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A flush toilet (also known as a flushing toilet, water closet (WC); see also toilet names) is a toilet that disposes of human waste (principally urine and feces) by using the force of water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location for treatment, either nearby or at a communal facility, thus maintaining a separation between humans and their waste.
John Harington's toilet. In the 16th century, Sir John Harington invented a flush toilet as a device for Queen Elizabeth I (his godmother) that released wastes into cesspools. After the adoption of gunpowder, municipal outhouses became an important source of raw material for the making of saltpeter in European countries.
The Swartzentruber Amish formed as a result of a division that occurred among the Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, in the years 1913–1917. The bishop who broke away was Sam E. Yoder. The Swartzentruber name was applied later, named after bishop Samuel Swartzentruber who succeeded him. In 1932 there was a split among the Swartzentrubers that ...
Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup (formerly called Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Drain Service) is a Cincinnati, Ohio based plumbing company. The company, founded in 1935, originally specialized in clearing tree roots and other obstructions from sewer lines. As of 2020, it employs thousands of plumbers, and service technicians throughout the US and ...
Location. North Canton, Ohio. Coordinates. 40°51′18.71″N 81°28′54.72″W. / 40.8551972°N 81.4818667°W / 40.8551972; -81.4818667. Nobles Pond site is a 25-acre archaeological site near Canton in Stark County, Ohio, and is a historical site with The Ohio Historical Society. It is one of the largest Clovis culture sites in North ...
Albertina Brand (1844-1899) Philip Haas (1874–1927) was an American inventor and entrepreneur who lived in Dayton, Ohio. Altogether, he received 31 patents in connection with innovations in the field of plumbing. [1] His work was instrumental to the development of the modern toilet and was featured in the 2004 book Ingenious Inventions How ...
The flush toilet is anywhere from 2,200 years old to 2,400 years old, according to the release and China Daily. The exact age is unknown because the ruined palace buildings were used for centuries ...
Whittlesey culture is an archaeological designation for a Native American people, who lived in northeastern Ohio during the Late Precontact and Early Contact period between A.D. 1000 to 1640. By 1500, they flourished as an agrarian society that grew maize, beans, and squash. After European contact, their population decreased due to disease ...