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       Current Science - Volume 1
 
 
JULY-1932
 

Retrenchment and Education

1-3

The Study of Nutrition in India - R. Mc Carrison

3-5

The Developmental History of the Primates

5-6
Letters to the Editor  

Disturbance of Pressure at the Bed of a Deep Sea - S. K. Banerji and S. S. Joshi

6-7

Autonomous Movement in the Leaves of 'Curculigo Recurvata', Dryand - S. R. Kashyap

7-8

The pH of Organs in Normal and Pathological Conditions - R. Mc Carrison

8

Mineral Metabolism and 'Stone' - R. Mc Carrison

8-9

Raman Effect in Liquid Carbon Dioxide - S. Bhagavantam

9

Detection of Enzymes by "Spot Tests" - M. Sreenivasaya and B. N. Sastri

9-10

Hyperfine Structure and Isotopes - B. Venatesachar

10

The Occipital Condyles and the Urostyle of the Engystomatidae - B. R. Seshachar and L. S. Ramaswami

10-11

Cystine metabolism in sheep - P. V. Ramaiyya

12
Sensitive flame as microphone - Lal C. Verman 12

On the Susceptibility of Liquid Mixtures With a New Apparatus - L. Sibaiya and H. S. Venkataramiah

12-13

On the Longevity of Micro-filariae (Wuchereria) Bancrofti - C. V. Natarajan

13

Research Notes

13-18

The Industrial Outlook

18-19

Science News

19-20

Reviews

 
The waste products of agriculture 20
Biochemical and allied research in India 20

Coming Events

21

Notice

21-22

AUGUST-1932

 

Unemployment among the Educated Classes

23-26

Chemistry and Currency - Gilbert J. Flower

26-28

The Future of Agriculture in India

28-30

Breeding of Trochus and Preservation of the Beds in the Andamans - C. Amrithalingam

31

The Role of Organic Matter in the Soil

31-33

Investigation of the Solar Corona Without an Eclipse - K. R. Ramanathan

33
Letters to the Editor  

The Antimony Electrode in Soil Work - T. Lakshmanrow

34

Mechanism of Respiration in Hill-Stream Fishes - Sunder Lal Hora

34-36

The Probable Cause of Cotton Root Rot in Gujarat - V. N. Likhite

36

Investigations on Rice in Assam - S. K. Mitra

36-37

Vibrations of Different Parts of the Piano-Forte Sound-Board - L. D. Mahajan

37

Relation Between Charge and Viscosity of Colloidal Solutions - B. N. Desai

37-39

Two Longitudinal Zones of Apparent Inhibition of Sunspots on the Solar Disc - P. R. Chidambara Iyer

39

Further Notes on Ariyalur Fossils - B. R. Seshachar, A. Narayana Rao and L. S. Ramaswami

39-40

Occurrence of the Tracheids in the Gametophyte of Adiamtum lunulatam Burm - P. N. Mehra

40-41

A Short Note on the Structure and Development of Petalophyllum indicum Kash - B. R. Vasisht

41

Chrosome Number in Pyrgomorphinae (Acrididae) - T. Ramchandra Rao

41-42

The First Spectrum of Arsenic - A. S. Rao

42-43

Research Notes

43-48

The Industrial Outlook

48-50

Science News

50-51

The Late Sir Dorabji Tata

52-53

Reviews

53-54
Coming Events 54-55

SEPTEMBER-1932

 

Science and Statesmanship

57-60

Unemployment in India

60

Waterfalls as Habitats of Animals - Sunder Lal Hora

60-62

South Indian Neolithic Culture - M. D. Raghavan

63-66

The Affinities of Chaetognatha - C. C. John

66-68
Letters to the Editor  

The Electronic Theory of Triad Mobility - R. F. Hunter

69

A Fossil Pentalocular Fruit from Pondicherry - B. Sahni

70

The Siluroid Skull - B. S. Bhimachar

70-71

The Structure of Ha Absorption Markings on the Sun - P. R. Chidambara Iyer

71-72

Correlation of Sex and Shell Structure in a Mollusc-Trochus niloticus Linn - C. Amirthlingam

72-73

Mineral Metabolism and Hyperplastic Goitre - R. Mc Carrison

73

A New Disposal System for Municipal Wastes - (i) F. K. Jackson and Y. D. Wad, (ii) V. Subrahmanyan and J. Jagannatha Rao

74

A New Enzyme Preparation - M. Sreenivasan and M. Sreeenivasaya

74-75

Attempts to Produce Uric Acid Calculi in Albino Rats - R. Mc Carrison and S. Ranganathan

75

On the Nuclear Spin Moment of the T1 Atom - A. L. Narayan and A. S. Rao

75-76

On the Migration of Mineral Salts from the Plant into the Soil - B .Viswa Nath M. Suryanarayana

76-77

Research Notes

77-80

On Some Nematode Parasites of Goats and Sheep at Muktesar - G. D. Bhalerao

80

The Industrial Outlook

81-82

Science News

82-84

Reviews

84-86

Coming Events

86

OCTOBER-1932

 

A Ten - Year Plan for India

87-90

The Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore

90-92

Unemployment in India

93-95

Development of Pharmaceutical Industry - M. C. Tummin Katti

96-97
Letters to the Editor  

Grammatopteris a Link Betwween the Osmundaceae and Zygopterideae - B. Sahni

98

Hyperfine Structure of Mercury Lines - T. S. Subbaraya

99-100

Size of the Liquid Drops on the Same Liquid Surface - L. D. Mahajan

100
Chormosome Number in Pyrgomorphinae (Acrididae) 101

Further Notes on the Chromosome of Pyrgomorphiae - T. Ramchandra Rao

101

Development of the Female Gametophyte and Embryo in Spiranthes australis (Lindley) - K. N. Seshagiriah

102

Albino and White-Striped Characters in Rice - S. K. Mitra

102-103

Peculiar Bisexual Cones of Pinus longifolia - L. N. Rao

103

Multicarpellary Apocarpous Pistils in Poinciana regia Boj - A. C. Joshi

104

On the Wave-Statistical Theory of Unimolecuar Reactions - A. Ganguli

104
Research Notes 105-107

The Marine Biological Station in Bombay - S. B. Setna

108-109

The Late Colonel Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932)

109-111

The Industrial Outlook

111-113

Science News

113-114

Reviews

114-116

Coming Events

116

Errata

116

NOVEMBER-1932

 

The Fiftyfive-Year Rule

117-120

Nuclear Structure - B. Venkatesachar

120-124

The Concept of Causality

124

Importance of Dialysis in the Study of Colloids - B. N. Desai

125-126

Present Position of the Problem of Spike Disease - M. Sreenivasaya

126-127
Letters to the Editor  

Nomenclature of Shell Layers - Baini Prasad

127-128

Indian Blepharoceridae - S. L. Hora

128

Life on the Liquid Drops on the Same Liquid Surface - L. D. Mahajan

128-129

The Alimentary Glands of the Earthworms of the Genus Eutyphaus - G. S. Thapar

129-130

Maintenance of Oscillations by a Triode with Filament Feed Cut Off - R. L. Narasimhaiya

130

A Siluroid Fish from Afghanistan - S. L. Hora

130-131

Gregarious Collembola - Durgadas Mukerji

131

Some Studies in the Infra-Red - A. P. Mathur

131-133

Thermo-Hardening of Shellac - R. W. Aldi and S. Rangnathan

133

Coronium Spectrum - P. K. Kichlu and B. M. Anand

133-134

The Affnities of Chaetognatha - S. G. Manavala Ramanujam

134

Studies in the Life-History of Balanophara indica - L. N. Rao

134-135

Research Notes

135-138

A Scheme for Advancing Scientific Research in India - P. W. Gideon

138-140

A Marine Biological Station for India - C. Amirthalingam

140-141

The British Association-York Meeting 1932

141-144

Two Convocation Addresses

144-146

Science News

146-147

Reviews

147-149

DECEMBER-1932

 

Disarmament

151-154

Marine Biological Research in India - R. B. Seymour-sewell

155-157

Sewage Farming in India - V. Subrahmanyan

157-160

A Note on the Expanding Universe - A. C. Banerji

160-162
Letters to the Editor  

Yellowing of Sugarcane in the District of Saran in North Bihar - M. N. Ghosh

162

The Effect of Low Pressure on the Life of Liquid Drops on the Same Liquid Surface - L. D. Mahajan

162-163

On the Nuclear Spin of Arsenic Atom - A. S. Rao

163-164

On the Breeding- Habits of Gecko Verticillatus - Himadri Kumar Mookerjee and Gopi Mohan Das

164-165

On the Morphology of the Vertebral Column of Rhocophorus Maximus - Himadri Kumar Mukerjee

165-166

Contraction Constants of Enzyme-Substrate Systems - H. B. Sreerangachar and M. Sreenivasaya

166

Use of Smear Technique for Chromosome Counts in Rice (O. sativa) - K. Ramiah

166-167

Some Cranial Characteristics of Indian Engystomatidae (Anura) - L. S. Ramaswami

167-168

On Thermal ionization in Dwarf Stars - A. Ganguli

168-169

Some Peculiarities in the Gametophyte of Adiantum Capillus -Veneris L. - Pran Nath Mehra

169-170

The Magnetic Properties of Nickel Colloids - S. Ramachandra Rao

170

On a Fcssiliferous Quartzite from the Trichinopoly Cretaceous - L. Rama Rao and C. Prasannakumar

170-171

Some Physiological Investigations of Fern Prothalli under Cultural Conditions - Pran Nath Mehra

171-172

Research Notes

172-175

Some Correlations Between Skull and Brain

175-176

Convocation Addresses

177-179

Science News

179-181
Reviews 181-183

Coming Events

183

JANUARY-1933

 

Co-operation in Scientific Research

185-189

Announcement

189

Effects of Temperature on the Determination of Size of Species - C. C. John

189-191

Agricultural Meteorology

191-192
Supplement  

The Indian Science Congress

193-196

Presidential Address - Dr. L. L. Fermor

196-205
Sectional Addresses  

Agriculture - Environment in crop-production and crop-protection - M. Afzal Hussain

206

Anthropology - Research leads in anthropology in India - Panchanan Mitra

206-207

Botany - Some aspects of the study of freshwater algae, with special reference to those of India - S. L. Ghose

207-208

Chemistry - Optical isomerism of co-ordinated inorganic compounds - Panchanan Neogi

208-209

Geology - (1) The place of Geology in University education. (2) Organization of Industrial mineral research in India - N. P. Gandhi

209

Mathematics and Physics - Some recent developments in spectroscopy - A. L. Narayan

209-210

Medical and Veterinary Research - Some reflections on medical science and public health - Lt. Col. A. D. Stewart

210-211

Psychology - A new theory of Mental science - Girindrasekhar Bose

211-212

Zoology - Some aspects of marine biological research - Gopala Aiyer

212-213

Letters to the Editor

 

Observations on Tolyposporoum penicillaria Bref(The Bajri Smut Fungus) - S. L. Ajrekar and V. N. Likhite

215

Liverworts and Fern Sporophytes - R. H. Oldroyd

216

The Wave Statistical Theory of the Anomalous Scattering of α-Particles - K. K. Mukherjee

216-217

The Water Resistance of Shellac - R. W. Aldis and M. Rangaswami

217

Application of the Thermionic Valve to the Measurement of Battery Resistance - R. C. Sen

217-218

Research Notes

218-221

A Scheme for Advancing Scientific Research in India - Hem Singh Pruthi

222

Science News

223-224

Reviews

224-227

FEBRUARY-1933

 

Services and Salary-Cuts

229-231

Verification of the Phenomenon of Partial Absorption of Soft X-Rays - M. N. Saha

231-232

The Magnetic of the Nucleus - B. Venkatesachar

232-234

A Note on the Special Theory of Relativity - A. C. Banerji

234-236
Letters to the Editor  

A Search for the Hall Effect in Colloidal Electrolytes - S. S. Kohli and R. S. Jain

237

The Viscosity of Aqueous Solutions of Non-Electrolytes - B. Prasad

237-238

Separation and Purification of Enzymes through Substrate Adsorption - N. Keshava Iyengar, N. Narayana, B. N. Sastri and M. Sreenivasaya

238

The Colouring Matter of Khapli Wheat - K. Venkataraman and K. C. Gulati

238-239

Feeble Anosotropies in Paramagnetic Crystals - K. S. Krishnan and S. Banerjee

239-240
The Industrial Outlook 240-242

Virus Diseases of Plants - B. N. Sastri and M Sreenivasaya

242-245

The Science of Optics in the Service of Chemistry

246-247
Research Notes 247-250
The Institution of Engineers (India) 250
Science News 251-253
Reviews 253-257
Correspondence 258-259
MARCH-1933
 
Science and the Pace of Life 261-263

Hyperfine Structure of Elements in Mercury Arc-I - B. Venkatesachar

264-265

The Problem of the Lantana - A. V. Varadraja Iyengar

266-269

Obituary - Lt. Col. J. Stephenson - Baini Prashad

270-271
Letters to the Editor  

The Origin of the Archesporium in Notothylas levieri Schiff. MS. - S. K. Pande

272

An Interesting Case of Maternal Care in an Aquatic Cockroach, Phlebonotus pallens Serv (Epilamprinae) - Hem Singh Pruthi

273

An Unusual Growth Phenomenon in Coleus barbatus Benth - T. C. N. Singh

273-274

The Metapterygoid Process in the Skull of Ophiocephalus striatus - B. S. Bhimachar

274-275

Total Efficiencies of soft X-Ray Excitation and Secondary Electron Emission from Metal Faces - S. Ramchandra Rao

275

Engystomatid Tadpoles - A. Narayana Rao

275-276

Amphiboles in the Bababudan Iron Ores - Charles S. Pichamuthu and M. R. Srinivasa Rao

276-277

Hapioid Plant in Rice (Oryza sativa) - K. Ramiah, N. Parthsarthi and S. Ramanujam

277-278

Helminth Parasites from Certain Fresh-Water Fishes of India - B. K. Das and M. Rahimullah

278

The Industrial Outlook - Ram Prasad

279-282

A Bureau of Mycology for India:

 
(a) By Dr. E. G. Butler 283-284
(b) By Dr. H. Chaudhuri 284

Marriage among the Uralis of Travancore - L. A. Krishna

285

A Bibliography of Zoological Work in India - P. W. Gideon

286

Research Notes

287-290

Science News

290-292

Reviews

292-295

APRIL-1933

 

Examinations and Education

297-301

Announcement - Sir C. V. Raman

301

Dr. M. O. Forstar and the Indian Institute of Science

302

Hyperfine Structure of Elements in Mercury Arc-II - B. Venkatesachar

303-306

The Vertebral Column of Some South Indian Frogs - L. S. Ramaswami

306-309

Letters to the Editor

 

The Wavestatistical Theory of Spinning Electron - K. C. Kar and K. K. Mukherjee

309-310

Polyembryony in Solanaceae - Ilabonto Banerji and Param Nath Bhaduri

310-311

The Germ Cells of Ichthyophis glutinosus - B. R. Seshachar

311-312

Spectrum of Bi III - Jai Kishen

312

Measurement of Viscosity by Oscillating Columns - J. C. Kamesvara Rav and S. Venkataraman

312-313

The Cathode Fall of Potential in Arcs - C. K. Sundarachar

313-314

Spectrum of Doubly ionized Cerium - Pran Nath Kalia

314

Viscosity of Liquids - H. Mohanty

314-315
Magnetism 315-317

The Malers and the Malpaharias of the Rajmahal Hills - Sasanka Sarkar

318
A Marine Biological Station for India 319-320

Continental Movement - W. D. West

320-323

Research Notes

323-327

Science News

328-330

Reviews

331-333

Coming Events

334

MAY-1933

 

An Indian Academy of Science

335-337

Recent Discovery of Fossil Reptilian Remains in the Central Provinces

337-338

Lt. Col. Robert Beresford Seymour-Sewwell

339-341

Silken Shelters of Torrential Insect Larvae - Sunder Lal Hora

341-343
Letters to the Editor  

A Note on the Magnetic Susceptibilities of Cuprous Oxide Films - S. S. Bhatnagar and N. G. Mitra

343-344

The Presence of Scattered Vascular Bundles in the Stem of Elatostema Sessile - Panchanan Maheshwary

344-345

The Raman Effect of Fused Inorganic Nitrates - V. N. Thatte and A. S. Ganeshan

345

Boring Apparatus in Balantidium - Mukunda Murari Chakravorti

345-346

Influence of Nutrition on Sexual Expression in Maize - H. Chaudhuri

346-347

Dispersion of Polarisation of Raman Lines - S. C. Sirkar

347-348

The Budde Effect in Iodine - T. S. Narayana

348

A Direct Method of Feeding Plants and its Possible Applications in Agriculture and Horticulture - K. S. Vardachar and V. Subrahmanyan

348-349

Preliminary Observations on Myxosporidia from India - Harendranath Ray

349-350
Disarmament 350

Colonel Sir Rickard Christophers - H. E. Shortt

351-353

Acknowledgments

353

Some Obscure Aspects of Nutrition - N. C. Datta

354-357

Atomic Nucleus and the Hyperfine Structure of Spectral Lines - B. Venkatesachar

357-358
The World Economic Conference 358

Research Notes

359-362

The Late Lt. Col. A. W. Alcock

363-364
Science News 364-367
Reviews 367-370
Two Statements 370

JUNE-1933

 

The Road-Rail Conference

371-373

Felicitations

374

On a Connection between Di- and Triatomic Molecules - H. Lessheim and R. Samuel

374-376

Influence of Wall Effect on the Nature of Coagulation Process - B. N. Desai

376-377

Letters to the Editor

 

On the Radioactive α-Emission - K. C. Kar and A. Ganguli

377

On the Two Dimensional Statistics of Kar-Muzumdar - M. Ghosh

377-378

32-Electron System of Selenuim - K. R. Rao and S. Gopalkrishnamurthy

378

Occurrence of Free Tyrosine in the Lac Insect (Lakshadia mysorensis) - N. K. Ranga Rao and M. Sreenivasaya

378-379

Action of Light on the Vapour of Tin Dihalides - Hrishikesha Trivedi

379-380

The Constitution of Tellurium Dimethyl Dihalides from the Magnetic Standpoint - S. S. Bhatnagar and T. K. Lahiri

380

Dilatometric Study of the Hydrolysis of Glycine Anhydride - M. Srinivasan and M. Sreenivasaya

380-381

Animals in Brackish Water at Uttarbhag ,Lower Bengal - Sunder Lal Hora

381-386

A Suggestion as to the Origin of Tornadoes in Bengal - A. K. Das

386-388

On the Bionomics Structure and Physiology of Respiration in an Estuarine Air-breathing Fish, Pseudapocrytes lanceolatus (Bloch and Schneider) - B. K. Das

389-393

Notes on the Kabuis of Manipur - Jyostna Kanta Bose

393

On the Posiibility of Cultivition of Crocus sativus (Fam.Iridaceae) in the Hyderbad State and its importance - Inam-ul-Haq and M. Sayeeduddin

394

Obituary - Prof. G. C. Bourne

395

Research Notes

395-398

The Easter Meeting at Bangalore

399

The Ghee Problem in India

400-402

Science News

402-404

Reviews

404-409
 
   

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