A treatise on the Bath waters / George Smith Gibbes.

  • Gibbes, George Smith, Sir, 1771-1851.
Date:
1800
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the Bath waters / George Smith Gibbes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    formerly. Thus it appears, with certainty, that this water acquires its heat in the course of running from the farmer’s ground to Aix; but how or where it is impregnated with the quality of heat, is not yet determined.” Bath Water when viewed by itself in a small quantity appears clear and transpa- rent ; but when beheld in the Bath, the sur- face is of a sea-green colour. The smell is not very agreeable, especially in the Hot- Bath ; but when quite fresh it has a soft and milky taste. There are four Baths which differ from each other chiefly in their degree of heat, namely the Cross-Bath, the Hot- Bath, the King’s and the Queen’s-Bath. The two last are supplied from the same spring. Dr. Falconer has given the following statement of the specific gravity of the Bath Waters: The King’s and Hot-Bath 1,0020 Cross-Bath , 1,0013