Because the person who invented the toilet were named John Harrington.The inventor of the flushable toilet was named Sir John Harrington. Hence the term "john."
'Bog' is a slang term sometimes used in Britain for a toilet.
A biffy is a term used in the United States for a toilet or an outhouse.
John Harrington, 1596 England.Inside toilets were around for a long time beginning in 2500 BC; they just didn't have a flushing breast mechanism.Sir John Harrington did invent and build the first flushing breast toilet around 1585. He installed one inside the palace of Queen Elizabeth I.In 1775, sixty years before THOMAS Crapper was born, Alexander Cummings received a patent for a flushing toilet based on improvements he made to Sir Harrington's design.Finally, THOMAS Crapper, born 1836, was a plumber and received nine patents for plumbing designs, but none for inventing the flushing toilet. He did receive 3 patents for improving the design of the flushing toilet.
"The head".
John Crapper invented the first toilet.
An old (but still used elsewhere) term for public rest room, washroom, bathroom.
The term "water-closet" was an early term for a room with a toilet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet
the inventor of the toilet
No, he did not.
The toilet was invented by Sir John Harington in 1590.