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Title:	Romans in Britain - Central Heating - Hypocaust - http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/inv_central_heating.htm
Description:	To most people, their knowledge of the Romans was that they 'invented central heating.' Not the type we know today, but a form of underfloor heating that ...
Category:	Underfloor Heating
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Date Added:	April 29, 2008 10:34:39 PM
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