"S.J.Adams" wrote:
> Dear All
>
> Does anyone know or have references to the Balloon Society of Great
> Britain. I know it to be in existance in 1894 but at present I am unable to
> trace any details.
>
I hope people post any information to the list (rather than privately) as I
have also been trying for some years to discover what this was. My reference
shows that it was in existence on 26 March 1886 when Charles Bartholomew, owner
of a chain of Turkish baths, gave a lecture to the society on "Twenty-seven
years' experience of the physiological action of the Turkish bath in health and
disease". The lecture was published and is in the BL, shelved at 7305.ee.10
I have always wondered why a balloon society should be so interested in Turkish
baths, and came to the somewhat unlikely conclusion that it might have been a
debating society, as in the modern balloon debate.
Any other ideas or information would be most welcome.
Malcolm
Leatherhead
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