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There was a noble origin to the water closet in its earliest days. Sir John Harrington, godson to Queen Elizabeth, set about making a "necessary" for his godmother and himself in 1596.
A rather accomplished inventor, Harrington ended his career
with this invention, for he was ridiculed by his peers for this absurd device.
He never built another one, though he and his godmother both used theirs.
A flush toilet or water closet (WC) is a toilet that disposes of the waste products by using water to send them through a drainpipe to another location.
Modern toilets incorporate an 'S' bend; this 'trap' creates a water seal which remains filled with water between flushing, thus providing a hygienic barrier by preventing sewer gases from passing up the drainpipe.
During flushing the 'S' bend also provides siphon action which helps accelerate the flushing process. However, since this type of toilet does not generally handle waste on site, separate waste treatment systems must be built.
The bowl, or pan, of a WC is the receptacle into which body waste is excreted; the pan is usually made of vitreous china, but sometimes made of stainless steel or composite plastics. WC bowls may be pedestal (free-standing), cantilever (wall-hung), or squat in design.
There are several types of pans in common use: washdown, washout, and siphon. In less common use is the valve closet.
If you are looking for a utilitarian, no-nonsense toilet, it will be considerably less expensive. The modern water closet or toilet utilises a cistern to reserve and hold the correct amount of water required to flush the toilet bowl. In earlier toilets, the cistern was located high above the toilet bowl and connected to it by a long pipe.
It was necessary to pull a hanging chain connected to a release valve located inside the cistern in order to flush the toilet. Modern toilets may be close coupled, with the cistern mounted directly on the toilet bowl and no intermediate pipe. In this arrangement, the flush mechanism (lever or push button) is usually mounted on the cistern. Concealed cistern toilets, where the cistern is built into the wall behind the toilet, are also available.