Flush toilet
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A flush toilet is a toilet that disposes of human waste by collecting it in a bowl and then using the force of water to channel it through a drainpipe to another location for treatment, either nearby
A flush toilet bowl during flushing action
Vacuum toilet in a train in Switzerland
An elevated cistern produces a high-pressure flush using hydrostatic pressure.
A washout toilet which holds fecal matter in a shallow depression until flushed.
John Harington (writer)
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Sir John Harington, of Kelston, Somerset, England, but born in London, was an English courtier, author and translator popularly known as the inventor of the flush toilet. He became prominent at Queen
Flush toilet
…However, it lacked the septic system found in earlier Indus Valley Civilization (2600–1900 BCE) discoveries, and flushed to a nearby river. In 1596 Sir John Harington published A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, Called the Metamorphosis of Ajax, describing a forerunner to the modern flush toilet installed at his…
Portrait by Hieronimo Custodis, c. 1591–1593
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger's portrait of (probably) Mary Rogers, Lady Harington