Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 80
mcountries where the necessity for fire is rarelyfelt. The brazier satisfied the wants of Greece, butthe colder climate of Rome required somethingbetter ; and in their efforts to invent somethingbetter, the ancient Romans made real progressin the art of warming their houses. Theybuilt a… … FIG. 2. —A ROMAN BRAZIER. 638 STORIES OF USEFUL INVENTIONS. [May, ancients, it seems, were forever persecuted bysmoke. However, after the wood in the hypo-caust was once well charred, the smoke wasnot so troublesome. The celebrated baths(club-rooms) of ancient Rome were heated bymeans of hypocausts…
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