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EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING, 



Royal Institutiox, February 4th, 1856. 



ROBERT M'ANDREW, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members : — Mr. 

 John Cunningham, F.G.S., Mr. Henry Duckworth, and W. Valentine 

 Bird, Esq., M.D. 



Mr. T. C. Archer exhibited an Indian helmet, made from the pith 

 of the shola stem. It was very light, tough, and a bad conductor of 

 heat, qualities which highly recommended it for use in that country. 



Dr. Ihne read the first part of his paper entitled — A Plea for the 

 Emperor Tiberius. 



NINTH ORDINARY MEETING, 



Royal Institution, February 18th, 183C. 

 WILLIAM IHNE, Esq., Ph.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members : — Mr. 

 Henry V. Rudd, and Mr. James M'Caun, F.G.S. 

 The paper for the evening was then read — 



A PLEA FOR THE EMPEROR TIBERIUS. 

 By W. IHNE, Esq., Ph.D. 



Chapter I. 

 The Emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero was descended, on his father's 

 and mother's side, from the Claudian family, which, in a nation char- 

 acterised by unbending determination, liaughtincss, pride, and all the 

 stern but none of the gentle virtues of our race, was without doubt the 

 haughtiest and proudest of all, and transmitted these unamiable qualities; 



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