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JANUARY - 1947
The Indian Science Congress, 1947 - Delhi 1-2
The Future of Science in India 3
Science and International Concord 3
The Theory of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis -- M.V.SASTRI 4
Coconut Shells as an Industrial Raw Material-IV. Coconut Shell Charcoal: (B) Activated Carbon. -- Dr.REGINALD CHILD 5-7
Apodous Amphibia of the Eastern Ghats, South India -- Dr.L.S.RAMASWAMI 8-9
Eradication of Insect Pests of Stored Grains Rather than Their Control -- M.MAQSUD NASIR 10-13
Directoon of Movement of Tropical Cyclonic Stroms -- S.L.MALURKAR 14
Applicability of the Placzek's Theory of Raman Scattering at high Temperatures -- Dr.K.VENKATESWARLU 15-16
Letters to the Editor
Generalisation of Laplace's Transform -- R.S.Varma
17
Modified Definition of Probability -- V.S.Ananthachar
18
Note on Three Numbers in A.P. -- Abdur Rehman Nasir
19
Further Consequences of the "Activated Layer" Postilate in the Maechanism of the Loght-Effect -- S.S.Joshi
19-20
Asymmetry of Shape and Periods by Oscillation in Electric Fields -- D.A.A.S.Narayana Rao
21
Molecular Structure of CH4CN -- K.Venkateswarlu
21
Boric Acid and the o-Hydroxy-Carbonyl Compounds Melting-point Curves -- K.Neelakantam, S.Narayanan and M.V.Sitaraman
22
Electrolytic Hydrogenation of Cresols -- M.V.Sitaraman and V.V.Raman
23
An Equation for the Viscosity of Non-Ideal Liquid Mixtures -- A.S.Chakravarti
23-24
Simple Inexpensive Hand-Microtome -- J.J.Chinoy
24-25
Micro-Glass Electrode for pH Determination -- J.J.Chinoy
25-26
Note on Mosaic Virus of Sann-Hemp (Crotalaria Juncea Linn.) and its Crystallisation -- S.P.Raychaudhuri
26-27
Some Factors Affecting the Refractive Index and Constant of Milk -- K.S.Rangappa
28-29
Initiation of Lactation in Heifers and Cows -- D.Narayan and V.R.Bhalerao
29-30
Flowers with Three Styles in Musa Sapientum Linn. -- S.N.Chandrashekaran and D.Daniel Sundararaj
30
A New Record for Fritschiella Tuberosalyeng -- Basheer Ahmed Razi
30
Chomosome Numbers in Sesbania spp. -- S.Sampath
30-31
Hemileia Jasmini Krishnamurthy and Rangaswami sp. Nov on Jasminum Ritchi Clarke -- C.S.Krishnamurthy and G.Rangaswami
31
Development of the Fischer-Tropsch Process in Germany during the war -- M.V.C.SASTRI 32
Reviews 33-34
Science Notes and News 35-36
FEBRUARY - 1947

Metallurgical Research and Industrialization 37-38
The National Metallurgical Laboratory, India -- G.P.CONTRACTOR 39
Hyderabad Engineering Standards Committee 40
A Bio-Aesthetic Plan for India -- M.S.RANDHAWA, I.C.S 41-46
The Nutrition Research Laboratories, Indian Research Fund Association, Coonoor, South India -- Dr.V.N.PATWARDHAN 47-48
Indian Association for the Study of History of Medicine 49
Summaries of Addresses of Presidents of Sections, Indian Science Congress, Delhi, 1947 50-53
Letters to the Editor
A Fundamental Result for Rotating Rectangular Cartesian Frames -- Kamala Prasad Singh
54
Ultra-Violet Bands of the Mercury Iodide Molecule -- K.R.Rao and C.Rama Sastry
54-55
Temperature and Pressure Variation of Heat Conductivity of Liquids on Osida's Theory -- S.R.Mohanty
55
The Visual Shape of the Overcast Sky -- D.Venkateswara Rao
55-56
Zaratite in the Nuasahi Chrome-Ore -- S.K.Borooah
56
Male-Ferns of Kashmir -- K.L.Handa, L.D.Kapoor and I.C.Chopra
56-57
A Note on the Chemical Investigation of the Fruits of Celastrus Paniculata Willd. (N.O.Celastaceae) -- M.M.Shah, N.L.Phalnikar and B.V.Bhide
57-58
Cicadella Viridis - Its Symbiotes and Their Function -- S.Mahdihassan
58-59
Alkaline Phosphatase in Erythrocytes -- V.N.Patwardhan and S.Ranganathan
59-60
Niobotartaric Acid -- N.R.Srinivasan
60
A Note on the Occurance of the Mite - Paratetranychuhus Indicus H. on Jowar (Andropogon Sorghum) and its Predators in Mysore -- M.Putta Rudraiah
60-61
A New Race of Puccinia Graminis Tritici and Two Biotypes of Race 42 -- B.N.Uppal and V.P.Gokhale
61-62
The Effect of Long Periods of Darkness on Flowering in Saccharum Spontansum Soraparai, 270 -- N.D.Yusuf
62-63
Occurance of Johannesbaptistia in the Adayar River, Madras -- C.Bhashyakarla Rao
63
Polyelectrons 63
Reviews 64
Geomagnetic Storms 65
Science Notes and News 66
MARCH - 1947

New Paths in Crystal Physics -- SIR C.V.RAMAN 67-69
The Shri Ram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi 70
The National Physical Laboratory of India, Delhi -- SIR S.S.BHATNAGAR 71-72
Applied Entomology, Its Past and Future in India 73-73
The Yellowing of Bleached Jute -- P.B.SARKAR, H.CHATTERJEE, A.K.MAZUMDAR AND C.R.NODDER 74-75
Foreign Co-operation in the Development of Indian Industries 76
Seasonal Relation between North America, Southern Monsoon and Winter Rain in North-West India -- S.L.MALURKAR 77
Rainiest Spot in the World -- H.L.CHHIBBER 78-79
New Methods of Producing High Energy Particles -- G.SURYAN AND C.K.SUNDARACHAR 80
What is Mass? -- D.FERROLI 81-82
The Ciliate Macronucleus -- B.R.SESHACHAR AND K.V.SRINATH 83
Vitamin A in Fish Liver Oils and Carotene in Foodstuffs -- A.R.SUNDARARAJAN 84-85
Statistical Methods in Plant and Animal Breeding 86
New Schemes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India 86
Letters to the Editor
Electrolytic Reactions on Porous Carbon Anodes - Part I -- J.C.Ghosh, S.K.Bhattacharyya, M.S.Muthanna and C.R.Mitra
87
Electrolytic Reactions on Porous Carbon Anodes - Part II -- J.C.Ghosh, S.K.Bhattacharyya, M.R.A.Rao, M.S.Muthanna and R.B.Patnaik
87-88
Electrolytic Reactions on Porous Carbon Anodes - Part III -- J.C.Ghosh, S.K.Bhattacharrya, M.S.Muthanna and A.D.Patankar
88
Electrolutic Reactions on Porous Carbon Anodes - Part IV -- J.C.Ghosh, S.K.Bhattacharyya, M.S.Muthanna and R.K.Parikh
88
Note on the Estimation of Chromium in Chromite Ores -- U.Sanjiv and M.R.A Rao
88
Extract of Blood Lac as a Spplemental Nutrient for the Production of Antibiotics -- R.Ram Mohan and M.Sreenivasaya
89-90
A Note on the occurance of Norite in Jubbulpore -- R.C.Sinha
90-91
Trachybalasta from the Cuddupah Traps (Pre-Cambrian) -- M.R.Srinivasa Rao
91
Elastic Constants of Alums and Mixed Alums -- R.V.G.Sundara Rao
91-92
Blood Groups of Punjabies and Maldivians -- S.L.Kalra
92
Turbidity Temperatire of Oils as Determined by Bellier's Test and its Significance as an Analytical Constant -- C.M.Desai
92-94
A Method of Sealing Tubes of Fungal Cultures to Increase their Longevity -- B.M.Gupta
94-95
A Case of Polyembryony in Poivrea Coccine DC -- J.Venkateswarlu
95
Synthetic Pencillin 95
Reviews 96-99
Decentralization of Industries and Prevention of Wars 100
Science Notes and News 101-102
APRIL - 1947

Overseas Training of Scientific Personnel 103-104
The Asian Conferance 105
The Indian Sugar Industry 105
Chemical Research and Industry 106
UNESCO, Divison of Natural Science 106
The National Chemical Laboratory - Its Scope and Functions -- SIR S.S.BHATNAGAR 107-108
Sir K.S.Krishnan -- R.S.KRISHNAN 109
Ideals of Science 110-111
Sugarcane in India - A Retrospect and Prospect -- L.S.D 112
Scientific Man-Power Committee -- M. SREENIVASAYA 112
Letters to the Editor
Some New Results Regarding Spherically Symmetrical Fields in Relativity -- V.V.Narlikar
113-114
Are Optical Images Axially Inversable? -- D.Venkateswara Rao
114-115
The Utility of "Desert Coolers" -- V.V.Sohoni
115-116
A 2-Stage Amplification Laboratory Assembly for the Glass Electrode pH Meter -- S.S.Srivastava and M.R.Nayar
116-117
Conductance of Salts in Diethanolamine as a Non-Aqueous Solvent -- S.K.Bhattacharyya and A.K.Bhadra
117
On the Suitability of the Dielectric Constant Method for the Determination of Moisture in Lac -- G.N.Bhattacharyya
117-118
Photochemical After-Effect in the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Potassium Ferrocyanide -- B.B.Lal
118-119
Resorcinol-Succincin as Adsorption Indicator in Argentometric Titrations -- R.C.Mehrotra, R.D.Tiwari and H.L.Dube
119
Effect of Storage and Acidity on the Protection of Vitamin A in shark Liver Oil by Anti-Oxidants -- S.M.Bose
119-120
Effect of Spacing on Yield of Wheat -- J.J.Chinoy
121
Pseudoscorpions in Beehives in India -- J.N.Singh and T.V.Venkatraman
122
Occurance of Myctophum sp. in Bombay Harbour -- D.V.Bal and L.B.Pradhan
122
On the Occurance of Sclerosed Palisade Cells in the Leaf of Nyctanthes Arbortristis L. -- T.Ananda Rao
122-123
Natural Acclimatisation of Two Species of Mullets. Mugil dussumieri (C.V.) and Mugil oeur (Forsk.) to Freshwater Conditions on the Nellore Coast -- V.D.Kurian
124
On the Occurance of Squilla Hieroglyphica Kemp. (Crustacea, Stomoatopoda) in the Coastal Waters of Travancore -- C.V.Kurian
124
Peritrophic Membrane in Schistocerca Gregaria Forsk - The Desert Locust -- S.Mukerji
124
Reviews 125-132
Science Notes and News 133-134
MAY - 1947

Rice Research 135
Scientific Man-Power Committee 136
Pasturalogy 137
All-India Council for Technical Education 137
On Fractional Replication of the General Symmetrical Fractional Design -- K.KISHEN 138
Abnormally Wet and Dry Disturbances over North India -- S.L.MALURKAR 139-140
The Mills-Nixon Effect -- S.V.ANANTAKRISHNAN 141-143
Geomagnetic Storms 144
Letters to the Editor
Nutritional Requirements of a Saccharomyces sp.? Isolated from Coconut Toddy -- T.N.Ramachandra Rao, Sorab P.Mistry and M.Sreenivasaya
145-146
Microbiological Assay of Niacin with a Saccharomyces sp.? Isolated frm Coconut Toddy -- T.N.Ramachandra Rao, Sorab P.Mistry and M.Sreenivasaya
146
Phytophthora Palmivora Butler on Cyphomandra Betacea Sendt and Carica Papaya Linn. -- M.S.Balakrishnan
146-147
On the Analysis of Blood-Group Data of Punjabies and Maldivians -- K.Kishen
147
Effect of Certain Factors on the Pulse Frequency of a Relaxation Oscillator -- V.L.Talekar
147-148
Partitions of Air Masses in the Tropics and the I.T.F. -- S.L.Malurkar
148-149
A Mosaic Disease of Brinjal (Solanum Melongena Linn.) -- S.P.Raychaudhuri
149-150
Stick-Lac as Illustrated in 1567 -- S.Mahdihassan
151-152
Heat Treatment of Godowns -- D.Seshagiri Rao
152
A Gibberella Blight of Rye Hitherto Unrecorded from India -- S.Chowdhury
152-153
India's Vitamin Wealth -- T.S.Venkataraman
153
The Doubtful Occurance of a Wax- Splitting  Enzyme -- S.Mahdihassan
153
The Occurance of Termites at Krusadai Island -- C.P.Gnanamuthu
154
Effect of Different Gases on Protozoal Activity and Purification of Sewage -- S.C.Pillai, M.I.Gurbaxani and V.Subrahmanyan
155
Chromosome Studies in the Genus Ipomae -- N.Satyanarayana Rao
156
Studies Iin Vitro of Some Sulphanilamide Derivatives -- S.Natarajan and H.L.Bami
156-157
Endopolyploidy in Yeasts -- M.K.Subramaniam
157-158
An Unusually Effective Control of a Pest by a Parasite -- K.B.Lal and K.M.Gupta
159
The Mode of Action of Acetyl Choline on Unstriated Muscle -- Inderjit Singh and Mrs Sunita Inderjit Singh
159
Reviews 160-163
Science Notes and News 164-166
JUNE - 1947

Technical Education in India 167-168
The Editor, Current Science 169-170
Principles for the Control of Public Utility Electricity Supply Finance -- H.N.RAMACHANDRA RAO 170-171
The Effect of Sodium Chloride in Improving the Permeability of Alkali Soils -- L.A.RAMDAS AND A.K.MALLIK 172
The Processing of Maize to Improve Its Value as an Article of Human Food -- S.S.DE AND V.SUBRAHMANYAN 173
Air Mass Interpretation of Sen's Vortex Method of Wheather Forcasting -- S.L.MALURKAR 174-177
Letters to the Editor
A New Method of Obtaining Squares of Numbers -- Azizuddin Ahmad Siddiqi
178
Coloured Limestones of the Palnad Area -- D.A.A.S.Narayana Rao and G.H.S.V.Prasada Rao
179
stimation of Total Chlorine in Bleaching Powder -- C.D.Lafferty and K.S.Varadachar
179-180
Viscometer for Heterogenous Mixtures -- B.N.Mitra and B.M.Manel
180-182
Chemical Examinationof the Flowers of Melia Azadirachta -- S.Sankara Subramanian and S.Rangaswamy
182-183
A Note on the Calcareous Marl Deposits of U.P. -- R.S.Mithal
183
The Biology of Earias Cupreoviridis Wlk -- M.Haroon Khan
183-184
Diaspore with Pyrophyllite from Hamirpur District, United Provinces -- R.C.Misra and C.P.Sood
184-185
Post-Partum (Estrus in the Indian Short Nosed Fruit Bat, Cynopterus Sphinx Sphinx (Vahl.) ) -- P.A.Ramakrishna
186
Electrolytic Reduction of m-Nitraniline to 2, 4-Diaminophenol -- B.B.Dey, H.Venkatakrishna Udupa and B.R.Pai
186
Blaini-Talchir Correlation - A Rejoinder -- K.P.Rode and J.B.Auden
187
Somatic Chromosome Numbers in some Cultivated Cucurbits -- S.P.Naithani and Puroshottan Das
188-189
A Hindu Astronomical Clock -- Kalidasu Sankaraiah
190
Organising Scientific Talent in the Country -- T.S.Venkataraman
190
A Peace Time Use for Monazite 190
Reviews 191-195
Science Notes and News 196-198
JULY - 1947

Research and Exploitation of Forest Products 199-200
Editorial Notes - Morality of Science 201
Factory Training for Indian Students Overseas 201
Laboratory Technicians 202
Watumull Research Fellowships 202-202
Paleontology and the Measurement of Geological Time -- B.SAHNI, SC.D.,F.G.S., F.R.S. 203-205
Indian Wool -- B.K.VAIDYA AND P.N.BHATT 206-212
Solar Radiation and the Indian Monsoon -- K.S.RAMAMURTI 213-215
Letters to the Editor
On the Significance of the Additional Information Obtained by the Inclusion of Some Extra Variables in the Discrimination of Populations --C.Radha Krishna Rao
216
The Kinematics of Rotating Frames of Referance -- C.E.Pendse
217
Analysis of Graphite -- C.Karunakaran and M.Narasingha Rao
218
Use of WEstphal Balance in Sedimentation Analysis -- N.Sathapathi
219
Photochemical After-Effect in the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Potassium Ferrocyanide -- B.B.Lal
219-220
Unsaponifiable Matter in shark Liver Oils -- N.K.Iyengar, T.Hossain and B.Mukherji
221
Effect of Centrifugal Spinning on the Syneresis of Sodium Oleate Gels in Pinene -- G.S.Hattiangdi
222
On the Active Principles Isolated from the Leaves and the Bark of Skimmia Laureola Hook -- Asima Chatterjee and Anil Bhattacharyya
222-223
Antibacterial Activity of p-Amino-Benzene-Phosphonic Acid (Phosphanilic Acid) and its Derivatives -- U.K.Kanitkar and B.V.Bihde
223-224
Formation of Complex Compounds Between Lead Nitrate and Alkali Nitrates - Part V -- S.S.Srivastava, C.S.Pande and M.R.Nayar 225
Erythrocyte Pyrophosphatase -- B.Naganna and V.K.Narayana Menon
226
Antiseptic Culture of Ragi (Eleucine Corocana) Seedlings and Their Response to Vitamins -- (Miss) K.Padmasini
227
Aerobic Spore-Forming Bacteira in Bolied Milk -- Kerala Verma and H.Laxmi Narayana
228
Is the Macronucleus of Ciliates Endopolyploid? -- M.K.Subramaniam
228
A Note on the Chromosome Number in Colocasia Antiquorum Schott -- N.Satyanarayana Rao
229
Reviews 230-231
Science Notes and News 232-234
AUGUST - 1947

Indian Independance Day 235-235
Training of Power Engineers in India -- M.S.THACKER 236-237
Industrialization of the Indian Continent -- SANKALCHAND C.SHAH 238-240
British Fishery Research in Artic Ocean 241
The Vanaspati Problem -- V.SUBRAHMANYAN AND S.S.DE 242-243
Abnormally Heavy Rainfall in India - Temperature Inversions in Tropical Rain Masses -- S.L.MALURKAR 245-246
The Centenary Celebration of the Chemical Society, London, and the Eleventh International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry 247-248
Indian Standards Institution 249
Letters to the Editor
On Spherically Symmetrical Solutions in Relativity -- D.N.Moghe
250
Another Method of Calculating Squares of Numbers -- Azizuddin Ahmad Siddiqi
251
An Additional Rainbow -- I.RamaKrishna Rao
251
Thermodynamic Characteristics of the Equilibrium Butene -1 -> <- Butadiene-1, 3+Hydrogen -- J.C.Ghosh and S.Rama Das Guha
252
Studies in Antimalarials-Some Sulpha Biguanide Derivatives -- H.L.Bami, B.H.Iyer and P.C.Guha
252
Rennet Coagulation of Vegetable Milks -- C.R.Krishnamurti  and V.Subrahmanyan
253
Ammonolysis of Aliphatic Ketones with Hydrogenation -- H.L.Bami, B.H.Iyer and P.C.Guha
253
Phenolphthalein as Adsorption Indicator in Argentometric Totrations -- R.C.Mehrotra
254
On the Occurance of Protozoa in Land Filtered Sewage Effluent -- S.C.Seshachar Pillai, R.Rajagopalan and B.R.Seshachar
254-255
Tamarind Seed Polysaccharide -- P.S.Rao and S.Krishna
256
Wilt Disease of Guava (Psidium Guyava L.) -- S.N.Das Gupta and J.N.Rai
256-257
The Nest of a Resin-Working Solitary Wasp -- T.V.Venkatraman and T.Bhowmik
258
Post-Embryonic Development of Antenna in Aphids -- C.B.L.Bhargava
258
Metabolism of Unstriated Muscle -- Inderjit Singh and Mrs Sunita Inderjit Singh
259
Effect of Different Number of Tillers on the Quality of Primary (Mother) Shoot in Sugarcane -- Ram Krishna
260
Reviews 261-264
Science Notes and News 265-266
SEPTEMBER - 1947

The Scheme Worker 267
Indian School of Mines - Expansion 268
A Survey of Various Electric Smelting Processes and their Apllication to 
India - Part I -- HERMAN CHRISTIANSEN
269-273
An Accurate Pressure Gauge Employing Measurement of Surface Strain on Diaphragms -- J.C.GHOSH, M.V.C.SASTRY AND K.V.CHINNAPPA 274
Metallogenetic Epochs in India -- S.K.BOROOAH 275-276
Occasional Distant Weather Information and Forecasting -- S.L.MALURKAR 277-278
Obituary: Professor George Matthai 279-280
Letters to the Editor
Photochemical After-Effect in the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Potassium Ferrocyanide -- B.B.Lal
281-282
A Relation Between Refractive Index and Viscosity -- B.K.Banerji
283
Treatment of Alkaline Water to Render it Suitable for Reeling silk -- S.C.Pillai and V.Subrahmanyan
283
The Cystine and Methionine Contents of Common Indian Foodstuffs -- H.S.R.Desikachar and S.S.De
284
Influence of Variety, Manuring and Germination on Vitamin B, Content of Groundnut - Arachis Hupogea -- K.K.Reddi and K.V.Giri
285
Rate of Reduction of Sulphate by Vibrio Desulphuricans, Konce -- Mirle S.Subba Rao and M.Sreenivasaya
285
The Yellowing of Jute -- H.J.Callow
286
Yellowing of Bleached Jute - Further Observations -- P.B.Sarkar
287
Some New Chemical Agents for Control of Rabbit Coccidiosis -- Amiya B.Kar
287
Extraction of Visceral Oil from Inland Water Fishes in the Collair Lake Area, Madras -- P.I.Chacko
288
Squilla Hieroglyphica Kemp -- A.H.Alikunhi
289
The Migratory Fishes of the Inland Waters -- P.I.Chacko
289
Degenarations in Leucaena Glauca, Benth -- V.R.Dnyansagar
290
Seedling Blight of Safflower Carthomus Tinctorius L. -- M.S.Balakrishnan and C.S.Krishnamurthy
291
The Rust of Safflower Puccinia Carthami (Hutz) Corda -- Raghubir Prasada
292
On the Facilities for Practical Training in Foreign Countries -- M.Rajagopalan
293
Encouragement of Scientific Talent in the Country -- V.Subrahmanyan
293
The Food Value of Two Common Molluscs Found Near Pamban and the Chemical Composition of their Shells -- S.T.Chari and M.Mukundan Unxy
294
International Pharmaceutical Federation -- S.RANGASWAMI 294
Reviews 295-297
Science Notes and News 298
OCTOBER - 1947

Industrial Research Associations 299-300
Obituary: Prof. Max Planck -- T.S.SUBBARAYA 301
Future of Indian Silk Industry 302
The Indian Brewery Trade -- K.S.RANGAPPA 303
Supersonic Vibrations - A New Detergent Variations in the Seasonal Composition of the Phytoplankton of Bombay Harbour -- ELLA A.GONZALVES 304
Heartbeats -- JOHN ERIC HILL 305
New Statistical Method of Predicting Sunspots 306
Atomic Pile Products to Replace Surgery  306
Geomagnetic Storms 307
Letters to the Editor
Oscillation Characteristics of a Hartley Oscillator -- V.L.Talekar
308
time Factor in Electric Birefringence of Glass -- P.Mitra
310
The Chromite and Associated Rocks of Kondapalle (Kistna District) -- B.R.Cheluva Iyengar
310
Effect of Biotin on Nitrogen Csontent of Yeast -- (Miss) Violet De Souza and M.Sreenivasaya
311
The Possible Significance of the Nucleic Acid Metabolism in Relation to Penicillin Bacterostatis -- K.M.Pandalai and Mariam George
312
Biological Value of "Soya-Bean Milk" Proteins by Regenaration of Liver Protein in the Rat -- M.R.Sahasrabudhe, H.S.R.Desikachar and M.V.Lakshmi Narayana Rao
313
Prolongation of Insulin Effect by Combining it with Casein-Hydrolysate -- N.K.Iyengar, H.K.Biswas and B.Mukerji
314
Indian Henbane -- K.L.Handa, L.D.Kapoor and I.C.Chopra
315
Value of [M]p for Camphor-B-Sulphonate Ion in Water -- O.N.Perti
315
Chromosomal Changes and Nutritional Requirements of Yeasts -- (Miss) M.Prema Bai
316
On the Preparation of Pure Cultures of Vorticella -- T.K.Wadhwani and S.C.Pillai
317
Nickel-Thoria-Kieselguhr Catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch Reaction - Part I -- J.C.Ghosh, N.G.Basak and G.N.Badami
318
Note on the Deterioration in Germination Capacity of a Paddy Strain in Malabar and South Canara -- P.C.Sahadevan and M.B.V.Narasingha Rao
319
Some New Hosts for Striga -- A.R.Srinivasan
320
Vivipary in Pyrus Malus -- V.K.S.Mani
321
Reviews 322-324
Sience Notes and News 325-326
NOVEMBER - 1947

Language Medium for Scientific Education in India 327-328
Empire Journal of Experimental Agriculture 329
Sir Jnan Chandra Ghosh, Kt., D.Sc,. F.N.I. 330
Trend of Zoological Research in the U.K. and the U.S.A. -- K.N.BAHL 331
An Appeal 333
The Nucleus and the Nucleic Acids -- M.K.SUBRAMANIUM 334
The Training of Plant Pathologists in India -- S.V.VENKATARAYAN 335
Earth's Magnetic Field 336
Letters to the Editor
On Theory of a New Method for Determining Young's Modulus -- V.L.Talekar
337
New Methods of Obtaining Squares of Numbers -- V.L.Talekar
337
A Note on the occurance of Spores Comparable to Rodeties Dakshini Sahni from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Vikarabad -- S.R.Sarma
338
Chemical Composition of Storage Organs of Plants - A Factor in Photoperiodism -- P.B.Mathur
338
Heat Conductivity and Molecular Complexity of Water -- S.R.Mohanty
339
Production of Vitamins of the B-Group by B Subtilis Grown on Synthetic Medium -- B.S.Lulla
339
Relative Efficiency of Bacteria and Protozoa in the Flocculation and Oxidation of Organic Matter Suspended in Water -- S.C.Pillai, T.K.Wadhwani, M.I.Gurbaxani and V.Subrahmanyan
340
Respiration of Vorticella -- S.C.Pillai, T.K.Wadhwani and V.Subrahmanyan
341
Utilisation of Sewage Farms for Growing Sugarcane and Production of White Sugar -- S.C.Pillai, R.Rajagopalan and V.Subrahmanyan
342
Colouring Matter of the Flowers of Hibiscus and Silver Ion Titrations -- J.W.Airan and N.D.Ghatage
343
Chemical Examination of the Leaves of Adenanthera Pavonina Linn. -- C.S.Patel, C.C.Shah and H.P.Parikh
344
Some Benzene 1; 4-Disulphonic Acid Esters -- M.Raghavan, B.H.Iyer and P.C.Guha
344
Some Benzene 1; 4-Disulphonamides -- M.Raghavan, B.H.Iyer and P.C.Guha
344
Congo Red as Adsorption Indicator -- R.C.Meherotra
345
Effect of Storage on the Alkaloidal Content of Strychnos Nux-vomica Seeds -- S.V.Puntambekar
346
Chemical Examination of the Seeds of Derris Scandens -- C.J.Dasa Rao and S.Sankara Subramanian
346
Mosaic Disease of Malvastrum Coromandelianum Gareke -- S.V.Venkataraman
347
The Dermal Scutes of Mabuya Dissimikis Hallowell -- Syed Muzammil Ali
348
A Latent Virus in Tomato-- R.S.Vasudeva and J.Sam Raj
348-349
A Case of Polyembryony in Wahlenbergia Gracillis Schrad -- K.Subramanyam
350
Live Fungi Culture Collection at the I.A.R.I. --  J.F.Dastur
350
Effect of Different Treatments on the Removal of Hydrocyanic Acid from the Burma Bean (Phaseolus Lunatus Linn.) -- S.A.Rahman, S.S.De and V.Subrahmanyan
351
Assay of Globin-Insulin Preparations -- H.Biswas, B.Mukerji and N.K.Iyengar
352
Ni-Tho n-Kieselguhr (100:18:100) Catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch Reaction - Part II -- J.C.Ghosh, N.G.Basak and G.N.Badami
353
Reviews 354-356
Science Notes and News 357-358
DECEMBER - 1947

The Infra-Red Spectrum -- SIR C.V.RAMAN 359-366
One Hundred Years of Anesthesia -- N.N.DE 367-369
Variation of Surface Tension of Solutions with Time -- K.S.GURURAJA DOSS 370-372
Details About Ice-Age Man 373
Conferance on Culture Collections of Micro-Organisms in London 374
Atmosphere on Mars 374
Letters to the Editor
Lower Level Winds Along the Deltas of the North Madras Coast in the Monsoon -- S.L.Malurkar
375
The Estimation of Thallium -- Bh. S.V.Raghava Rao
376
Ni-ThO n = Kieselguhr (100:18:100) Catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis at Medium Pressure - Part III -- J.C.Ghosh, N.G.Basak and C.Venkatesan
377
Studies in Sesquiterpenes, Part II, Syntheses of Methyl Cadalenes -- Sukh Dev
377
Rhodamine 6 G. - A New Indicator in Oxidimetric titrations -- Bh. S.V.Raghava Rao
378
Preapration of Ethoxy Acetonitrile -- L.Ramachandra Row and T.R.Thiruvengadam
379
Bacterial Symbiosis in a <argarodes sp. -- S.Mahdihassan
379
Rate of Growth of Diploid and Tetraploid Yeasts -- Miss.M.Prema Bai and M.K.Subramaniam
380
Endoparasitic Chaleid of Delias Eucharis Drury -- Mohanbabu Naidu
382
On the Function of the "Feeding Tubes" of Bracon (Microbracon) Greeni Ashm. -- P.M.Glover, T.V.Venkataraman and S.N.Gupta 383
A Glommerella Rot of Nuna -- S.Chowdhury
384
A Preliminary Note on the Karyotype in Capsicum Fastigiatum Bl -- M.S.Chennaveeraiah
384
Importance of Reserve Food Materials in Succesful Establishment of Shoot Cuttings in Coffee Robusta L. Linden -- T.V.Pattabhiraman and K.S.Gopalkrishnan
385
A Short Note on a Case of Double Digitate Inflorescence in Dactyloctenium Egyptium Willd -- S.N.Chandrashekharan and D.Daniel Soundarraj
386
Studies in Anitimalarials: Sulphabiguanide Derivatives -- H.L.Bami, B.H.Iyer and P.C.Guha
386
Finite Pure Flexure -- B.R.Seth
387
Why is the Ocean Blue? 387
Reviews 388
Science Notes and News 392-394
Volume 16 Complete