the washroom is furnished in complete style by generous donations and the donated workmen who connected it to the reservoir with lead pipes which supply the stationary bowls around the room with neat copper faucets. Despite the report of success, however, all was not well. Mrs. Richmond became...
Spurred by a building boom, archaeologists are plumbing the deep past of one of Europe’s oldest capitals.
When New York City’s population outgrew its plumbing system, it devised a new network of hollow logs to transport water for firefighting. The setup allowed firemen to access water by drilling through the walls of the “pipes,” then plug the hole after they were finished - giving birth to...
Petra, ancient city, center of an Arab kingdom in Hellenistic and Roman times, the ruins of which are in southwest Jordan. The city was built on a terrace, pierced from east to west by the Wadi Musa (the Valley of Moses)—one of the places where, accordi
(smoking pipes, shell-encrusted glass vases, and so forth) collected by the museum’s namesake as well as a variety of sculptures from ancient times to the 19th century. Throughout the city, there are also several collections dedicated to famous artists connected with Barcelona, most notably ...
These large reservoirs held the water supply for the city and were connected to a vast network of lead pipes. Everything from public fountains, baths and private villas could tap into the network, sometimes provided that a fee was paid. The water system was as politically motivated as any ...
which entailed the construction of the Kowloon Reservoir and Catchwaters, the Tai Po Road Filter Beds and the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir, known as ‘Kowloon Tong Service Reservoir’ at that time, as well as connecting water pipes of various sizes with the service reservoirs to form a...
Greek and Roman civilizations document the use of candle-based lamps since antiquity. On a similar note, researchers discovered Chinese records dating back 1700 years indicating the use of natural volcanic gas transported via bamboo pipes to illuminate and heat private homes. Police Controlled Lighting...
A documentary film, Najważniejsza jest wolność (The Most Important Thing Is Freedom), about Prof. Richard Pipes, an American academic specializing in Russian and Soviet history, who in 1981 and 1982 served as a member of the National Security Council and advisor to President Ronald Reag...
For English people in towns and cityes,life in Roman times was good.Towns now had clean water and sewers.(pipes taking away dirty water)and there were strong walls around them,so people felt safe. People came to the towns to buy and sell things,and food became more interesting and enhoy...