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The development and operation of Roman hypocausted baths
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In this paper, the development of the hypocaust gives an idea of the state of the art at the time of the Roman occupation of Britain, and explains why the importance of baths in the history of architecture, usually taken as being almost axiomatic, is determined by comfort physics.About:
This article is published in Journal of Archaeological Science.The article was published on 1978-09-01. It has received 24 citations till now.read more
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Thermal analysis of the heating system of the Small Bath in ancient Phaselis
Tahsin Başaran,Zafer Ilken +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a thermal analysis of the Small Bath in Phaselis is performed and the heat loss from the reconstructed bath is calculated and the mass flow rate of the fuel and flue gas are determined.
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Roman Art and Architecture
TL;DR: In this paper, the architecture and town planning, sculpture and painting, the silverware, glass, pottery and other rich artistic achievements of the era are described, and the architecture, town planning and sculpture are discussed.
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How the Romans got themselves into hot water: temperatures and fuel types used in firing a hypocaust
TL;DR: In this paper, a petrographic technique of reflectance microscopy is used to quantify cell wall reflectance values for charcoals from the hypocaust furnace of a bath suite forming part of small Romano-British villa complex at Groundwell Ridge near Swindon (Wiltshire, UK).
Catalogue of the Small Greek Baths of Egypt
Thibaud Fournet,Bérangère Redon +1 more
TL;DR: HAL as mentioned in this paper is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not, which may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers.
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Roman Art and Architecture
TL;DR: In this paper, the architecture and town planning, sculpture and painting, the silverware, glass, pottery and other rich artistic achievements of the era are described, and the architecture, town planning and sculpture are discussed.