Isn't interesting that Thomas Crapper did not infact invent the flushing toilet, but did invent water closet

Question

improvements like the floating ballcock, but had nothing to do with the flushing itself.

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Answer 1

yep and the person that invented the bra was named Otto Titzling (phonetically tit-sling) another fun fact lol

Answer 2

The flushing toilet as we know it is simply some improvements on a purely mechanical use of a bucket of water to activate the waterseal/automatic siphon which is what the water closet is. What Tom did was apply the principle of a water trap to keep sewer gasses from backing up into the place where he wanted to install plumbing undoors. When I was a kid, in the early 50's, we had a summer home in the Winconsin Dalles and sometimes, we went up there in winter. It had an outhouse behind the separate garage and it was a mighty cold long walk in the dark, so I fully understand his want for plumbing indoors.e just developed the piping arrangement of basically a large funnel, with an upturn and then a downturn at a height less than the top of the funnel. If you pour water into the funnel, the level rises and rises until it overflows in the downturn section. At this point siphon action drains the water from the funnel until a bubble rises in the upturn to the top of the downturn and breaks the siphon and the flow stops, with some water stilll trapped in the lowpoint of the section below the funnel. Now, all you need is a bucket of water to "flush" the device.The key to avoid overflowing the funnel is by making the piping going out larger than the capacity of the refill system to refill the bucket (tank). Everything since Tom built his device back then has simply been improvements and ways to refill the bucket, which in itself, the automatic refill, float operated valves and such was not Tom's invention.

Answer 3

Crapper was an engineer who is credited with the invention of the flushing toilet and adding the word crap to the English language.

Crapper was born in Waterside, Yorkshire in 1836, the son of a steamboat captain. At the age of fourteen, Crapper was apprenticed to a plumber in Chelsea, where he served as a journeyman. In 1861, Crapper started his own business in London, called Thomas Crapper and Co. The company manufactured sanitary ware, bathroom fittings and in particular the flush toilet, which made the firm famous. The merchandise was noted for its quality and value, and the company thrived. The products became regular household items throughout the country. Some ‘Crapper’ manhole covers may be seen today in Westminster Abbey. The firm drew the attention of the Royal Family, and Crapper was commissioned to fit out the Royal country house of Sandringham with thirty water closets with cederwood seats. The company enjoyed Royal patronage even after Crapper’s death and obtained several Royal Warrants.

The assumption that Crapper invented the flushing toilet in untrue. The device was created by Sir John Harington, a courtier of Elizabeth I, who had a ‘john’ built at the palace. It was developed by Alexander Cummins, whose device allowed a modicum of water to remain in the bowl to prevent seepage from the sewers. Crapper did popularise the loo and made it an accepted domestic fixture. The notion that Crapper gave his scatological name to faeces is just crap. The word ‘crap’, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, derives from the Middle English ‘crappe’, meaning chaff or residue from rendered fat.

Crapper died in 1910 and is buried in Beckenham Cemetery, Elmers End Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TD.

Answer 4

From Wikipedia : There are remains of flushing toilet from 2600 BC onward.

Answer 5

I have been waiting for 50 years to get that cleared up. Now I can rest easy.

Answer 6

that is funny!
have a great day 2!
:~)

Answer 7

If you say so.

Answer 8

...very interesting.