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Letter: Letters : Smith's Bath

Published 12 April 1997

From Mike Carpenter

Rennes, France

Born and bred in Bath, and a geologist to boot, I was shocked to hear Sue
Bowler refer to the building stone as “Bath’s golden sandstone” (Review, 22
March, p 47
).

William Smith (father of English geology and erstwhile resident of Bath) must
be revolving in his calcareous bedrock.

Issue no. 2077 published 12 April 1997

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