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Roman Baths: Hypocaust.

A hypocaust is an ancient Roman system of central heating. The word literally means "heat from below", from the Greek hypo meaning below or underneath, and kaiein, to burn or light a fire. This one is in Bath's Roman Baths Museum.

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Uploaded on October 18, 2007
Taken on October 5, 2007