hypocaust

• Ask any ancient Roman about radiant heating, and he would gladly tell you his countrymen invented the hypocaust to keep bathers in the public baths warm and comfortable throughout the chilly winter months. —  Crosby Finance
• The method of heating a home with radiant heat has changed with the times as new materials become available, and although this makes it far easier to install than the hypocaust systems all those years ago, the principle remains the same. —  Crosby Finance
• Water and floors were heated using a hypocaust heating system; an under floor furnace. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• According to older statements, a hypocaust was long ago found in 'Slapeland', and Slapeland too lies west of Chedzoy village (see Vict. Hist. Somerset_, i. —  Roman Britain in 1914
• Even the lily-of-the-valley thrives here In the bathroom may be seen an excellent example of the hypocaust--an ingenious contrivance, by means of which the rooms were heated with hot air, which passed along beneath the floors In the museum are portions of the skulls of men and of oxen, the antlers of red deer, oyster shells, knives, spear-heads, arrow-heads, bits of locks with keys, and excellent horseshoes, not to speak of such things as bronze spurs, spoons, part of a Roman weighing-machine, and a splendid pair of compasses. —  A Cotswold Village

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