Toilets and telephones - we all use them, but who invented them?
Most people today have at least one toilet inside their homes. Do you know when the first flush toilet was invented? In 1596, Sir John Harrington produced the first flushing toilet for use by him and his godmother. Harrington’s godmother was Queen Elizabeth I of England. However, the usage of the flush toilet has not been popularized. In the mid-nineteenth century, residents of London and other cities were still throwing chamber pots of waste out of their windows into the street. Obviously, it caused several problems of convenience and hygiene. We should thankful for our current life.
 | Usborne Publishing Ltd 発売日 : 2004-10-29 |
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