2007-09-26 13:57:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Joseph Gayetty invented toilet paper in 1857. His new toilet paper was composed of flat sheets.
2007-09-26 14:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by His Biggest Fear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What did people use before toilet paper? Well, just use your imagination: grass, leaves, fur, mussell shells, corncobs, stinging nettles... okay, maybe not that last, at least not more than once. The ancient Greeks used stones and pieces of clay; ancient Romans used sponges on the ends of sticks, kept in jugs filled with salty water. Mideasterners commonly used the left hand, which is supposedly still considered unclean in the Arabian region.
"Official" toilet paper - that is, paper which was produced specifically for the purpose - dates back at least to the late 14th Century, when Chinese emperors ordered it in 2-foot x 3-foot sheets.
Corncobs and pages torn from newspapers and magazines were commonly used in the early American West. The Sears catalogue was well-known in this context, and even produced such humorous spinoffs as the "Rears and Sorebutt" catalogue. The Farmer's Almanac had a hole in it so it could be hung on a hook and the pages torn off easily.
Joseph C. Gayetty of New York started producing the first packaged toilet paper in the U.S. in 1857. It consisted of pre-moistened flat sheets medicated with aloe and was named "Gayetty’s Medicated Paper". Gayetty's name was printed on every sheet.
Rolled and perforated toilet paper as we're familiar with today was invented around 1880. Various sources attribute it to the Albany Perforated Wrapping (A.P.W.) Paper Company in 1877, and to the Scott Paper company in 1879 or 1890. On a side note, the Scott Company was too embarrassed to put their name on their product, as the concept of toilet paper was a sensitive subject at the time, so they customized it for their customers... hence the Waldorf Hotel became a big name in toilet paper.
2007-09-26 15:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mr. Charmin
2007-09-26 16:07:42 · answer #3 · answered by bluerozes888 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the man who didn't have adollar bill ,but had 4 quarters
2007-09-26 15:39:04 · answer #4 · answered by THE"IS" 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dirty a**s LOL
2007-09-26 14:06:33 · answer #5 · answered by Zarzoorner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk but i think they used leaves before toilet paper
2007-09-26 14:24:02 · answer #6 · answered by ILoveMyBayBay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋