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Bath Thermal Springs, their supposed Origin and Source. By 
Norton TOMKINS. 
(Read 16th May, 1894.) 
By the kindness of the Secretary I enjoy the privilege of 
speaking on a subject of the utmost interest, not only to the 
members of this Club, but also to the citizens of Bath, namely : 
Ist. The Geological evidence of the origin of our Thermal 
Springs. 
2nd. The fountain head of its waters. 
NOTICE. 
Any opinions expressed in the 
Proceedings of the Club must vest 
on the authority of their respective 
Authors. 
solve that great problem,and now wishto bring forward the result of 
my research with the hope that if it contains any inaccuracy in 
principle, or local information, it may be corrected. 
I believe no Geologist will think for one moment that the 
Springs derive their source from any strata of more recent date 
_ than the Primary ; and, indeed, it would be useless to attempt to 
_ form an opinion, if the existence of a conduit, capable of conveying 
_ the water to the influence of heat, cannot be proved, and if this is 
done it opens the way to the discovery of the origin of its 
chemical properties. 
_ The formation which provides a water-way for our Thermal 
H Vou. VIII, No. 2. 
