I have therefore little doubt that the Bath springs, like most other thermal waters, mark the site of some great convulsion and fracture which took place in the crust of the earth at some former period — perhaps not a very remote one, geologically speaking.... The Sanitary Review - Page 121864Full view - About this book
| James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1864 - 876 pages
...of change in the relativo level of laud and water. The Bath springs, Sir Charles Lycll believes, " like most other thermal waters, mark the site of some...in the crust of the earth at some former period." " The uppermost part of the rent through which the hot water rises is situated in horizontal strata... | |
| 1864 - 848 pages
...of change in the relative level of land and water. The Bath springs, Sir Charles Lyell believes, " like most other thermal waters, mark the site of some...in the crust of the earth at some former period." " The uppermost part of the rent through which the hot water rises is situated in horizontal strata... | |
| 1865 - 846 pages
...crop out on the flanks of the hills to the north and south of the city. I have therefore little doubt that the Bath springs, like most other thermal waters,...the hot water rises is situated in horizontal strata of Lias, and Trias, 300 feet thick; and this may be more modern than the lower part, which passes through... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1865 - 816 pages
...crop out on the flanks of the bills to the north and south of the city. I have therefore little doubt that the Bath springs, like most other thermal waters,...the hot water rises is situated in horizontal strata of Lias and Trias, 300 feet thick; and this may be more modern than the lower part, which passes through... | |
| 1865 - 388 pages
...the latest eruptions of which were geologically coë'val with those of the EifeJ. I have little doubt that the Bath springs, like most other thermal waters,...perhaps not a very remote one, geologically speaking. Mineral Constituents of Hot Springs. — If we adopt the theory already alluded to, that the nitrogen... | |
| 1865 - 334 pages
...Judging from the lines of fault or displacement of the rocks, as laid down in the Ordnance map, theBath springs, like most other thermal waters, mark the...perhaps not a very remote one, geologically speaking. With respect to the discovery of caesium, rubidium, thallium, and indium, it is impossible not to suspect... | |
| 1865 - 372 pages
...eruptions of which were geologic illy coeval with tho<e of the Eifel. I have little doubt that the B..th springs, like most other thermal waters, mark the...perhaps not a very remote one, geologically speaking. Mineral Constituents of Hot Springs. — If we adopt the theory already alluded to, that the nitrogen... | |
| 1865 - 400 pages
...crop out on the flanks of the hills to the north and south .of the city. I have therefore little doubt that the Bath springs, like most other thermal waters,...convulsion and fracture which took place in the crust AM. JOOR. Sci.— SECOND SERIES, VOL. XXXIX, No. 115.— JAN., 1865. of the earth at some former period... | |
| 1865 - 372 pages
...which were geologic.illy coeval with those of the EifeL I have little doubt that the Buth springs, tike most other thermal waters, mark the site of some great...perhaps not a very remote one, geologically speaking. Mineral Constituents of Hot Springs. — If we adopt the theory already alluded to, that the nitrogen... | |
| Edward Biley - 1873 - 112 pages
...in answer to the address of Sir C. Lyell, then president : ' I heard my eminent friend speak of the great convulsion and fracture which took place in the crust of the earth at some former period, as connected with the powerful evolution of hot water to which Bath owes its celebrity. On this subject,... | |
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