History of sanitation by Cosgrove J. J. (John Joseph) b. 1869

Author:Cosgrove, J. J. (John Joseph), b. 1869
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Sanitation, Sanitation, Public Health
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Standard sanitary mfg. co.
Published: 1909-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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Sectional Elevation, Thermae of Titus, Rome. (Restored by Leclerc.)

HISTORY OF SANITATION

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turned on to the baths through pipes conducted likewise through flues in order to prevent the loss of temperature during passage, and the lower reservoir was supplied as fast as water was drawn off from the reservoir next above,

Frigidarium, Thermse of Caracalla, Rome. (Restored by VioUet-le-Duc)

which in turn was supplied with water from the topmost tier and the aqueduct.

Perhaps a better idea of the thermae can be had by an examination of the plan of the Thermae of Titus,. Rome, restored by Leclerc, also the sectional elevation and front elevation of the same bath, restored by the same artist. The original drawings, which won the Grand Prix de Rome, are preserved in the library of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. A restoration by Viollet-le-Duc, which appeared with the other restorations in the June, 1906, number of the Architectural Record, conveys a very good idea of the interior of a frigidarium.

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