Alexander Cummings Inventions

So many new inventions are created every single day, and some of them are powerful enough to change our world and the way we live. One example of this is the modern toilet, which was invented by Alexander Cummings. In order to keep the water at the bottom of the bowl, Cummings made the S-valve in 1775; this prevented smelly gas from coming into the home. From there on out, doing your business was one hundred times easier. Even though we sometimes take toilets for granted, they are one of the few inventions that changed my life the most.

While lots has changed, money is still a factor that remains important and beneficial in every society, and the invention of the modern toilet saves just that. Before toilets were invented, most people had to hire someone to build an outhouse, dig a hole for them to go to the bathroom in, and clear all of that waste; that can add up to a lot of money. However, nowadays, all we have to do is pay for a toilet and plumbing once and that's it! We just pay for it when we buy the house, and we don't have to worry about it for long periods of time. My family and I are a middle class family, so we are always doing whatever we can to save money. If we didn't have the toilet, we would be spending so much money on plumbing purposes. This invention saves so much money, and it's a …show more content…
Compared from before and after the toilet, we save money, it's a lot cleaner, and it's definitely a lot safer. Talking about toilets is not exactly an everyday conversation starter, but it's one of those things that we'd cherish them only after they are gone. One-third of the population still don't have toilets today, so they experience all of those problems that we don't have to experience anymore. Many countries around the world don't have the money to afford them, much less filter their water. That makes me realize more how important toilets are in my