抽水马桶（The flush toilet）.docVIP

抽水马桶（The flush toilet） On the surface, the toilet bowl seems like a dirty word, but it is hard to make an article. On July 29, 2009, Hong Kongs apple daily published a comprehensive review article, the title is: the toilet bowl in the greatest invention in the history of human civilization of life, the article said: what is the greatest invention in human history? The toilet bowl is in the forefront. The toilet changed the world. Without the toilet, modern life would be unimaginable. No wonder people say that today, people can avoid TV, refrigerators, computers or cars, but they cant live without the toilet. The history of toilets is the history of human civilization, cleanliness and order. Before the invention (London) the dung was dumped on the street, the Thames was foul and the disease was contagious. The worlds first toilet in 2000 BC in Crete, but the real sense of the flush toilet was invented more than 400 years ago, however, and urban sewage system only has a history of 150 years or so. Before the advent of modern toilets, people were excreted at random. Most people hide behind trees to solve personal problems or pour their waste out of the window. Aristocrats were no better, and in 1606 Henry iv banned aristocrats from urinating in the corners of the Louvre. In 1843, queen Victoria visited the university of Cambridge, and she asked the accompanying principal: whats the matter with the paper that goes down the river? The principal knew it was toilet paper, but did not want to embarrass the queen, and replied, your majesty, that is the sign of the prohibition of swimming here. In China, the term toilet can be traced back to mu ma zi in ouyang xiii of the northern song dynasty. The toilet was made into a horse shape in the early stages, and then it was turned into a barrel shape, which is why it is called toilet. The first modern flush toilet was John the British aristocrat. Invented by harrington, he designed the flush toilet in 1597 and installed the new i