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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...
- 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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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...
- and Art of
Warming and
Ventilating Rooms and
Buildings by Open Fires,
Hypocausts ...
Stoves ... and
Other Methods; with
notices of the
progress of personal...
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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...
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earth canals, earth-air
tunnel systems,
ground tube heat exchanger,
hypocausts,
subsoil heat exchangers,
thermal labyrinths,
underground air pipes, and...
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tiled roof. It
contained around nine or ten
rooms including three with
hypocausts. It had a
colonnaded portico on the
northern side,
which presumably formed...
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historic hammams made use of some
version or
derivation of the
Roman hypocaust underfloor system for heating. A
furnace or set of
furnaces were located...
- feet
contained the main buildings. The main
block on the
north side had
hypocausts and fine
geometric mosaics with two
other wings and a bath block. Slate...
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functioning of all the heat
production for the
thermal baths: hearths,
hypocausts, air
diffusion ducts and
smoke ducts. The
slaves had to
ensure the permanent...
