Urinal
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A urinal (UK /jʊəˈraɪnl/; US/ˈjʊrənəl/)[1] is a special-purpose toilet, made only for urinating by males in public restrooms, you don't see many installed in homes. [2] There are two varieties of urinals: for one person, and many people. Armitage Shanks is a big manufacturer of them in England. In the United States American Standard is a big manufacturer of them.
Armitage Shanks urinal.
Single-person urinal with an urinal cake.
Ancient Roman urinals in Ostia Antica
A modern-day urinal for women, at Dortmund Airport
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917. This is one of the key works of Modern art of the 20th century.
1965 American Standard urinals.
Urinal Media
A man using a urinal
Typical arrangement of sensor-operated urinals in a row without partitions
Urinals with privacy barriers in a men's public toilet in Vienna, Austria
Urinals that extend to the floor, suitable for users of all heights
Long-exposure photography shows how light sensors work.
Plastic movable urinal at a venue next to a traditional porta-john. The four sides allow for four users at any given time.
'Colonne Rambuteau', photographed 1865
A cast iron urinal in College Street, Glasgow, installed 1850–1854, photographed in 1866
A later Paris pissoir in cast iron, photographed c. 1865
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References
- ↑ https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/urinal
- ↑ Douban, Gigi (22 December 2014). "Why aren't more urinals installed in homes?". Marketplace. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
