| Like most people, I often struggle to get
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| | central heating; an example of this is
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| into work when the world outside is a big
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| | evident in The Summer Palace (1710 -
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| blanket of grim darkness and sparkling
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| | 1714) of Peter the Great in Saint
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| cold frost. What makes it worse is when I
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| | Petersburg. Later in the year in Sweden
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| can clearly see my own breath; this is
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| | of 1716, water was used to distribute
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| when you know it is very cold and most
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| | heat in most buildings. Steam heating
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| likely to be a long day into work. It is
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| | systems were then developed and installed
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| at times like these that I wished I could
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| | in England during the 1830s, by Angier
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| drive and enjoy the heating from my car.
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| | March Perkins.
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| Better still if only the ground had floor
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| | Modern Heating Systems
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| heating, a very unlikely prospect I
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| | Modern day heating consists of either
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| imagine.
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| | water, electric, gas fired, hydronic or
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| However, in the midst of my self-woes and
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| | steam system heating. Heating systems
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| complaints about the British winter
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| | that use water system use the following
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| weather, it makes me wonder about what
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| | components for central heating: gas
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| people did before the invention of
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| | supply lines, boiler, pump (to circulate
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| central heating. Even if they used
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| | water in a closed area) and radiator
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| fireplaces, it certainly must have been
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| | (most commonly used in most buildings and
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| very cold even in your humble abode.
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| | almost all households in the UK).
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| Before cars people had to travel great
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| | Electric heaters convert electricity into
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| distances that I am almost certain did
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| | heating and are more expensive.
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| not have central heating. Central, fan,
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| | Hydronic heating systems circulate heated
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| electric and floor heating are a luxury
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| | water, whereas steam heaters use steam as
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| compared to the life we had lived prior
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| | a heating medium as opposed to water.
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| to our technologically advanced society
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| | Hydronic systems are also used for floor
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| now.
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| | heating, using a boiler and a pump to
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| History
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| | distribute hot water in plastic pipes
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| The Roman Empire is recorded to have used
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| | installed in concrete slabs. These
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| central heating in the cities around
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| | systems are also used with an anti-freeze
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| 100AD, using a system called the
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| | system which would come in very useful
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| hypocaust. The hypocaust, literally
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| | during times of snow and ice along
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| meaning 'heat from below', conducted air
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| | walkways, parking lots and streets.
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| heated by furnaces through empty spaces,
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| | These days' people have become very aware
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| under the floors and through pipes in the
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| | of the environmental issues with using
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| walls. The hypocaust was most commonly
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| | central heating. Much of the heat used is
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| used for public baths and private houses.
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| | wasted, as single rooms that do not need
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| Keeping the hypocaust running was labour
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| | heating waste a lot of energy. Energy
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| intensive and very expensive requiring
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| | efficiency attempts have come across in
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| constant attention, so only the wealthy
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| | the form of architects designing
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| were able to afford to have one in their
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| | low-energy buildings, water based
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| homes.
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| | combustion central heating offers more
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| Traditional Korean homes used the Ondol,
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| | energy efficiency and wet under-floor
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| (also known as the Gudle) that was very
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| | heating which allows easy usage for
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| similar to the Roman hypocaust, but
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| | future technological advances in pumps
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| differs in that it circulates heated air
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| | and solar combi-systems.
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| used mainly for cooking and floor
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| | So whenever you get up to go to work and
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| heating, whereas the hypocaust was used
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| | find yourself complaining about the cold
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| to heat public baths. This consisted of a
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| | weather, think yourself lucky that we
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| furnace or stove, situated underneath the
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| | live in a period where heating is not a
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| floor, heated floor under-layed by smoke
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| | problem to obtain, more affordable and is
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| passages and vertical chimneys to allow a
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| | no longer labour intensive to distribute.
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| draft. Traditional Ondols used rice paddy
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| | It is as easy as switching it on and
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| straw and agricultural crop waste to keep
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| | fiddling with the thermostat, which makes
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| the heat running. Now modern day Ondols
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| | a change from gathering wood using it all
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| use circulated air and heated water for
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| | day and tending to it day and night
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| under-floor heating.
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| | making sure you maintain a consistent
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| Engineers from Russia, around 1700, had
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| | circulation of heat.
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| begun developing hydrological based
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