Erasmus Wilson's Turkish Bath, Richmond Hill, London:
plan of the hot room
< Plan: The Eastern, or Turkish bath: its history, revival in Britain, and application to the purposes of health / by Erasmus Wilson. — London : John Churchill, 1861.
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| a a a | Front wall |
| b | Door of entrance from a lobby, leading from the frigidarium |
| c | Vestibule |
| d | Inner door |
| e e | Spiracles, or ventilators |
| f | Mouth of the furnace |
| g | Furnace of fire-brick, enclosed in a jacket of hollow brick |
| h h h | Flue |
| i | Chimney |
| k | Returned flue, supporting a tank for warm water |
| l l | Outer wall |
| m | Lavatrina |
| n | Tesselated pavement |
| The dark shaded area between l h, and l k, indicates the interval between the flue and outer wall | |
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The Turkish bath as a procedure
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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