to be first evidence for bathing machines; however Devon claims this was a year earlier in 1735.

Another source however places the earliest bathing machine at the other end of Britain. According to an advertisement in the Caledonian Mercury, a machine was available daily at Leith near Edinburgh from August 1750, with the wording of the advert suggesting that it had featured in earlier editions: "That the Bathing Machine will, from Monday next, be attended close from half flood to half ebb, every lawful day