Show HEAT FOR ANCIENT ROME house heating apparatus just found demonstrates how people kept warm 2 2000 years ago london the discovery of exten alve roman remains at great cl ches on that the romans 2 2000 years ago en joyed a much better system of heat ing houses than englishmen do at the present time by the roman system the heat was distributed evenly throughout the walls and floors of the house where as the usual british system la Is anipen an open fire at which bour your face roasts while your back freezes and you are liable to die ot of cold it you go into the cor basement of old roman house I 1 ners of the room or the passages ot of the house in one of the houses of great ches there is a beautiful example of a the name of the roman heating apparatus great chestera cheaters was the site of an important roman military station along the great wall which the emperor hadrian built to keep beep back the barbar barbarians fAns descending on britain from scotland Th the house ehouse was that of the roman military corn com mander hot air was generated by a circular furnace which heated water and gave out streams of hot air into the which was a chamber under the ground floor of the house containing arrangements of hollow tile pillars called from the the hot air was distributed throughout the baj ding by a series of wall and floor flues giving an even temperature throughout the house this system was invented shortly before the time of the emperor aag aug ustus who reigned from 27 B C to 14 A D and was soon adopted not only in public baths but la in private houses |