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Hypocaust
Hypocaust Hyp"o*caust, n. [L. hypocaustum, Gr. ?; ? under + ?
to burn: cf. F. hypocauste.] (Anc. Arch.)
A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers
and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of
a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance,
first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.
Meaning of Hypocausts from wikipedia
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conditions of citizens, and was a
forerunner of
modern central heating.
Hypocausts were used for
heating hot
baths and
other public buildings in ancient...
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Vitruvius (in his
famous book De architectura) to have
invented the
hypocaust. The
hypocaust is an
underfloor heating system that was used
throughout the Roman...
- Orata. Many
remains of
Roman hypocausts have
survived throughout Europe,
western Asia, and
northern Africa. The
hypocaust was an
invention which improved...
- The
Hypocaust Museum is a
museum at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
Situated in
Verlamium Park, the
museum provides in situ
conservation and interpretation...
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construction of
public baths.
Elite housing in
cooler climates might have
hypocausts, a form of
central heating. The
Romans were the
first culture to ****emble...
- or "pylons",
vertical pillars often used to
support structures such as
hypocausts.
Pilae were also used in
concrete piers in the Gulf of
Pozzuoli at Baiae...
- and Art of
Warming and
Ventilating Rooms and
Buildings by Open Fires,
Hypocausts ...
Stoves ... and
Other Methods; with
notices of the
progress of personal...
- (Roman London). The best
preserved parts of the
house are a bath with
hypocausts. The
ruins of the
tepidarium were
discovered in 1848
while the Coal Exchange...
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relaxing thermal spa baths; that are
usually considered to be
related to
hypocausts. He
commercialized them as he had his
oyster business. He
claimed healing...
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oversees St
Albans Museum +
Gallery and the
Verulamium Museum, and also the
Hypocaust Museum at Verulamium, St Albans'
medieval Clock Tower, and the
ruins of...
