Hypocaust
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A hypocaust is a system of central heating in a building that produces and circulates hot air below the floor of a room, and may also warm the walls with a series of pipes through which the hot air pa
Hypocaust under the floor in a Roman villa in Vieux-la-Romaine, near Caen, France
Ruins of the hypocaust under the floor of a Roman villa at La Olmeda, Province of Palencia (Castile and León, Spain)
Caldarium from the Roman Baths at Bath, in Britain. The floor has been removed to reveal the empty spaces through which the hot air would flow.
Hypocaust at Chesters Roman Fort
Masonry heater
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A masonry heater is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel, and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature fo
Hypocaust
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A classic Scandinavian style round ceramic stove, which fits in the corner of a room, from the porcelaine manufacturer Rörstrand in Stockholm, c. 1900
A cocklestove used for central heating, built around 1959
Kachelofen by Joseph Effner, Schleissheim Palace (c. 1720)
A white painted pönttöuuni