Ok i am doing a report in Science about Toilets. I can't find what they are made out of so can you pleaze tell me what they are made out of. Also if u find any other infromation that tells how they work can u pleaze tell me! THANX!
2007-01-21 09:33:55 · 4 answers · asked by Jaime D 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Toilets are made of porcelain.
Archaeologists (history experts who dig things up) have found the world’s oldest ‘water closet’ (W.C.). It's in north-west India and is 4,000 years old. Instead of a flush with a handle, people would tip a pot of water into the loo. This would wash away the waste through pipes and into drains, which were underneath the streets.
There is disagreement over who was the inventor of the modern flush toilet, and flushing out the truth is not easy. Many give credit to THOMAS CRAPPER (1837-1910), an English sanitary engineer, for inventing the valve~and~siphon arangement that made our modern toilet possible. Then there are others who maintain that our hero was a nameless MINOAN (a native of ancient Crete) who lived some 4,000 years ago. And then there are those who give the credit to ALEXANDER CUMMING who patented a flushing device in 1775.
2007-01-21 09:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by lou53053 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toilets are made of porcelain. You can find out all sorts of info at:
http://home.howstuffworks.com/toilet.htm
2007-01-21 17:43:40 · answer #2 · answered by michelle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wiki: toilet(s) or contact or visit a Manufacturer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet
2007-01-21 17:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by volcomsteve-o@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.sewerhistory.org/articles/privbath/toilets.htm
maybe this would help
2007-01-21 17:42:47 · answer #4 · answered by Kimberley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋