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Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: soiree in the Townhall, the Refreshment-Room, 1865. We present [a] view of the interior of the Refreshment-Room. [The Illustration attests] the success with which the arrangements were made by the committees at Birmingham for the accommodation of the scientific world assembled in that town'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: soiree in the Townhall, the Refreshment-Room, 1865 Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)