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   Current-Science vol.14
 
 
January  1945
 

Give Science a Chance

1-5
The New Oil Committee and Fundamental Research -- P. Ramaswami Ayyar 5-7

Influence of Mercury on Insect Eggs-Pt. I. -- B. Krishnamurthy and M. Appanna

7-10
A Chlorosis of Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) due to Sulphate Deficiency. -- S. P. Ayyar 10-11

New Year's Honours

11-11
Zoogeographical Divisions of the Western Ghats, as Evidenced by the  Distribution of Hill-Stream Fishes. -- B. S. Bhimachar 11-16

Magnetism in Relation to Structure. S.V.A

16-16
Letters to the Editor
Elastic Constants Of Quartz. -- B. Ramachandra Rao 17
The distribution of the mean of samples from a Rectangular Population. -- P. V. Krishna Iyer 18-19
New Bands of the Hg Br Molecule. -- K. R. Rao and G. V. S. Ramachandra Rao 19
Magnetism of Germanium. -- S. Ramachandra Rao 19-20
A New Method of Designing Packed Columns. -- J. Simon 20
A New Anti-Snake-Venom Serum. -- A. K. Hazra, D. C. Lahiri and S. S. Sokhey 20-21
Thermal Reactions of Iron Pyrites. -- B. S. Ogale and K. R. Krishnaswamy 21
Influence of Carbohydrate to Nitrogen Ratio on the Formation of Diastase by Aspergillus Oryzae. -- A. N. Bindal and M. Sreenivasaya 21-22
Ergot and Sphacelial Stages on some wild grasses in Mysore. -- M. J. Thirumalachar 22
Anomalous Vegetative Reproduction by Cuttings in Ficus Religiosa, Linn. -- G. A. Kapadia 23
Centenary of Sir Patrick Manson  23
Reviews 24-25 

Science Notes and News

25-26
February  1945
 

The Indian Rice Committee Act    

27-29
Indian Scientists' Delegation Abroad 30-30

The Areas of Origin of Locust Flights in the Different Parts of India with reference to the Question of their Control. by RAO BAHADUR -- Y. Ramachandra Rao

31-33
The New Sympathomimetic Bases 34-34

Obituary:-- Prof. J.K. Catterson-Smith

34-34
Letters to the Editor 
Interaction Formulae in Analysis of Variance. -- A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar 35
Saturation in the Light-Effect under Electric Discharge. -- S. S. Joshi 35-36
Use of Evers' Modified Bellier's Test for Determining Percentage of Adulteration of Sesame Oil with Groundnut Oil. -- C. M. Desai and A. H. Patel 37
Investigation of New Plant-Larvicides with Special Refernece to Spilanthes Acmella. -- G. S. Pendse, N. L. Phalnikar and B. V. Bhide 37-38
Activity of Sulphanilyl - Benzamide against Type I Pneumococcal Infection in Mice. -- A. N. Bose and J. K. Ghosh 38-39
On some Peculiar Spores in Dumortiera Hirsuta Reinw. BL. et Nees. -- K. S. Srinivasan 40
Eastern Limit of the 1943 Swarming of the Desert Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria (Forskal), in India. -- M. L. Roonwal 41
Large-Scale Application of Mercury for Prevention of Insect Pests in Stored Food Grains. -- K. K. Dole 41-42
Life-History of an Ectoparasitic Braconid on a Psyllid, Pauropsylla Depressa (Craw). -- Mohan Babu Naidu 42-43
Nature of Oestrogenic Subsance in the Ovary. -- M. b. Sahasrabudhe 43
The effect of Electric Field on the Depolarisation of Light Scattering in Colloidal Systems. -- M. R. Aswatha Narayana Rao 43-44
Potato seeds from "Chips". -- B. Sen and S. C. Chakravarti 44-46
Liesegang Phenomenon in Rubber Latex. -- George T. Verghese and M. A. Govinda Rau 46
A Simple Method of Preparation of N4-Substituted Disulphanilamido-Derivatives of some Dibasic Acids. -- (Miss) R. J. Irani 46-47

Reviews

48-51
Science Notes and News 51-52
March  1945
 

Scientific Awakening. M.O.F

53-55
Advanced Studies Overseas 55-55
The Sympathomimetic Group of Drugs -- S. Rajagopal 56-60

The Chemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutics of the Sulphonamides

61-63
Pharmacy and Drug Legislation in India -- Sreenivasan 63-64

Substantivity of Dyes in Relation to Chemical Constitution

64-65

Letters to the Editor


Familial Correlations or the Multivariate Generalisations of the Intraclass Correlation. -- C. Radha Krishna Rao  66-67
The Preferential Incidence of The Light-Effect in the High Frequency Region of the Discharge Current. -- S. S. Joshi 67-68
A Scientific New Year's Day. -- J. B. Seth 68
Ultra-Violet band Systems of the HgI Molecule. -- K. R. Rao, M. G. Sastry and V. G. Krishnamurty 69
Oestrogen Potency of the Defatted Castor-Seed. -- M. B. Sahasrabudhe 69
The Cupric-Ammino Sulphates. -- A. K. Bhattacharya and Arun K. Dey 69
A Preliminary Note on the Study of Complex Formation between Stannic Chloride and Dibasic Carboxylic Acids. -- Arun K. Dey and A. K. Bhattacharya 70
Biological Estimation of Adrenaline in Guineapigs. -- A. N. Bose and J. K. Ghosh 70-71
Three New Records of Nematode Worms from Punjab and the United Provinces. -- M. M. Sarwar 72
Acetylcholine Transmission at Nerve Endings. -- Inderjit Singh and K. B. Sehra 72-73
A New Bacterial Leaf-Spot on Piper Betle. -- R. P. Asthana and K. A. Mahmud  73
Cleistogamy in some of the Flowers of Cajanus Indicus L. -- D. M. Gopinath 74
On the occurence of 'External' Gills in the Loach-Lepido-Cephalus Thermalis (C.V.). -- B. S. Bhimachar and Augustine David 74
The Chromosome Numbers in the Family Anonace. -- J. J. Asana and R. D. Adatia 74-75
On Somatic Division, Reduction Division, Auxospore-Formation and Sex Differentiation in Navicula Halophila (Grunow) Cleve. -- R. Subrahmanyam 75-77
Histidine and Tyrosine in Haemoglobin Formation. -- K. M. Yeshoda 77-78
Mitosis during budding in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. -- M. K. Subramaniam and B. Ranganathan 78-79
On the Food of Mullets. -- P. I. Chacko and R. S. Venkatraman 79
Reviews 80-82
The Place of Angiosperm Embryology in Research and Teaching. -- B. G. L. S  82-83

St. Joseph's College, Trichinopoly, Centenary Celebrations

83-83

Science Notes and News

84-84
April  1945
 
The  Future of Mycological Research in India. -- G. Watts Padwick 85-88

Professor P. C. MAHALANOBIS, F.R.S. 

88-88
Relativistic Equations for Particles of Arbitrary Spin. -- H. J. Bhabha 89-90

Scientific Research and Industry in U.S.A.  -- Sir J.C. Ghosh

90-93
Biological Reactions:  Specific, Group and Non-Specific Reactions
 and their Significance in Evolution.  -- S. D. S. Greval
93-95

Microbiological Assay of the Overall Potency of Growth-Factors of Shark Liver Extracts. -- Sorab P. Mistry,(Miss) Indira M. Gajjar and M. Sreenivasaya

95-97

Letters to the Editor


Latitude Effect for Mesons. -- H. J. Bhabha, S. V. Chandrashekhar Aiya, H. E. Hoteko and R C. Saxena 98-99
Effect of the Rate of Trickle on the Mass of the Drop. -- V. N. Kelkar 99
Occurence of Flurospar near Madhan, Jubbalpur DT., C. p. -- S. Der and S. K. Roy 99-100
Occurrence of Garnetiferous Leptynite at Meenakshnipuram, Cochin State. -- T. Sudhakara Menon 100
Assay of the Growth-Promoting Activity of the "Fats" Associated with some Cereals. -- (Miss) Violet De Souza and M. Reenivasaya 100-102
A Simple Micro-Macerator for Plant Analysis. -- J. J. Chinoy 102-103
Mode of Occurence of Vitamin a in Shark Livers. -- Ullal Sundar Kini 104
Pyrethrum in Kashmir. -- I. C. Chopra, M. L. Dhar, K. L. Handa, M. Habibullah and P. Assa Nand 104-105
The Occurrence of a Pseudo-Branch in the Family Ophicephalidae (Teleostomi). -- L. S. Ramaswami 105-106
Interesting Mode of the Life-Cycle of the Lung Worm, Varestrongylus Pneumonicus Bhalerao, 1932. -- G. D. Bhalerao 106-107
On the Pathogenicity of Setaria Cervi (run. 1819) in Buffaloes. -- M. M. Sarwar 107
A New Sulphonamide. -- Habib Hassan and Lal Mohan Srivastava 107-108
Agricultural Research in U.S.S.R. 108
Reviews 109-110
Psychology and Educational Science 111-111 
India's Position with regard to Her Coal Resources 111-111 
Science  Notes and News 112-113
May  1945

Science and Industry in U.S.A., U.K. and Canada

115-118
Time,Space and the Mental Machine. -- Prof. W. Burridge 119-121

Synthesis of Vitamin C from Pectic Substances. S. C. B.

121-121

Letters to the Editor


The Light-Effect Under Electric Discharge: The Probability of Recombination. -- B. K. Sahay  122-123
On an occurrence of Mica-Peridotite from Mirzapur District, United Provinces. -- R. C. Misra 123
Negatively charged Ferric Vanadate Sol. -- S. P. Mushran 123-124
Vernalisation response of Indian Wheats. -- B. Sen and S. C. Chakravarti 124-125
Stable Adrenaline Solution. -- U. P. Basu, S. K. Ganguli and A. N. Bose 126
Synthesis of some N-Substituted p-Nitrobenezensulphonamides. -- (Miss) R. J. Irani 126-127
Preliminary Note on the Possible use of Pencillin to reduce the number of Bacteria in Freshly Prepared Cow-Pox Vaccine (Against Small-Pox). -- C. V. Natarajan 127-128
Tetanisation of the Heart. -- Indergit Singh, K. L. Sehara and Mrs. Sunita Indergit Singh 128
Blood Groups among the Makranis of Western Khandesh. -- D. N. Majumdar 128-129
Tamarind Seed 'Pectin'. -- H. R. Nanji, G. R. Savur and A. Sreenivasan 129-130
Use of Evers' Modified Bellier's Test for Detection of Adulteration of Sesame Oil with Niger-Seed Oil (Khursani, Kala-til, Surguja). -- C. M. Desai and A. H. Patel 130
The Utilisation of Surplus River Water During the Monsoon in Crop Production. -- C. H. Parr 130-131
Prevention of Damage to Stored Potatoes by the Potato Tuber Moth. -- K. B. Lal 131
The Chromosome number of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. -- M. K. Subramaniam and B. Ranganathan 131-132
On the Presence of an Obturator in the Ovule of Phyllanthus Niruri L. -- P. Maheshwari 132-133
Inheritance of Fruit Position in a Chillie Cross. -- M. P. Singh and R. S. Roy  133
Reviews 134-137

Science Notes and News

137-138
June  1945

Food  Preservation and Food Technology 

139-140
Tata Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases 140-140

Obituary-- Sir Martin Onslow Forster, F.R.S, and Dr. Stanley Kemp, F.R.S   

141-142
Copper-Cuprous Oxide Rectifier. -- K. R. Dixit 143-144

Spermateleosis and Nucleination. -- B. R. Seshachar

144-146
The Indian Institute of Art in Industry 146-146

Letters to the Editor


The fluorspore deposits of Raj Nandgoan and Khairagarh states, eastern states agency, central provinces -- H. L. Chibber and I. C. Pandey 147-149
On the cathode daek-space of a slow discharge in gases at low pressures -- Rafi Mohammad Chaudhury and S. H. Zuberi 149
Growth of the shoot in Asparagus Racemosus wild -- Shanti Sarup 150-151
Electric potential of the earth's surface -- Alfred B. Arlick 151
An electrolyte free medium for the frog heart and graded responses of the heart muscle -- Inderjit Singh, K. B. Sehra and Mrs. Sunita Inderjit Singh 152
Chromosome number of Seasamum laciniatum, Klein -- T. S. Raghavan and K. V. Krishnamurthy 152-153
On the occurrence and distribution of Pothos Scandens Linn., Var. Helferianus, Engl. in Bengal -- R. M. Datta 153
Hairiness of cotton leaves and anti-jassid resistance -- K. B. Lal and M. Afzal Husain 153-154
On the formation of auxospores in Bacteriastrum -- R. Subrahmanyan 154-155
Two new records of the species of the genus Trichuris from Indian ruminants -- M. M. Sarwar 156
Studies on the catalytic formation of do-okefins from mono-olefins -- J. C. Ghosh and A. N. Roy 156-157
Reviews 158-160

The Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R

160-160 

Science Notes and News

161-161
July  1945

A Decimal Coinage System for India

163-165 
Indian Industrialists' Delegation in the United Kingdom 165-165

A Linear Time Interval Meter. -- N. B. Bhatt

166-168
Influence of Mercury on Insect Eggs-II. -- B. Krishnamurti and M. Appanna 168-170

Geophysical Prospecting

170-170
Central Electrical Research Board. -- H. N. Ramachandra Rao 171-172

Obituary- The Late Dr S. L. Ghose

172-172
Letters to the Editor
A note on Hotelling's T2 -- P. V. Krishna Iyer 173-175
'Zero order' reactions under electric discharge -- S. S. Joshi 175
Neutralisation of the space-charge of hot metals by positive ions of potassium -- H. M. Chaudhury and Anis Ahmad 176
On a species of the schistosoma recorded for the first time feom the elephant -- S. V. Mudaliar 176-177
The "Bellier figure" as an analytical constant of vegetable oils and its use in detecting adulteration in them -- S. Narayanaier  177-178
A scientific new year's day -- J. B. Seth 178
Relative growth promoting potency of some sterols on Corcyra Cephalonica staint -- (Miss) Violet De Souza and M. Sreenivasaya 178-180

Reviews

181-183
Science Notes and News 183-184
August  1945

Atomic Energy. -- R. S. Krishnan
185-187

Imperial Chemical Industries (India) Research Fellowships

187-187
One in All : All in One. -- J. J. Asana 188-190

The Application of Infra-Red Spectra to Chemical problems.-- S. V. Ananta-Krishnan

190-191
Obituary : Dr. Hemendra Kumar Sen 192-193

Letters to the Editor


On the design of experiments for weighing and other types of measurements -- K. Kishen 194-195
D.C.-A.C. vibro converter (50 C.P.S.) -- R. N. Dewan 195
Magnetic anisotropy of Iodine crystal -- S. Ramachandra Rao and H. S. Venkataramiah 195-196
'Kyanophylite'-A new mineral of the hydrous aluminium silicate group, derived from Kyanite, from Mavinahalli, Mysore -- B. Rama Rao 196
Mixtures of tetryl and T.N.T. -- M. D. Owen and J. Verghese 196
A chemical method for the estimation of alkaloids present in argemone oil and its application to a mixture of argemone and mustard oils -- S. N. Sarkar and Md. Bazlur Rahman 196-197
Chemical examination of Erythrina Indica (White variety) -- J. Virabhadra Rao 198
A natural concentrate of vitamin A -- Ullal Sundar Kini 198
Lobelia Nicotianaefolia Heyne as substitute for Lobelia Inflata Linn., B.P -- B. Mukerji and S. K. Ghosh 198-199
Concentration of rubber latex by creaming -- George T. Verghese 200
Ferric tungstate gel -- S. P. Mushran 200
Isolation of some toxic factors from argemone oil -- S. N. Sarkar and Md. Bazlur Rahman 200-201
Cupric pentammino-sulphate -- Arun K. Dey and A. K. Bhattacharya 201-202
Jute fabric-shellac laminates -- W. G. Macmillan 202-203
Determination of total solids in milk -- C. M. Desai and A. H. Patel 203
Tamarind seed "Pectin" -- M. Damodaran and P. N. Rangachari 203-204
Processing of soya-bean for the production of milk -- S. S. De and V. Subrahmanyan 204-205
A possible use of silkworm body powder -- C. V. Natarajan 205-206
Popliteal facet in squatters -- M. A. Shah 206
On the development of the female gametophyte in Hydrolea Zeylanica Vahl. -- J. N. Mitra 206
the nature of the inferior ovary in amaryllidaceae -- S. B. Chaturvedi 207
Note on the reactions of Gloeotrichia Raciborskii wolosz., to a parasitic attack -- T. V. Desikachary 207-208
A mosaic disease of cardamom -- B. N. Uppal, P. M. Verma and S. P. Capoor 208-209
The moth Taragama Siva lefroy, as apest of gauva tree (Psidium Gauva)  209
A note on the predatory habit of Tribolium beetles -- K. N. trehan and S. A. Rajarao 209-210
A special technique for the identification of the membracidae species by the intracellular micro-organisms of their tumours -- Mohan Babu Naidu 210-211
A preliminary note on the plankton of Bombay harbour -- D. V. Bal and L. B. Pradhan 211-212
Some important features of the life-history of Steno-Bracon Deesae-A braconoid parasite of the sugarcane and juar borers of northern India 212-213
The I.C.I. Research Fellowships and the Delegation of Indian Scientists 213-213
 Reviews 214-215
Science Notes and News 216-216
September  1945

Indian Industrialists' Delegation abroad

217-218
Commodity Committees and Communal Prosperity. -- P. Ramaswami Ayyar 218-219

Sir A. L. Mudaliyar

219-220
Economic Utilisation of Sharks in India. -- (Miss) Indira M. Gajjar and M. Sreenivasaya 220-222

Storage of Food grains. -- Dr. A. V. Varadaraja Iyengar

222-228
Pithecanthropus in Peking 228-228
Letters to the Editor
Quantum mechanical theory of the Joshi effect -- G. S. Tiwari and B. N. Prasad  229-230
The bands of PO molecule -- R. Ramanandham 230
On the ultra-violet band of K -- S. P. Sinha  230-231
A possible "Terrestrial effect" in the atmospheric oxygen spectrum -- Alfred B. Arlick 231-232
On the analogy between the positive lightenberg figure and the splash of a drop of liquid -- V. N. Kelkar 232-233
Parachors and molecular dimensions -- M. S. telang 233
Positively charged ferric vanadate sol -- S. P. Mushran 233-234
Induction of polyploidy in Saccharomyces cervisiae -- M. K. Subramaniam 234
A note on the association of Chlorococcum Humicolum in the roots of Cycas revoluta -- F. Fernandes and J. V. Bhat 235
Notes on a Syrphid (Sphaerophoria scutellaris Fab.) fly predator on mustard-aphid (Rhopalosiphum pseudobrassicae davis) -- R. Rakshpal 235-236
Potato sprouts as a aquare of "seed" -- Pushkarnath 236-237
Phyllody of til in relation to date sowing -- M. V. Vachhani 238
Some abnormalities in cotton grown under constant levels in pots -- P. S. Sreenivasan 238-239
Long of sorghum-method of infection -- N. Prasad 239
The Indian fauna during 1943-44 -- A. K. Ghosh 240
A podostemad from the eastern ghat hills in Orissa -- J. Venkateswarlu 240-241
Effect of photoperiodic treatment on pollen fertility -- K. K. Nanda and J. J. Chinoy  241
On Cassytha filiformis Linn. -- J. Srivastava 242
Dual arterial supply of the vermiform appendix -- M. A. Shah and Mubarika Shah 242
On the food and alimentary canal of the milk-fish Chanos chanos (Forskal)* -- P. I. Chacko 242-243
Studies in the formation of sulphur at Kona (Masulipatnam) Part I -- K. K. Iya and M. Sreenivasaya 243-244
Electrical transmission at nerve endings -- Inderjuth Singh and Mrs. Sunita Inderjit Singh 244-245
Apparent carotene and vitamin C in dehydrated vegetables --S. Dattatreya Rao and Y. B. Rangnekar 245
Reviews 246-248
Science Notes and News 248-248
October  1945

Planning Of Research

249-251
Resinated Fabric Laminates 251-251

Alternate Media for Large-Scale Rearing of the Rice Moth-Corcya cephalonica
St., in the Work of Mass-Production of the Egg-Parasite Trichogramma minutum R. -- Krishnamurthy and D. Seshagiri Rao

252-253
Haffkine Institute 254-255

Some Abnormal Pollen Grains of Pinus excelsa Wall. -- G. S. Puri

255-256
Obituary: Dr. Harprasad Chaudhury, Ph.D., D.Sc.(London), D.I.C 256-257

Satyendra Nath Chakravarti, D.Phil.(Oxon.), D.Sc. (Oxon.), F.I.C., F.A.Sc., F.N.I.

257-257
On Carpel. -- B. G. L. Swamy 258-259
Letters to the Editor
Occurrence of summer dust over Delhi -- Abhiswar Sen 260-261
A relation between the shear constant c44, melting point and interatomic distance of metals -- Bisheshwar Dayal 261
A new hypothesis for the mechanism of activation of substrate molecules by enzymes -- A. K. Rai Chaudhury 261-263
Cupric-ammino-sulphates -- S. S. Bhatnagar and Mata Prasad 263-264
On "Dicoumarin"-synthetic anti-coagulant -- S. P. Dhat and U. P. Basu 264
A note on the pccurrence of Alcaligenes radiobacter in the aerial roots of Phoenix sylvestris -- J. V. Bhat and F. Fernandes 264-265
A preliminary note on the antibacterial substance from Aspergillus flavus -- N. C. Dey 265-267
Studies in the sulphur formation at Kona, Masulipatnam Part II -- K. K. Iya and M. Sreenivasaya 267-269
Chemical equilibrium in styrene formation from ethyl-benzene at low pressures -- J. C. Ghosh, S. Ram Das Guha and A. N. Roy  269
Role of water-soluble phosphoric acid as an aspect of sewage irrigation -- K. G. Joshi, S. D. Patwarhan and P. S. Thakur 269-270
Ocuurrence of gossypol -- K. Vishweswara Rao and R. vasudeva Sarma 270-271
On the viability of paddy seeds Oryza sativa -- A. B. Saran 271
Seed transmission of melon mosaic virus -- R. S. Vasudeva and M. S. Pavgi 271-272
Mustard-aphid (Rhopalosiphum Pseudobrassicae Davis) -- R. Rakshpal 272-273
A study on the life cycle of Bruchus analis Feb., the common pulse beetle -- Gobind Ram 273-274
Osteometric determination of sex from the head and the lower end of the femur -- M. A. Shah and Mubarika Shah 274
On a new coccidium Wenyonella gallinae N.Sp., from the gut of the domrstic fowl. Gallus gallus domesticus Linn. -- H. N. Ray 275

Reviews

276-277
Science Notes and News 278-279
November  1945

Centenary of the Farady Effect. -- C. V. Raman

281-283
Scientists' Study of Last Solar Eclipse. -- S. P. Chakravarthy 283-283

Wanted a Museum of Evolution. -- M. S. Randhawa

284-285
Prof. Otto Hahn. C. K. Sundarchar and G. Suryan 285-285

Rontgen Rays,1895-1945. -- S. Rama Swamy

286-287
A Large-Scale Yield Survey on Cotton. -- V. G. Panse, R.J.Kalamkar and G. C. Shaligram 287-291

River Flood Control. -- Rajasevsakta, M. G. Rangaiya

291-295
Proposal for World University 295-295

Bat Radar. -- John Eric Hill

296-296

The Nobel Prize Awards

296-296
Letters to the Editor
Tests of significance by analysis of covariance in multivariate populations -- P. V. krishna Iyer 297
Radiative equilibrium of the atmosphere and the thermal structure of the troposphere -- R. Ananthakrishnan 298-299
Tamarind seed pectin -- T. P. Ghose and S. Krishna  299-300
A new method for measuring the time of setting of gel forming systems -- G. S. Hattangdi and S. S. Dharmatti 300-301
Catalytic dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene -- J. C. Ghosh, C. D. Srinivasan and A. N. Roy 301-302
Biological assay of the overall potency of the growth factors associated with yeast autolysates and liver extracts -- (Miss) Violet De Souza and M. Sreenivasaya 302-303
Stability of vitamin C in drumstick leaf -- T. B. Panse and A. Sreenivasan 303-304
Photoperiod in relation to flowering sugarcane -- N. D. Yusuf and N. L. Dutt 305-306
Two new records and a new species of the genus Trichuris from domestic ruminants -- M. M. Sarwar 306-307
The sparing action of a-toco pherol on carotene -- S. Dattatreya Rao, V. Mahadevan and Y. B. Rangnekar 307-308
Reviews 309-311
Science Notes and News 312-312
December  1945

Scientific Research in National Planning 

313-314
Poona University 315-315
The Imperial College of Science and Technology 315-315

Golden Jubilee of the Discovery of X-Rays.-- C. S. Venkateswaran

316-316
Letters to the Editor
Production of the Light-effect in chlorine under ultra violet -- S. S. Joshi 317-318
Magnitude of the earth's charge -- Alfred B. Arlick 318-319
New ultra-violet band of Mercury Iodine -- V. Ramakrishna Rao and K. R. Rai 319
Oscillograms of valve characteristics -- B. D. Chhabra, H. R. Sarna and Mahinder Parkash 319-320
Colorimetric estimation of Iron with resacetophenone oxime -- K. Neelakantam and M. V. Sitaraman 320
The nutritive value of milk and curds -- R. G. Chitre and V. N. Patwaedhan 320-321
Some analogue of D.D.T -- G. D. Shah, K. C. Kshatriya, S. R. Patel and K. S. Nargund 321
A note on the essential oil from ginger scrapings -- N. S. Varier 322
Chemotherapy of some organo Mercury compounds-their activity against staphylococcus aureus -- B. K. Bhattacharya and Ajoy Gupta 323-324
An instance of grapes-poisoning -- J. V. Bhat, Miss R. N. reporter and F. Fernandes 324-325
Role of Manganese in the formation of vitamin C and carotene in plants -- Y. B. Rangnekar 325
Studies in the synthesis of some substituted benzenesulphonamides. Part III.-A simple new method of synthesis of some N-substituted azobenzene 4. 4'-disulphonamides -- (Miss) R. J. Irani 326
Ether acetic as a fumigant -- R. Rakshpal 327
Studies in the synthesis of some substituted benzenesulphonamides part.IV-synthesis of two new N1-substituted p-acetamino-benzenesulphonamides and the corresponding free P-amino compounds -- (Miss) R. J. Irani 327-328
Stackburn disease of rice in Bengal -- G. Watts-Padwick and D. Ganguly 328-329
A study of the factors resposible for the colours of soils of C.P. and Berar -- R. H. Joshi 329-330
Racial significance of patellar groove -- M. A. Shah 330-331
A note on the culture of Osphoronemus gorami lacepede in cement cisterns -- V. D. Spurgeon 331
Symbiosis inspittle insect* Ptyelus nebulosus Fabr. -- Mohanbabu Naidu 331-332
Palaeolithic sites in the Nellore district -- Frank P. Manley 332
On the occurrence of a gynophore in Draba SP. from kashmir with remarks on the phylogeny of the gynophore in the cruciferae -- G. S. Puri 333-334
D.D.T.and cattle ticks -- B. N. Soni 334
Importance of yellow changshan and its plan for mass production -- Moses S. D. Swen 334

Reviews

335-341
Science Notes and News 342-343

Errata

343-343