Toilet+Paper

Toilet paper

by Tyler

toilet paper + origin Chinese inventions toilet paper + changes toilet paper + improvements
 * Research String**

Toilet paper was first mentioned by the official Yan Zhitui
 * Who invented it?**

Toilet paper is a soft paper product ([|tissue paper]) used to maintain [|personal hygiene] after human [|defecation] or [|urination]. However, it can also be used for other purposes such as absorbing spillages or craft projects.
 * What is it?**

It differs in composition somewhat from [|facial tissue]: most modern (American) toilet paper is designed to decompose in [|septic tanks], whereas some other bathroom and facial tissues are not. //**When was it invented?**// 531–591) in the year 589 during the Sui Dynasty, Founded at Chinese inventions (wikipeidia),

paper which was produced specifically for the purpose - dates back at least to the late 14th Century,

Since the first glimmer of the invention of [|toilet tissue] in 6th to 14th Century AD China, there has been a long line of improvements. Where was it invented?

1. People used mussel shells, fur, leaves, grass, and corncobs to clean themselves 2. Scott Paper Company was instrumental in mass-producing the first paper for this purpose similar to what we are using today. Their improvements began around 1880-1890 and continue to this day. Toilet [|bathroom]
 * How has it changed over time?**


 * 1st date:** People used mussel shells, fur, leaves, grass, and corncobs to clean themselves. The ancient Greeks used stones and pieces of clay; ancient Romans used sponges on the ends of sticks, kept in jugs filled with salty water. Mideasterners commonly used the left hand, which is supposedly still considered unclean in the Arabian region.


 * 2nd date:**(618–907), a Muslim Arab traveler from the Middle East commented that the Chinese used paper instead of water to clean themselves while going to the bathroom.
 * "Official" toilet paper - that is, paper which was produced specifically for the purpose - dates back at least to the late 14th Century, when Chinese emperors ordered it in 2-foot x 3-foot sheets.


 * 3rd date:**Their improvements began around 1880-1890 and continue to this day.Rolled and perforated toilet paper as we're familiar with today was invented around 1880 Joseph C. Gayetty of New York started producing the first packaged toilet paper in the U.S. in 1857

[|tissue] paper is made differently than other paper products like facial tissue. It is now available in single ply, 2-ply and 3-ply paper, and is rolled into small to jumbo rolls of bath tissue for use at home or commercially.
 * How is it still used today?**

Regardless of what was used, or how gross our associations of toilet paper and the bathroom are, the product itself has made life easier for everyone and has made finding things to clean ourselves up a thing of the past. Today there are over 5,000 different companies producing bathroom tissue around the world trying to make our lives more convenient, clean and efficient. In a study done back in 1997, it was estimated that 71.48 frugal people contribute to the waste of one roll of 1,000 sheet single ply toilet paper everyday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_inventions http://nobodys-perfect.com/vtpm/exhibithall/informational/tphistory.html http://answers.yourdictionary.com/technology/inventions/who-invented-toilet-paper.html
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