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Suspensura

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the architectural term given by Vitruvius (v. 10) to the hollow space under the floor of a Roman bath, in which the smoke from the furnace passed to the vertical flues in the wall (see Hypocaust).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Suspensura'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/suspensura.html. 1910.
 
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