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Current Science Volume 12                                           Volume Index
 
 
January 1943
 
Problems of Post-War Agricultural Reconstruction-- B.Vishwanath 1-3
Sir Jnanchandra Ghosh, Kt.,D.Sc., F.N.I. 3-4

Rao Bahadur B.Vishwanath, F.I.C., C.I.E.

4-5
Dr. W.R.Aykroyd, C.B.E., M.D., Sc.D 5-5
Sir S.S.Bhatnagar, Kt., O.B.E., D.Sc., F.Inst.P., F.N.I 5-5
Gracious Message from H.H The Maharaja of Mysore to the Eight Annual Session of the Indian Academy of Sciences 6-6
Science and the Censor 6-6
Discovery of Deposits of Sodium Sulphate at Didwana-- H.B.Dunnicliff, C.I.E 7-12
Obituary:Prof Richard Willstatter 12-12
Embryology of Orchidaceae-- B.G.L.Swamy 13-17


Letters to the Editor
Note on a Particular Test for Convergence-- V.S.Ananthachar 18-18
The Open-Arc Method of Exciting the Balmer Series-- A.S.Ganesan 18-19
Gel-Formation by Mutual Interaction of Oppositely charged Sols-- Mata Prasad and S.D.Mehta 19-19
Parachors and Molecular Diameters-- M.S.Telang 19-20
Vitamins, Minerals, Carbohydrates and Proteins in Fruits-II-- N.D.Rege and S.C.Devadatta 20-21
A Chromatographic Adsorption Method for the Estimation of the Provitamin A Content of Foodstuffs-- G.B.Ramasarma, D.N.Hakim and S.D.Rao 21-22
The Effect of Nutrition and Climate on Rat Leprosy-- S.Mahdihassan 22-23
Estrogen Therapy of The Indian Cress Oil-- M.B.Sahasrabuddhe and N.N.De 23-24
A Search for Porphyroxine in Bengal Opium-- S.Rajagopalan 24-24
Protogyny in Uganda Spontaneum-- N.L.Dutt and M.K.Krishnaswamy 24-26
On Akinete Formation in Zygnema terrestris Randh-- M.S.Randhawa 26-26
Riccia gangetica Ahmad-- R.S.Chopra 27-27


Book Reviews
Mathematics: Its Magic and Mastery 27-27
A Handbook of Shellac Analysis 27-28
The Effect of Range of Stress on the Fatigue Strenght of Metals 28-28
Eighth Progress Report of the Joint Investigation of Fissures in Railroad Rails 28-28


Land Management in the Punjab Foothills-- Gilbert .J.Fowler 29-30
Centenaries
Potter,Nathaniel (1770-1843) 30-30
Fitch,John (1743-1798) 30-30
Science Notes and News 31-32
Supplement: The Structure and Properties of Diamond-- Sir C.V.Raman 33-42
February 1943

State's Rule in the Reconstruction of India's Mineral Policy-- B.Rama Rao 43-46
The Current Science Association 46-46
Cosmic Ray Research Unit 47-48
Wood as a material for Construction 49-50
Mr. D.N.Wadia, M.A., B.Sc., F.g.S., F.R.A.S.B., F.N.I 50-50
Obituaries
Sir Bryce Chudleigh Burt 51-52
Mr V.S.Sambasiva Iyer 52-52


Research Pays 52-52


Letters to the Editor
Effect of High Frequency Voltage on Dielectric Space containing Electrons-- Snehmoy Ghosh 53-54
The Rare Occurence of Melilite-Diopside-Nepheline Association in a Calciphyre, near Nanjangud, Mysore -- B.Rama Rao 54-54
A Note on the Wind-Borne Dust Collected in the month of May 1942-- Abhiswar Sen 55-55
Report on the Occrence of Sirembo imberbis Tem. and Schl., from Indian Waters together with a Note on its Pyloric Coeca-- M.Rahimullah 55-56
A Note on Borassus flabellifer Linn.-- V.Venkateswarlu 56-56
Excitation and Accomodation in Unstriated muscle-- Inderjit Singh 56-57
A Note on the Oil from the Fruit Balanttes Roxburghi-- C.B.Patel 58-58
Chemical Investigation of Hairs from Medico-Legal Standpoint-- S.N.Chakravarti and S.N.Roy 58-58
Reversed Polarity in the Embryo-Sac of Heptapleurum venulosum Seem.-- D.M.Gopinath 58-59
Spore-Germination of Ganoderma Lucidum (Leyss) Karst.-- Subodh Kumar Sengupta 59-60
A Note on the Nesting Habits of Olive-Loggerhead Turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz) at Krusadai Island-- P.I.Chacko 60-61
On the Manufacture of Glandular Products in India-- U.P.Basu 61-61
------B.B.Dey 61-61


Book Reviews
A New Physical Chemistry 62-62
Advances in Enzymology, Vol I 62-63
Modern Pottery Manufacture 63-63
Pheretima (An Indian Earthworm) 63-63


Indian Statistical Conference, K.B.M 63-64
Centenaries
Banks,Joseph (1743-1820) 64-64
Seed,Miles Ainscough (1843-1913) 64-65
Science Notes and News 65-68
Supplement to Current Science: Indian Science Congress, Calcutta, 1943: Summaries of Addresses of the General President and Presidents of Sections 69-74
March 1943

National Research Laboratories 75-76
Shark and Shark-Liver Oil-- Prof R.Gopala Aiyar 77-78


Letters to the Editor
The Mode of Action of Vitamin D--V.N.Patwardhan and D.R.Sukhtankar 79-79
The Calorimetric Estimation of Hydroxylamine-- M.Damodaran and Kerala Varma 79-80
Growth in some Stomatopods-- K.H.Alikunhi and R.Gopala Aiyar 80-82
Methionine Content of Fresh Water Fish Muscle-- M.N.Rudra 82-82
Petroleum as a Solvent for Mounting Media-- B.Thirumalachar and M.K.Madhuranath 82-82
A New Method of Synthesis of delta-Diethylamino-Isopentylamine Required for the Manufacture of Atebrin-- P.C.Guha, P.L.Narasimha rao and T.George Verghese 82-83
Excitation at the Anode and Cathode-- Inderjit Singh 83-83
On the Mouth Parts of the Indian Glow-Worm, Lamprophorus tenebrosus Wlk-- J.Samuel Raj 83-84
First Record of the Sexual Forms and Oviparous Reproduction of Wooly-Aphis Eriosoma lanigerum Hausm. from Kashmir, India -- M.R.Fotedar and A.P.Kapur 84-85
The Aerial Roots of Plumeria acutifolia Poir-- L.Banerji 85-86
A Prolific Plant in Jowar Holcus (Andropogon) Sorghum Brot-- G.B.Patwardhan 86-87
On the Variation in the Rate of Elongation of the Cleoptile of Zea Mays-- R.D.Asana 87-87
Assay of the Indian Ergot-- B.Mukherji and N.K.Dey 87-88
On the Pre-Sowing Treatment and Phasic Development-- P.Parija 88-89
Evidence of Distribution of Fishes Regarding Rise in Salinity of the River Hoogly-- S.L.Hora 89-90


Book Reviews
Advances in Enzymology, Vol II 91-91
Temperature Control 91-91
A First Course in Algebraic Geometry 91-92
Fighting for What? 92-93
Reports on the Fish and Fisheries of Lake Nyasa 93-93
Centenaries
Robinson,John (1778-1843) 93-93
McCoy,Elijah (1843-1929) 93-93
Science Notes and News 94-96
April 1943

Scientific Utilisation of Indian Oil Seeds 97-98
Sir S.S.Bhatnagar,Kt., O.B.E., D.Sc., F.Inst.P., F.I.C., F.R.S 99-99
Dr H.B.Dunicliff, C.I.E., M.A.(cantab),Sc.D.(Dublin), F.I.C., I.E.S 99-100
Sir M Vishvesvaraya on Applied Research in Relation to Industrial Development and Post-War Reconstruction 101-105
Dairy Industry and Its Future-- Noshir.N.Dastur 105-107
National Academy of Peiping 107-111


Letters to the Editor
A Note on the Problem of K Samples -- K.R.Nair 112-113
An Extension of the Newtonian Relation -- P.V.Krishna Iyer 113-113
New Formula for the Determination of magnetic Quantities H,L,m and M-- V.R.Singal 113-113
Some Notes on the Possible Replacement of Teeth in Gavialis gangeticus-- F.Gordon Cawston 114-114
Pigeonite in the "Abnormal" Dolerite Dykes of Charnockitic Areas in Mysore-- P.R.J.Naidu 114-115
Proteins and Blood Formation-- M.Damodaran and P.K.Vijayaraghavan 115-116
Combined Determination of Thiamin and Nicotinic Acid in Foodstuffs by Chemical Methods-- Kamala Bhagvat 116-117
Toxicology of Food Colours and the Need for Their Detailed Pharmocological Examination-- B.Mukherji, N.K.Dutta and G.C.Mookherjee 117-119

Action of Sulphonazides on Heterocyclic Compounds-- (Miss) B.S.Alamela and K.Ganapathi

119-119
Synthesis and Sulphanilamide Derivatives of Thianthrene--P.C. Guha andV.M. Dokras 119-119
On Sulphanilamide Derivatives Possessing Heterocyclic Rings: sulphanilamindothiobiazoles-- P.C. Guha and D.B. Dasgupta 120-120
Change of the Generic Name Pisionela-- Aiyar and Alikunhi, 1940, into Pisionidens (Polychatea) -- R.Gopala Aiyar and K.H. Alikunhi 120-120
Synthesis of Sulphanilamide Derievatives of Mixed Sulphides Possessing Heterocyclic Rings-- P.C.Guha and V.M.Dokras 120-120
The Presence of a Hitherto Undescribed Type of Muscle Fibres in the Septa of Pheretima posthuma (Valliant)-- Rameshwar Dayal Saxena 120-121
On the Thaliacea of the Madras Plankton-- R.Velappan Nair and R.Gopala Aiyar 121-122
Effect of Storage Temperatures upon the Viscosity Behaivour of Potato Starch-- Manohar C.Desai 122-122


Book Reviews
The Life of Sir J.J.Thompson 123-123
Annual Review of Physiology, Vol IV, 1942 123-124
Yantrik Shodhachya Navinyakatha 124-124
Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology-tables for the use of Geologists, Prospectors and Mining engineers 124-125
 
Super-Normal Factors in Human Personality. N.S.N 125-125
Annual Review of Biochemistry 126-126
Centenaries
Wallace,William (1768-1843) 127-127
Cartwright,Edmund (1743-1823) 127-127
Science Notes and News 127-130
May 1943

Storage of Food Grains 131-134
Crumb Structure and Soil fertility-- V.A.Tamhane and A.Sreenivasan 135-142
Some Post-War problems of Jute-- K.C.Basak 142-144


Letters to the Editor
Stastistical Formulae-- A.A.Krishnaswami Ayyangar 145-145
Suppression of Radio Interference from Electric Motors-- S.R.Khastgir and S.M.Sen 146-147
X-Ray Diffraction Study of Cybotaxis at the Interface-- Bholanath Ghosh 147-147
Preparation of Sub-Iodides of Cadmium and Zinc-- Khalilullah Siddiqui 147-147
A New Photometric Method for the Estimation of Tocopherol (VitaminE)-- K.Ramachandran and Y.V.S.Rao 147-148
Synthesis of New Antimalarials Related to Atebrin-- P.C.Guha and S.P.Mukherji 148-149
Synthesis of Sulphanilamido Selenazoles-- P.C.Guha and A.N.Roy 150-150
Synthesis of Sulphanilamide compounds containing Semi-Carbazide-,Thiosemi-carbazide and Amino-Guanidine-Residues-- P.C.Guha and K.L.Handa 150-150
Synthesis of Sanonin-- (Miss) K.Paranjpe,N.L.Phalniker,B.V.Bhide and K.S.Nargund 150-151
Iso-AmylAlcohol as a Solvent for Thiochrome in the Chemical Assay of Vitamin B-- K.K.P.Narasinga Rao 151-151
The Adrenaline and Ascorbic Acid Contents of the Suprarenal Glands of Slaughtered Animals-- B.B.Dey, P.S.Krishnan and V.Sreenivasan 151-153
Reichert Value of Butter-Fat-- Herbert Hawley 153-153
2-N1-Sulphanilamido-5-Isopropyl-Thiazole in monkey Malaria-- B.V.Patel 153-153
Cryptostegia grandiflora, R.Br: A Rubber-Bearing Plant found in India-- K.L.Budhiraja 154-155
An Equation for the Percolation of Water in Sodium-Calcium Soils-- K.P.Shukla and M.R.Nayar 155-156
Influence of Na+ ,NH4+,and K+ Ions on the Permeability of Calcium Soils-- M.R.Nayar and K.P.Shukla 156-157
Inclined Extinction in the Hypersthenes of Charnockites-- P.R.J.Naidu 157-158
Anamalous Leaves of Helianthus annuus Linn. N.O.Compositae-- G.A.Kapadia 158-158
On Teratological Features in Some Plants-- K.S.Gopalakrishnan 159-159
The Genus Draparnaldiopsis Smith and Klyver-- Rama Nagina Singh 159-160
The External Genitalia of Aleurodidae-- Karam Singh 160-160


Book Reviews
Short-Wave Communication including Ultra Short-waves 161-162
Science for the Prosecution 162-162
High Frequency Thermionic tubes 162-163
High Speed Diesel Engines 163-163
Lessons in Elementary Analysis 163-164
Wave-Mechanics 164-164
Centenaries
Webster,Noah (1758-1843) 165-165
Twedell,Ralph Hart (1843-1895) 165-165
Science Notes and News 165-168
Erratum 168-168
June 1943

Paddy Cultivation cum Fish-Culture-- Sunder Lal Hora 169-172
The Economic Aspects of State Geological Surveys-- Cyril S.Fox 173-175
Scientific discovery 175-175
The Origin of the Rohr of Anhydrous Sodium Sulphate Beds below the Salt Pans at Didwana-- E.Spencer 176-180
Nephridia of Earthworms. B.P 180-180
Sir Cyril S.Fox, Kt. 181-181
Dr C.G.Pandit, O.B.E 181-182
Dr J.J.Rudra, M.B.E 182-182
Diwan Bahadur Dr.K.R.Ramanathan 182-182


Letters to the Editor
The External Field of a Radiating Star in General Relativity-- P.C.Vaidya 183-183
Permeability and Hydrolysis of Sodium Soils-- M.R.Nayar and K.P.Shukla 183-185
The Nature of the Tea-Oxidase System-- H.B.Sreerangachar 185-186
Catalysis of Dichromate-hydrobromic Acid Reaction by the Oxalate Ion-- C.R.Viswanatham and G.Gopala Rao 186-186
Description of an Egg-Laying Female of the Indian Glow-Worm, Lamprophorus tenebrosus Walker-- J.Samuel Raj 186-188
Fluctuation in the Weight of a Plant-- C.V.Krishna Iyengar 188-189
The Blood Group of the Doms-- S.S.Sarkar 189-189
---------D.N.Majumdar 189-189


Book Reviews
Mass Spectra and Isotopes 190-190
Polarography 190-191
Electrical Engineering Practice, Vol II 191-191
Prakashlekhan Shastratil Ascharye 191-191
A Text-Book of intermediate Physics in Tamil, Vol II 191-192
Marriage and Family in Mysore 192-192
School and College Libraries 192-192
Centenaries
Gill,David (1843-1914) 193-193
Science Notes and News 193-196
Errata 196-196
July 1943

Astronomical Research in India:I-- C.V.Raman 197-198
Post-War Problems of the Indian Lac Industry-- Dr.H.K.Sen 199-202
 
Letters to the Editor
A Simple Economical Method of Determining Young's Modulus-- K.R.Chaudhari 203-204
Continous Emission Bands in the Spectrum of CCl4-- R.K.Asundi,Nand Lal Singh and Jagdish Prosad Mishra 204-205
Sperm Dimegaly in Ichthyophis glutinosus Linn-- B.R.Seshachar 205-205
Degradation of Chlorophyll during Tea Fermentation-- H.B.Sreerangachar 205-206
Influence of the Size of Exchangeable Ions on the Permeability of Soils-- M.R.Nayar and K.P.Shukla 206-207
Zodiacal Light at Poona-- Jagdeo Singh 207-207
Algal Structures from the Cuddapah Limestones (Pre-Cambrian), South India-- M.R.Sreenivasa Rao 207-208
A Note on the Discovery of Apterous Males in the Pink Mealy-Bug of Sugarcane, Trionymus sacchari Ckll (Coccodae homoptera)-- S.Ram Mohan rao 208-208
Artificial Germination of Rice Pollen-- M.K.Venkata Subramanian 208-209
On the Active Principles of the Bark of Fegle marmelos Correa-- (Miss) Asima Mookherjee 209-209
Production of Pencillin-- S.Sreenivasa Rao and S.P.De 209-209


Book Reviews
Prism and Lens Making 210-210
Radio Reciever Design- Part I. Radio Frequency Amplification and Detection 210-211
Elementary Physical Chemistry 211-211
Indian Mining 211-212
Museum Method and the Process of Cleaning and Preservation 212-212


How Fast Will Man Travel? 213-213
Imagineering 213-213
Science Notes and News 214-216
August 1943

The United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture--W.R. Aykroyd 217-220
Prof. R.N. Mukherjee C.B.E 221-221
Dr. S.K. Banerji O.B.E 221-221
British University Professors 221-221
The New Rh. Constituent of Human Blood-- S.D.S Greval 222-222
The Role of Predators in Biological control of Insect Pests-- Dr.K.N. Trehan 223-225
Some Aspects of Shark liver Oil industry in India-- Dr. C.C.John 225-226


Letters to the Editor
A Self-Stabilised High Voltage Source for Geiger Counters-- S.V.Chandrashekar Aiya 227-227
The Tea Polyphenol Oxidase- Its Material Nature-- H.B.Sreerangachar 227-228
Preparation of Diazomethane-- M.D.Owen 228-228
A Note on the Alkaloids of Coscinium fenestratum (Colebr).-- N.S.varier and P.P.Pillai 228-229
Catalysis of Vanadate-Hydriodic Acid Reaction by the Oxalate Ion-- C.R.Viswanadam and G.Gopala Rao 229-229
A New stem-Base Disease of Altissima Caused by a Species of Phytophthora-- P.C.Kar and J.C.Saha 229-230
Karnal Bunt, an Air-Borne Disease-- B.B.Mundkur 230-231
A New Rust Disease of Cardamoms-- M.J.Thirumalachar 231-232
Pyrethrin Content of Indian Pyrethrum-- S.V.Puntambekar 232-233
The Kurram santonica-- M.A.Qazilbash 233-233
-------S.Krishna 233-233


Book Reviews
Hydrogen Ions, Their Determination and Importance in Pure Industrial Chemistry. Vols I and II 234-234
Intermediate Practical Physics 234-235
Electric Power System Control 235-235
Amaravati Sculptures in the Madras Museum 235-236
Science Notes and News 236-238
September 1943

Plant Breeding in Relation to Food Production 239-243
Prof. H.J.Bhabha, F.R.S 243-243
Co-ordination of Research in Universities 243-243
Studies on the Preservation of Glands-I.The Preservation of Adrenal Glands-- B.B.Dey, P.S.Krishnan and V.Srinivasan 244-246
The Amphibian Sperm-- B.R.Seshachar, D.Sc., F.Z.S 247-249
Obituary:Sir Edwin Butler, C.M.G., C.I.E., F.R.S. 249-250


Letters to the Editor
Two More Planetary systems-- H.K.Sen 251-251
Effect on B.H.curves of Electric Currents through a Transformer Core-- H.R.Sarna, P.N.Kalia and Jai Dyal Dhingra 251-252
Specific Heat of Solid Carbon Dioxide-- C.S.Venkateswaran 252-253
Absorption Spectra of Ortho-Dichloro-Benzene-- Khalillulah Siddiqui 253-253
An Orthopyroxene from Dodkanya,Mysore-- P.R.J.Naidu 253-255
A Note on the Coagulation studies of the latex of Cryptostegia grandiflora R.Br . as a War-Time Source of Vegetable Rubber-- B.Viswa Nath, R.H.Siddiqui, S.A.Warisi and V.V.K.Sastry 255-255
The Berberine Content of Coscinium fenestratum(Colebr)-- R.Child and W.R.N.Nathenael 255-256
Thyroxine-Iodine Contents of Thyroid Gland Powders of Indian Manufacture-- B.Mukherji 256-256
Synthesis of Cantharidin-- (Miss) K.Paranjpe,N.L.Phalnikar, B.V.Bhide and K.S.Nargund 256-257
Claviceps Purpurea (Fr) Tul. and a New Species from Simla-- G.Watts Padwick and Md.Azmatullah 257-257
On the Nematode Indiana Gryllotalpae, Gen.et.sp.nov. from Gryllotalpa sp.-- G.K.Chakravarty 257-258
Efficiency of Some Sampling Methods for Wheat Crop-- P.V.Krishna Iyer and S.Azizuddin Ahmad 258-259
Silurus cochinchinensis C.v.from Mysore State-- B.S.Bhimachar and Augustine David 259-259


Book Reviews
The Technique of Radio Design 260-260
Chromatographic Adsorption Analysis 260-260
The Indian Sugar Industry 260-261
Science Notes and News 261-262
October 1943

Biological Standardisation of Drugs-- B.Mukherji 263-267
The Way and Spirit of Science-- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek 267-268
Muslim Blood Groups with Particular Reference to the U.P-- D.N.Majumdar 269-270
Substitutes in War and Peace 270-270


Letters to the Editor
Oxidation of KHSO4 as a Distinguishing Feature between Amphiboles and Pyroxenes-- M.R.Ananthanarayana Iyer 271-272
The Iodine Content of the Thyroid Glands of South Indian Animals-- B.B.Dey,P.S.Krishnan and M.Giriraj 272-272
Chemical Investigation of Seed Oil of Moringa concanensis-- C.B.Patel 272-273
Variation in the Measurable Characters of Cotton Fibres: A Note on the Variation Between First and Second Flush of Bolls-- R.L.N.Iyengar 273-273
A Case of Chlorophyll Deficiency in Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)-- R.B.Deshpande 273-274
Further Chromosome numbers in the Caesalpiniaceae-- J.V.Pantulu 274-274
Baicalein from the Seeds of oroxylum Indicum Vent-- C.R.Mehta and T.P.Mehta 274-275
Indian Rhubarb as a substitute for 'official' Rhubarb-- B.Mukherji 275-275
Preliminary Note on the Perfect Stage of Ephelis oryzae syd.(Balansia oryzae (syd.)Comb.Nov)-- M.J.Narsimhan and M.J.Thirumalachar 276-276
On the External Morphology of the Larvae of the Glow-Worm,Diaphanes sp.(Lampy:col)-- J.Samuel Raj 276-278
River Meandering and The Earth's Rotation-- Mohd Saleh Quraishy 278-278
Virus Diseases of Potatoes in India-- B.P.Pal 279-279


Book Reviews
Social Studies and World Citizenship 280-280
The Cathode Ray Oscillograph in Industry 280-281
Manometric Methods 281-281
The Application of Absorption Spectra in the Study of Vitamins, Hormones and Coenzymes 281-282
Annual Review of Biochemistry, Vol XII 282-282


Forest Tree Seed 283-284
Science Notes and News 285-288
November 1943

Astronomical Research in India:II-- C.V.Raman 289-291
Post-War Organisation of Scientific Research inIndia 291-291
Coconut Shells as an Industrial Raw-Material-I Composition of Shells-- Dr.Reginald Child 292-294
India's Post-War Industry 294-294
The Origin of 'Rohr' at Didwana-- H.B.Dunnicliff, C.I.E 295-298
Prof A.V.Hill, F.R.S 298-298
 
Letters to the Editor
Central Himalayan Geology-- J.B.Auden 299-300
Chemical examination of Ocimum canum Sims-- C.R.Mehta and T.P.Mehta 300-301
Entamoebic Infection in certain Ciliates-- P.L.Misra 301-302
Selachian Fauna of Bombay Waters -- S.B.Setna 302-302
Some Factors Associated with Floral Abnormalities in Calendula-- Abhiswar Sen 302-304
Abnormal Circulation in the Common Indian Frog Rana Tigrina Daud-- Thakur S.B.Singh 304-304
A New Variety of Drosera Indica Linn from Kolhapur (S.M.C)-- S.A.Parandekar and M.G.Diwan 304-305
Production of Elementary Sulphur by Reduction of Sulphate through Bacterial Agency-- S.C.Datta 305-305
Pyrite crystals from the Almora district,United Provinces-- R.C.Misra 305-306
Influence of Potential and Nature of Radiation on the New Light-Effect in Chlorine under Electrical Discharge-- S.S.Joshi and P.G.Deo 306-306
The Induced Oxidation of Hydriodic Acid with Vanadate as Inductor-- C.R.Viswanadham and G.Gopala Rao 306-307
An Absolute Assymetric Synthesis-- (Miss) K.D.Paranjpe, N.L.Phalnikar, b.V.Bhide and K.S.Nargund 307-307


Book Reviews
Theoritical Organic Chemistry 308-308
Organic Chemistry 308-308
Fauna of Lahore 5: "Fishes of Lahore" 308-309
Science, Cause and God 309-310
Cretaceous Rocks of South India 310-310
Science Notes and News 311-312
December 1943

Astronomical Research in India-III-- C.V.Raman 313-314
Sri Jayachamarajendra Institute of Indian Medicine, Bangalore 314-314
Science and the Public Welfare-- Prof A.V.Hill, F.R.S 315-317
Souvenir to the Hon'ble Dewan Bahadur Sir A.Ramaswami Mudaliar ,K.C.S.I 317-318
The Centenary of the Rothamsted Experimental Station-- B.Viswa Nath 318-319
Studies on the Preservation of Glands-II.Preservation of Pituitary Glands-- B.B.Dey, P.S.Krishnan and M.Giriraj 319-321
Dr.C.W.B.Normand, M.A., D.Sc., C.I.E 321-321


Letters to the Editor
Quasi Latin Squares in Experimental Arrangements-- C.Radhakrishna Rao 322-323
Catalysis of the Reaction between Hydrogen Sulphide and Sulphur Dioxide by Silver Sulphide-- B.Sanjiva Rao 323-323
Catalytic Activity of Silver Sulphide -- B.Sanjiva Raoand M.R.Aswathnarayana Rao 323-324
A Sensitive Method for the Estimation of Common Volatile Trihalogen Anaesthetics in the Blood and Tissues of Animals-- R.N.Kulkarni 324-325
Panicum miliaceum (Gujarati-Cheena), A New Raw-Material for Starch industry-- C.B.Patel 325-325
N1-Sulphanilyl-Isothioureas-- P.C.Guha, P.L.Narasimha Rao and V.Mahadevan 325-326
The Role of Tryptophane in blood formation-- K.M.Yeshoda 326-327
The Induced oxidation of Oxalic Acid by Dichromate with Ferrous Sulphate as inductor-- C.R.Viswanadham and G.Gopala Rao 327-327
An Improved Method of locating Tannins in Plant Sections-- A.C.Bose 327-329
A New Ascomycetous Fungus on Selagi-nella-- A.K.Mitra 329-329
Cases of Antipodal Polyembryony in Alangium Lamerckii Thw.-- D.M.Gopinath 329-330
On a Vine Chilly in Mysore-- M.J.Narasimhan 330-330
Ergot on Sugarcane in Mysore-- M.J.Thirumalachar 330-331
Observations on two Mammalian Coccidia-- Amiya Bhushan Kar 331-331
Sexual Dimorphism in Schizothorax longipinnis Heckel-- Nazir Ahmad 331-331
A Probable Instance of Recapitulation in Decapod Larvae-- M.Krishna Menon 331-332
A Note on the Occurence of Chloritoid in Tumkur District, Mysore State-- C.S.Pichamuthu 332-332
The Calculation of Critical Shear Stresses and Sediment Sizes-- Mohd Saleh Quraishy 333-334


Book Reviews
Time Bases (Scanning Generators) 335-335
Switchgear Practice 335-336
Electrotechnics 336-336
The Carnivorous plants 336-337
Indian Village Health 337-337
An Introduction to Historical Plant Geography 337-338
Science Notes and News 338-341
Errata 341-341
Supplement : The Fundamentals of Crystal Physics-- Sir C.V.Raman 342-344
volume 12 complete