MINUTES 
OP THE 
GEOLOGICAL AND POLYTECMIC SOCIETY 
1871-72. 
The Seventy- seventh meeting was held at the Philosophical Hall, 
Leeds, on "Wednesday, July 26th, 1871, at noon. 
Thomas Wilson, Esq., M.A,, occupied the chair. 
The following resolution was put and carried : — 
"That the following gentlemen, with power to add to theh* number, be 
requested to prepare a report on the position and prospects of the Society, with 
suggestions for increasing its numbers and eflSciency : — Messrs. T. "Wilson, 
W. Sykes Ward, T. W. Embleton, E. FiUiter, R. Reynolds, L. C. Bliall." 
A paper on " Further Discoveries of Flint Tools in Hertfordshire 
and Sussex," by John Feooks, Esq., was read to the meeting. 
A paper on " Contortion of Eocks," illustrated by photographs of 
contorted limestone in the neighbourhood of Skipton, was read by 
Mr. L. C. Miall. (See page 3.) 
The Chairman quoted further examples of contorted flagstones ; 
in particular, a section to be seen at the Morley railway station, near 
Leeds. 
Mr. Edward Filliter, C.E., referred to some interesting contor- 
tions exposed by the excavations for the puddle -trench at Lindley 
Wood, in the valley of the Washburn, and added some remarks on 
the apparent facility with which beds of limestone or other rock 
embedded in shale may be bent to sharp angles without fracture. 
The Rev. W. Hunt Painter exhibited some nodules containing 
fish-remains, which he had lately discovered in the roof of the Halifax 
Hard Bed at Rawden. One well-preserved specimen was assigned to 
the genus Acrolepis of Agassiz. 
The Seventy-eighth meeting was held in the Mechanics' Institute, 
Keighley, on Wednesday, January 24th, 1872, at noon. 
John Brigg, Esq., J.P., occupied the chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
