The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 13
the seats rising in steps around, and following the line ofthe outer wall. In order to bring the Presidents and Vice-Presidentstibles nearer to each other, the high table was advanced from the wallsome distance towards the centre of the building, thus leaving somefew seats behind the high table.… … and two other st;urcasea leading also to the upper seats, and therewas a private entrance into the committee-room and the platform. As the dinner was cold, the first part of it was served upon the tablebefore the guests entered, and from the position of the butteries andpantries, the waiters found…
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