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afford an admirable illustration of Rivers' view that the 

 transformation of a naturalistic into a geometrical conventional 

 design is often due to the blending of different cultural ideals 

 {Report Brit. Assoc, 191 2, p. 599). 



A paper, entitled " Notes on some Palaeozoic Fishes," 



was given by Mr. D. M. S. Watson, M.Sc, and Mr. Henry 

 Day, M.Sc. 



This paper is printed in full in the Memoirs. 



General Meeting, November 2nd, 1915. 

 Mr. Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. G. A. Hamlyn, B.A. (Oxon.), Assistant Lecturer and 

 Demonstrator in the Fermentation Industries, The Municipal 

 School of Technology, Manchester, was elected an ordinary 

 member of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 2nd, 1915. 



The President, Professor Sydney J. Hickson, M.A., D.Sc.,F.R.S., 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. R. L. Taylor, F.C.S., F.I.C., read a paper entitled 

 "Notes on Hypochlorous Acid and Chlorine." 



Mr. Taylor described and discussed some further recent 

 experiments with hypochlorous acid, which was prepared, as 

 described in former papers, by distilling a solution of bleaching 

 powder with boric acid. He showed how a solution of an 

 alkaline hypochlorite rapidly changes ordinary precipitated oxide 

 of silver into black peroxide, closely approximating in compo- 

 sition to that represented by the formula Ag 2 2 . 



