Urinol
Urinol is the brand name of a mineral oil developed by Wilhelm Beetz at the end of the 19th century in a special, secret composition. According to investigations by the kk agricultural-chemical research station in Vienna, 15 percent of urinol consisted of disinfectants commonly used at the time, such as phenol and homologues (such as cresol and the like) dissolved in a mixture of heavy mineral oils and coal tar oils . It floats on water. Urinol was produced in an oil cellar in Vienna . It was required to operate an oil urinator with an oil siphon , in which the use of urinol saved the need to flush the water. This created an early form of the dry urinal . It was also used to paint smooth piss walls. Due to the slightly disinfecting effect, Urinol prevented the development of the unpleasant urine odor .
Prices
- 1899 State Prize from the Royal Prussian Ministry of Culture
- 1900 Prize of the Paris World Exhibition
- 1903 Prize of the German City Exhibition in Dresden on the grounds of the Dresden Exhibition Center
- 1906 Honorary Prize from the Imperial and Royal Trade Ministry in Vienna.
Web links
- Wilhelm Beetz and the public toilets in Vienna. Sagen.at , accessed on May 2, 2015 .
- Wiener Pavillon Pissoir, 1908. Technisches Museum Wien , accessed on May 2, 2015 .
- Viennese needs. Wien-Vienna.at , accessed on May 2, 2015 (excerpt from: Duncan JD Smith: Nur in Wien . From the English by Brigitte Hilzensauer. Chr. Brandstätter, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85498-396-4 .).
- Need stands with oil lock in Vienna. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 292, 1894, Miszelle 1, pp. 167-168. (contains description and illustration of the oil siphon)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zeitschrift für Schulgesundheitspflege, Volume 9, Verlag Leopold Voss, Leipzig 1896, p. 159, ISSN 0863-1050 - limited preview in the Google book search (the name of the successor magazine is used there)
- ^ Health engineer, Volume 20, Verlag R. Oldenbourg, 1897, p. 8, ISSN 0932-6200 - limited preview in the Google book search
- ↑ a b Peter Payer: Indispensable props of the big city: a cultural history of the public lavatories of Vienna , Löcker, 2000, pp. 74ff., ISBN 3-85409-323-3 - limited preview in the Google book search
- ^ Journal of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects, Volume 57, Vienna, 1905, p. 681, ISSN 0372-9605 - limited preview in the Google book search
- ↑ Zeitschrift für die Österreichische Gymnasien, Volume 51, Verlag C. Gerold, 1900, p. 303 - limited preview in the Google book search
- ↑ Hygienic Review. Berlin, Volume 19, 1909, p. 284 / p. 285, ISSN 0367-6528 - limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ German Medical Weekly , Volume 34, Verlag G. Thieme, 1908, p. 848, ISSN 0012-0472 - limited preview in the Google book search
- ^ German military medical journal: Quarterly reports from the field of military medical and supply systems, I.-49. Vintage. [1872–1920.], Verlag ES Mittler & Sohn, 1908, p. 348, ISSN 0176-2184 - restricted preview in the Google book search
- ↑ Peter Payer: Indispensable props of the big city: a cultural history of the public lavatories of Vienna , Löcker, 2000, p. 75, ISBN 3-85409-323-3 - limited preview in the Google book search