Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . Urn for warm decoctions drunk in the Thermopolia. d if a Section of the urn. DESCRIPTION OF TEMPLES. 121 shop where warm water and warm decoctions were sold.* Acurious vessel for making these preparations has heen dis-covered, something like a modern urn, but much more compli-cated. The annexed figure shows a section of the urn with itsconical cover: a a is the body of the urn, b, a small cylindr
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . Urn for warm decoctions drunk in the Thermopolia. d if a Section of the urn. DESCRIPTION OF TEMPLES. 121 shop where warm water and warm decoctions were sold.* Acurious vessel for making these preparations has heen dis-covered, something like a modern urn, but much more compli-cated. The annexed figure shows a section of the urn with itsconical cover: a a is the body of the urn, b, a small cylindri-cal furnace in the centre ; it has four holes in the bottom, asshown in the plan at g, meant to let the ashes fall throughand to create a draught; c, a vase-shaped mouth, by means ofwhich the water was poured in, serving also for the escape ofsteam; d d, a tube which, by means of a cock, served to letoff the fluid—it is placed thus high to prevent the pipe beingstopped up by the ingredient decocted ; e, a conical cover,the hollow of which is closed by a thin plate somewhat con-cave ; /, a moveable flat cover, with a hole in the middle,which closes the whole urn except the mouth of the smallfurnace; m m, nuts and screws which fasten this m
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