Central Heating for Caligula's Pleasure Ship
@article{Kroos2011CentralHF, title={Central Heating for Caligula's Pleasure Ship}, author={Kenneth A. Kroos}, journal={The International Journal for the History of Engineering \& Technology}, year={2011}, volume={81}, pages={291 - 299} }
Abstract Almost two thousand years ago, the Roman Emperor Caligula ordered the construction of a floating pleasure barge that he used for entertaining. For the comfort of his passengers, he installed a hypocaust heating system. The ship was destroyed shortly after his death and nothing remains of this heating system or the ship design. A hypothetical design was developed and analysed to show that this type of heating could be used effectively and safely on a wooden ship. Various floor materials…
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