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Definition of Hypocausts
1. hypocaust [n] - See also: hypocaust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypocausts
Literary usage of Hypocausts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1886)
"... both heated by furnaces and hypocausts. The last room contains three bronze
cisterns to supply cold, tepid and hot water. This very interesting picture ..."
2. A Description of the Roman Tessellated Pavement Found in Bucklersbury: With by John Edward Price (1870)
"There is one of the semi-circular recesses at G which has an aperture through
the wall, perhaps one of the fire-places of the hypocausts, though Dr. Bruce ..."
3. Romano-British Mosaic Pavements: A History of Their Discovery and a Record by Thomas Morgan (1886)
"... Civilisation along the Lines of Roman Roads—On some of the Chief Authorities
quoted— Origin of Tesselated Floors and hypocausts beneath them—Excellence ..."
4. The Story of Our English Towns by Peter Hampson Ditchfield (1907)
"... "—Roads—Villas— hypocausts —Pavements—Villa at Brading—Forum at Silchester
and the Basilica—Discovery of Christian church —Baths—Amphitheatre—Decay of ..."
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