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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 163 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SUSPENSURA , the architectural See also:

TERM

term given by See also:

VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius (v . ,o) to the hollow space under the See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor of a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

bath, in which the See also:

SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke from the See also:

FURNACE

furnace passed to the See also:

VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical flues in the See also:

wall (see See also:

HYPOCAUST (Gr. inroicauQrov: &Ire, beneath, and Icaueiv, to burn)

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