1915 - 16 .] 
Meetings of the Society. 
393 
FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , January 10, 1916. 
Dr John Horne, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Optical Rotation and Cryoscopic Behaviour of Sugars dissolved in ( a ) Formamide, (b) 
Water. By J. E. Mackenzie, Ph.D., D.Sc., and Sudhamoy Ghosh, D.Sc. Communicated by 
Professor J. Walker, F.R.S. 
2. Note on the Sublimation of Sugars. By Sudhamoy Ghosh, D.Sc. Communicated by 
Professor J. Walker, F.R.S. 
3. A Revision of British Idoteidee, a Family of Marine Isopoda. By Walter E. Collinge, 
M.Sc., F.L.S. Communicated by Professor MTntosh, F.R.S. 
SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , January 24 , 1916. 
Dr John Horne, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Size of Particles in Deep Sea Deposits. By Dr Sven Oden, Upsala. Communicated 
by the General Secretary. 
2. The Dynamics of Cyclones and Anticyclones. Part III. By Dr John Aitken, F. R.S. 
SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , February 7, 1916. 
Dr John Horne, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Anatomy and Affinity of Platyzoma microphyllum. By John M. Thompson, B.Sc. 
Communicated by Professor Bower, F.R.S. ( With Lantern Illustrations.) 
2. On the Leaf Trace in some Pinnate Leaves. By R. C. Davie, M.A., D.Sc. Communi- 
cated by Dr Kidston, F.R.S. ( With Lantern Illustrations .) 
EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , February 21, 1916. 
Dr John Horne, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
By request of the Council, Professor C. G. Barkla, F.R.S., gave an Address on Recent Work 
in X-Rays, and its bearing on the Theories of Atomic Structure and of Electro-Magnetic Radiation. 
( W ith Experimental and Lantern Illustrations . ) 
NINTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , March 6, 1916. 
Dr John Horne, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The Annual Election of Fellows took place. The following were elected: — Robert John 
Tainsh Bell, M.A., D.Sc., Lecturer in Mathematics in the University of Glasgow, 146 
Hyndland Road, Glasgow; Francis Ernest Bradley, M.A., M.Com. , LL D., Barrister-at-Law, 
Examiner to the Council of Legal Education, Bank of England Chambers, Tib Lane, Manchester ; 
Henry Briggs, M.Sc., A.R.S.M., Lecturer in Mining, Heriot- Watt College, Allermuir, Liberton, 
Midlothian; C. T. Clough, M.A. (Cambridge), LL.D., District Geologist, H.M. Geological 
