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These terms are from the FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus (Forum on Information Standards in Heritage - FISH).

Term Scope note Term type SENESCHAL URI Other URI
HYDRAULIC PRESS A machine that uses liquid pressure to exert a large force on two platens so that items placed between them are pressed to a shape, compressed, or forced together. Preferred term 137875 -
HYDRAULIC PUMPING STATION A pumping station used in the production of hydraulic power, eg. in warehouse complexes, goods depots on railways, etc. Preferred term 69371 -
HYDRAULIC RAM Large piston used to operate lifting bridges, lock gates, etc. Preferred term 69368 -
HYDRAULIC RAM A device in which a large quantity of low pressure water is made to pump a small proportion of itself to a greater height than its source or to a higher pressure; achieved by using the pressure rise resulting from suddenly interrupting the flow Preferred term 137876 -
HYDRAULIC TIPPLER An hydraulically powered machine that tips coal into railway wagons, usually situated at a pithead. Preferred term 137877 -
HYDRAULIC TIPPLER A tippler, a machine for loading wagons at a pithead, operated by hydraulic power. Preferred term 92328 -
Hydraulic Tower Narrow term 94003 -
Hydro (Hospital) Narrow term 92329 -
Hydro (Power Station) Narrow term 92330 -
Hydroelectric Power Plant Narrow term 92331 -
HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION Power generation by releasing stored water through a turbine driving a generator. Preferred term 92332 -
Hydropathic Hospital Narrow term 92333 -
HYDROPATHIC INSTITUTE A 19th century spa building, usually consisting of a hotel with baths used for water treatment. Preferred term 92334 -
HYMN BOOK A book of hymns. Preferred term 95415 -
Hyperfix Station Narrow term 136710 -
Hypermarket Narrow term 92335 -
HYPOCAUST An underfloor heating system. Preferred term 137878 -
HYPOCAUST A Roman under-floor heating system in which hot air heated by a stoked furnace, flowed through channels, created by either raising the floor on pillars of brick and tile or cutting channels into the concrete floor and tiling over them. Preferred term 68967 -
HYPOCYCLOID STEAM ENGINE A design of vertical steam engine patented in 1802. Preferred term 137879 -
Hythe Narrow term 70951 -
ICE Frozen water. Prior to the invention of the refrigerator, ice was used to preserve food. Preferred term 83312 -
ICE CREAM PARLOUR An establishment used to serve ice cream to the general public. Preferred term 143439 -
Ice House Narrow term 68968 -
ICE POND A shallow pond, often located near an ICEHOUSE, built to provide ice during the winter. Preferred term 92336 -
Ice Rink Narrow term 92337 -
ICE SKATE A blade attached to a shoe to glide on ice. It can be made of bone, and examples are known from at least as early as the Bronze Age. Metal blades have progressively replaced bone skates since the sixteenth century. Preferred term 95461 -
Ice Skating Rink Narrow term 92338 -
Ice Well Narrow term 92339 -
ICE WORKS A factory or plant for the manufacture of ice using mechanized refrigeration techniques. Preferred term 69129 -
ICEHOUSE A structure, partly underground, for the preservation of ice for use during warmer weather. Preferred term 71409 -

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