From the "shoulder cloth" sense,toiletcame to refer first to a cloth covering adressing table(orvanity) then to the articles on the table, then to the table itself. Next, a more abstract meaning developed, as the word was applied to the whole process of washing, grooming, and dressing, ...
Is it time to purchase a new toilet? At first, the toilet buying process can seem daunting. With so many colors/finishes, styles, sizes, and specifications, it can feel like the right toilet is one [...] Wall Mounted vs Floor Mounted Toilets ...
Is it time to purchase a new toilet? At first, the toilet buying process can seem daunting. With so many colors/finishes, styles, sizes, and specifications, it can feel like the right toilet is one [...] Wall Mounted vs Floor Mounted Toilets ...
The Toilet: An Unspoken History: Directed by Nick Watts. With Ifor Ap Glyn, Ron Cutler, Dafydd Davies-Hughes, Junko Kobayashi. Documentary looking at the role of the toilet in our culture, exploring its social history in Britain and abroad, and finding p
The next major leap in toilet technology came in 1596, when Sir John Harrington designed the first modern flush toilet for Queen Elizabeth. Its use of levers to release water and a valve to drain the bowl still inform modern designs. But Harrington’s invention stank of sewage. Thankfully, ...
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On the ten year anniversary of the birth of the iPhone, this is the story of that moment and the history of that device which can take a rightful place alongside the original Macintosh, the first IBM PC, the Apple I, the Altair 8800, the DEC PDP-8, the IBM System/360 and the ENIAC...
thinking what an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home and then expend vast quantities of time and money in a largely futile effort to recapture the comforts you wouldn’t have lost if you hadn’t left home in the first place....
The first design for the modern flush toilet was drawn up in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier. Named the Ajax, Harington described the device in a satirical pamphlet titled “A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, Called the Metamorphosis of Ajax,” which contained insulting allego...
This article is a history of the bug zapper. In 1506, Leonardo da Vinci invents the first bug zapper on May 3. Also on that day, he invents the first toaster oven, gyroscope, electric toothbrush, Q-Tip, cheese knish, flush toilet, ball bearing, hypodermic needle, Global Positioning ...