"A Short History of the Microscope, 

 and what it has done for us/' 



BEING THE 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 

 By P. F. TINNE, MA., M.B. 



Delivered on the 19th January, 1912. 



Ladies and Gentlemen, — 



It is my privilege to-night to deliver an address' to 

 you as president of the Liverpool Microscopical Society, 

 the traditions of which have been so ably upheld) during 

 the past two years by the retiring president. 



I have not chosen to read you an address on what 

 may be termed a specialist's subject, but rather on a 

 subject which should prove of interest to all here present, 

 and in which all may find some entertainment. 



I thank you for the honour you have conferred upon 

 me by electing me as your president, and welcome you 

 at this opening meeting of our new session, a session which 

 we all hope will add to the prosperity of the Society. 



I feel most flattered that so many members and friends 

 have turned out on this inclement night to give me a 



