toilet - Social bonding, Toilet - Sex- or caste-based cleaning roles, Toilet - Unusual uses, Toilet - The Great Equalizer, Toilet - Bibliography

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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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Toilet, Toilet - Etymology, Toilet - Khazi, Toilet - Loo, Toilet - Types of toilets, Toilet - Toilets in private residences, Toilet - Public toilets, Toilet - High-tech toilets, Toilet - History, Toilet - Culture, Toilet - Disposal, Toilet - Graffiti, Toilet - Furtive sexual relations, Toilet - Social bonding, Toilet - Unusual uses, Toilet - The Great Equalizer, Toilet - Bibliography

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Toilet - Disposal. The connection made between toilets and dirt, or distasteful items, has led to them being also used to dispose of wedding rings, letters or critical reviews with which one disagrees (cf. Goethe's example). In this case the use is partly (and in many cultures very strongly) symbolic, as in most human cultures the places used to dispose of feces and urine have some connotation related to dirtiness or rejection. Toilet - Graffiti. For thousands of years, public toilets have been associated with graffiti, often of a transgressive, gossipy, or lowbrow hu ...

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Toilet, Toilet - Etymology, Toilet - Khazi, Toilet - Loo, Toilet - Types of toilets, Toilet - Toilets in private residences, Toilet - Public toilets, Toilet - High-tech toilets, Toilet - History, Toilet - Culture, Toilet - Disposal, Toilet - Graffiti, Toilet - Furtive sexual relations, Toilet - Social bonding, Toilet - Unusual uses, Toilet - The Great Equalizer, Toilet - Bibliography

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The word toilet came to be used in English along with other French fashions (first noted 1681), and originally referred to the whole complex of operations of hairdressing and body care that centered on a dressing table covered to the floor with cloth (toile) and lace, on which stood a dressing glass, which might also be draped in lace: the ensemble was a toilette. Alexander Pope in The Rape of the Lock (1717) described the intricacies of a lady's preparation: ‘And now, unveil'd, the toilet stands display'd Each silver ...

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Toilet, Toilet - Etymology, Toilet - Khazi, Toilet - Loo, Toilet - Types of toilets, Toilet - Toilets in private residences, Toilet - Public toilets, Toilet - High-tech toilets, Toilet - History, Toilet - Culture, Toilet - Disposal, Toilet - Graffiti, Toilet - Furtive sexual relations, Toilet - Social bonding, Toilet - Sex- or caste-based cleaning roles, Toilet - Unusual uses, Toilet - The Great Equalizer, Toilet - Bibliography

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Toilet - Disposal. The connection made between toilets and dirt, or distasteful items, has led to them being also used to dispose of wedding rings, letters or critical reviews with which one disagrees (cf. Goethe's example). In this case the use is partly (and in many cultures very strongly) symbolic, as in most human cultures the places used to dispose of feces and urine have some connotation related to dirtiness or rejection. Toilet - Graffiti. For thousands of years, public toilets have been associated with graffiti, often of a transgressive, gossipy, or lowbrow hu ...

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Toilet, Toilet - Etymology, Toilet - Khazi, Toilet - Loo, Toilet - Types of toilets, Toilet - Toilets in private residences, Toilet - Public toilets, Toilet - High-tech toilets, Toilet - History, Toilet - Culture, Toilet - Disposal, Toilet - Graffiti, Toilet - Furtive sexual relations, Toilet - Social bonding, Toilet - Sex- or caste-based cleaning roles, Toilet - Unusual uses, Toilet - The Great Equalizer, Toilet - Bibliography

Read more here: » Toilet: Encyclopedia II - Toilet - Culture

The word toilet came to be used in English along with other French fashions (first noted 1681), and originally referred to the whole complex of operations of hairdressing and body care that centered on a dressing table covered to the floor with cloth (toile) and lace, on which stood a dressing glass, which might also be draped in lace: the ensemble was a toilette. Alexander Pope in The Rape of the Lock (1717) described the intricacies of a lady's preparation: ‘And now, unveil'd, the toilet stands display'd Each silver ...

See also:

Toilet, Toilet - Etymology, Toilet - Khazi, Toilet - Loo, Toilet - Types of toilets, Toilet - Toilets in private residences, Toilet - Public toilets, Toilet - High-tech toilets, Toilet - History, Toilet - Culture, Toilet - Disposal, Toilet - Graffiti, Toilet - Furtive sexual relations, Toilet - Social bonding, Toilet - Unusual uses, Toilet - The Great Equalizer, Toilet - Bibliography

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