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       Current Science - Volume 2
 
 
JULY, 1933
 

A Society for the Protection of Game in South India

1-3

Acknowledgment

3

A Review of the Work on Fungi in India - H. Chadhuri

4-7

The Occurrence of Mundwinkeldruse in the South Indian Frogs - L. S. Ramaswami

7-10

Physical Nature of the Nerve Impulse - A. V. Hill

10
Letters to the Editor  
The multiple testis of Ichthyophis glutinosus - B. R. Seshachar 11-12
Contribution to the morphology of Limnophyton obtusifolium Mzq. - Brij Mohan Johri 12-13
The development of the endosperm in Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav. - P. Maheshwari 13
A note on the life history of Hydrilla Verticillata Presl. - P. Maheshwari 13-14
An aestivating gastropod from Mysore - B. S. Bhimachar 14
Aerial respiration in Pseudapocryples lanceolatus (Bl. & Schn.) - Sunder Lal Hora 14-15
Light source in hyperfine structure work - B. Venkatesachar 15
Aplanospore-formation - S. L. Ghose and M. S. Randhawa 15-16

Geology

17

Cyst formation in plants galls - M. S. Mani

18-19

Notes on some hydro-electric schemes in India - Ram Prasad

19-26

Diffusion of diseases

26

Proteins and proteoclastic enzymes

27

The Calcutta school of tropical medicine

28-29

The U. P. Academy of Sciences

29-30

The Lady Tata Memorial Trust

31

Research Notes

32-33

Science News

34-35

Reviews

35-39

AUGUST 1933

 

University Reform - I

41-44

Sir Richard Gregory

44

Joseph Priestley 1733-1804 - M. O. F

44-45

Locomotion of Fishes - Sunder Lal Hora

45-46

Chemistry of the Cestorgenic Hormones

47-48
Letters to the Editor  
Dilatometric investigations of the tryptic digestion of proteins - M. Sreenivasaya, B. N. Sastri and H. B. Sreerangachar 49-50
The ground terms and ionization potential of Br II - A. S. Rao 50
The action of Aluminium Chloride on Polymethoxy flavones - K. Venkataraman and G. K. Bhardwaj 50-51
The Nervous system of Panulirus - M. J. Presswala 51
Notes on Ficus indica Linn., and closely allied American species - Ficus laurifolia Hort. et. Lam. and Ficus anthelmintica Martius - K. Biswas 51-52
Experiments on the synthesis of Pinene: Synthesis of Cis- and Trans-Ketonorpinic acids - P. C. Guha and R. C. Das Gupta 52-53
A new method of synthesis of Bycyclic compounds - P. C. Guha, K. N. Gaind and D. R. Mehta 53
Studies on the life-history of Limnophyton obtusifolium (Miqquel) - S. K. Narasimha Murthy 53-54
Hydro-electric schemes in India - H. E. Watson 54-55
Disappearance of colonies from count media - R. Rajgopalan 55
A note on cyst-formation in Protosiphon botryoides (Kutz.) Klebs - S. L. Ghose and M. S. Randhawa 55-56

The Glacier

56

The Industrial Outlook

 
Industrializing India 57-58
The future of the sugar industry 58-61
Research Notes 61-65

Science News

65-68

Reviews

68-78

SEPTEMBER 1933

 
University Reform-II 79-82

Acknowledgment

82

Further Observations on the Distribution and Associations of Lantana camara Linn. in Hyderabad (Deccan) - M. Sayeeduddin

83-84

Biology: Its Importance in Modern Education - P. W. Gideon

84-85

History of Science as Related to Civilization - Sir Martin Forster

86-91

Letters to the Editor

 
On the discovery of Prothallus in Indian Ophioglossums - T. S. Mahabale 91
Theory of parallel deposits of solute by evaporation from the walls - H. P. Chowdhury and Satyendra Ray 91-92
Formaldehyde yielding complex in the Lignin molecule - Pulin Behari Sarkar 93
Absorption effects in the total secondary electron emission from metal faces - S. Ramchandra Rao 93-94
The development of the female gametophyte and chromosome number of Argemone mexicana Linn. - P. K. Bose and I. Banerji 94
Oil soluble vitamin A in some pulses and fishes of Bengal - N. C. Nag and H. N. Banerjee 95
A note on the "new type of fertilization" in plants - Param Nath Bhaduri 95-96
The quantum statistical theory of fluctuation - M. Ghosh 96-97
Fish Coccidia and reptilian Coccidia - S. B. Setna 97
Bisimino camphor derivatives with exalted optical activity - P. C. Guha and S. M. Patel 97-98
Physiological of the stink-glands of the millipede Thyropygus malayus - M. B. Lal 98-99
The life history of Limnophyton obtusifolitum Miq.- Brij Mohan Johri 99-100
Somatic chromosomes and microsporogenesis in Cobra or Snake Lily, Arisama murrayi (Aracea) - J. J. Asana 100-101

Aligarh new science college - Muhammad Zakiuddin

101-102

Crystals of the living body

102-103

Research Notes

104-107

Science News

108-110

Reviews

111-116

OCTOBER 1933

 

The Marine Fisheries of India

117-122
Alfred Bernhard Nobel 122

Biology : its Importance in Modern Education - P. W. Gideon

123-124

Lacertilian Respiratory Mechanism - C. P. Gnanamuthu

124-125
Letters to the Editor  
The Panjal Trap - K. K. Mathur and S. N. Wakhaloo 126
On the Incoherence of Fluorescent Radiation - S. M. Mitra 126-127
Seasonal Variations (Sexual Cycle) in the Testis of Rana tigrina - J. J. Asana and R. J. Kharadi 127-128
Lint Color in Asiatic Cottons - V. R. Ayyar and R. B. Iyer 128
A New Method for the Separation of the Two Components of Amylase - K. Venkata Giri 128-129
The Homoxyleae and the Ancestry of Angiosperms - K. M. Gupta 129-131
Female Gametophyte of Argemone mexicana Linn. - A. C. Joshi 131
Oil-Soluble Vitamins in Some Pulses and Fishes of Bengal - H. N. Banerji and N. C. Nag 131-132
Recent Researches on Goitre 133-134

The British Association - Leicester Meeting, 1933

135-144

Research Notes

145-148

Calcutta Fish Depot

148

Science News

149-151

Reviews

151-156

NOVEMBER 1933

 

Science and Industry

157-160

Organic Manures and Plant Nutrition - V. Subrahmanyan and G. S. Siddappa

161-164

A New Theory of Sun-Spots - H. P. Waran

165-166

Megalithic Work in Assam - J. H. Hutton

167-169
Letters to the Editor  
Hydro Electric in India - Mohamed Hayath 169-170
A Triploid plant in rice (Oryza sativa) - K. Ramiah and N. Parthsarthi S. Ramanujam 170-171
A Note on Fossil Angiospermous Fruits from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Central Provinces - K. P. Rode 171-172
A New General Method for Synthesis of Substituted O-aldehydo Carboxylic Acids: A Preliminary Note - Satyendra Nath Chakravarti 172-173
The Young's Moduli of Marble at Low Stresses - K. Prasad and S. Sharan 174-175
On Certain Helminth Parasites from "Chandrabora"- Russell's Viper (Vipera russellii) Obtained from the Nizam's Dominions - M. Rahimullah and B. K. Das 175-176
Polarization of the Fluorescent Band - S. M. Mitra 176-177
Effect of Cooking or Storing Food in Metallic Vessels - N. C. Datta 177-178
Some Exceptionally High Sounding Balloon Ascents at Poona and Temperatures in the Stratosphere Over the Tropics - K. R. Ramanathan 178
Vertebral centra of Typhlops braminus - S. G. Manavala Ramanujam 178-179

Research Notes

179-183

Science News

183-185

Reviews

186-194

DECEMBER 1933

 

The Problem of the Molasses

195-199

Asiatic Society of Bengal

199

Recent Advances in Paleontology in India

200-202

The Indian Sugar Committee Meeting at Coimbatore

202-205

Letters to the Editor

 
Negative Viscosity of Solutions - H. N. Desai, D. B. Naik and B. N. Desai 206
A Formula for the Variation in the Scattering of Light in Colloids during Ageing and Slow Coagulation - K. Krishna Murti 206-207
Physics of the "Smell" - D. V. Gogate and D. S. Kothari 207-208
A Gall-Like Structure from a Tree in the Andamans - H. Sreenivasa Rao 208-209
Rhogas aligharensi Sp. n. (A Pink Ball Worm Parasite) - Mohd. Afzal Husain Qadri 209
On the Raman Frequencies of the NH4 Group - I. Ramakrishna Rao and C. Sambasiva Rao 209
The Arc Spectrum of Tellurim - S. Gopalkrishna Murty 210
On the feeding habits of Belastoma indica - U. S. Sharga 210
A Cranial Abnormality in the Indian Mackerel Rastrelliger Kanagurata - M. Jayaram Naidu and B. S. Bhimachar 210-211
Hydro-Electric Schemes in India - B. K. Ram Prasad 211-212
On the Statistical Theory of Solutions - A. Ganguli 212-213
Oogensis of Cilbanarious olivaceus (Henderson) with Special reference to a Seasonal Variation in the Various Cytoplasmic Inclusions - M. K. Subramaniam 213-214
A Synthesis of Flavones at Room Temperature - H. S. Mahal and K. Venkataraman 214-215
Cytoplasmic Inclusions in Acentrogobius Neilli (Gobius neilli. Day) - M. K. Subramaniam and R. Gopala Aiyar 215
Electrical Resistance of Gel-forming Mixtures during Setting - R. K. Upadhya Mata Prasad 216
Preliminary Observations on the Life History of Acentrogobius Neilli (Gobius neilli. Day) - R. Gopala Aiyar 216-217

Research Notes

217-220

The Theory and Practice Of Drying

220-223

Preparation of Fine Chemicals - B. H. Iyer

224

Science News

225-226

Reviews

227-232

JANUARY 1934

 
The Sesquicentenary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 233-235

Presentation of Honorary Degrees

235-236

Recent Advances in Anthropology, Ethnology and Ethnography in India - Rao Bahadur and L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer

236-239

Polymegalous Spermatids in a Grasshopper - T. Ramchandra Rao

239-241

Obituary - Sir Alexander Houston

241

Letters to the Editor

 
Fixation in Vacuum 242-243
An Interesting Case of the Insertion of the "Leaves and Head" in Helianthus annus Linn. - S. A. Parandekar 243
The Velocity of Light - M. Alaraby 244
Incoherent Nature of Phosphorescent Radiation - S. M. Mitra and P. L. Mukherjee 244
Studies on the Chromosomes of Indian Orthoptera - J. J. Asana 244-245
A Specific Colour Inhibiter Gene in Rice - B. S. Kadam 246
On the Occurrence of a Ring-Duke near Hulikere, Mandya Taluk , Mysore - M. R. Krishnamurty Rao, C. Prasannakumar and M. R. Sreenivasa Rao 246-247
β-6 amino 3:4 dimethoxy benzoyl propionic acid - M. A. Haq and J. N. Ray 247-248
The Mechanism of the Coagulation of Colloidal Solutions - K. Krishna Murty and B. S. Kulkarni 248-249

Research Notes

250-252

Supplement

 
Indian Science Congress 253-255
Presidential Address - M. N. Saha 255-258
Sectional Addresses  
Agriculture - Electricity and Plant Growth - S. S. Nehru 258-259
Mathematics and Physics - Transmission of Radio Waves round the Earth - S. K. Mitra 259-260
Chemistry - The Role of Chemistry in the Advancement of India - Horace B. Dunnicliff 260
Zoology - The Importance of Biology in the Progress of Civilization - P. R. Awati 260-261
Botany - The Nature of Living Matter - R. H. Dastur 261
Geology - Problems of Petrogenesis in the Deccan Trap - K. K. Mathur 261-262
Medical and Veterinary Research - The Relation of Research to Teaching in Medical School - S. S. Sokhy 262-263
Anthropology - Sramanism - Rai Bahadur Ramprasad Chanda 263
Psychology - Applied Psychology - Manmatha Nath Banerji 263-264

Shellac in the Moulding Industry - N. Narasimha Murthy

265

Science News

265-268

Reviews

268-276

FEBRUARY 1934

 

The Statham Committee Report

277-280

The Earthquake in North India

280

The Secondary Structure in Crystals - S. Ramchadra Rao

281-283

The Incidence of Silicosis in Kolar Gold Fields, Mysore - C. Krishnaswami Rao

283-284

Letters to the Editor

 
Effect of Environment on Awning in Rice - M. Anandan 284-285
Partial Sterility in the First Generation Plants of Crosses between Wide Varieties of the Common Egg Plant - T. K. Balaji Rao 285-286
A Note on the Regularities in the Spectrum Ce III - V. D. Dabholkar 286
Castronodus Strassenii, G. et sp. n. - A New Nematode Parasite of Crocidura Carula - Satya Narain Singh 287
The Melting Point of a Certain Aminodimethoxybenzoylpropionic Acid - R. Robinson 287-288
Chlamydonema fulleborni n. Sp. - M. B. Mirza 288-290
A Short Note on the Variation in the Strength of Reception of Calcutta Short-Wave Transmissions at Chittagong - A. C. Saha 290
An Attempt to Govern Sex Realization in the Rabbit - Dontcho Kostoff 290-293
Rydberg's Potential Energy Function and Transition Probabilities - N. R. Tawde 293-294
On Stellar Ionization - A. Ganguli 294-295
On Transport Phenomena in Degenerate Gases - A. Ganguli and P. Mitra 295
Seismographic Record of the Recent Earthquake - D. Ferroli 296
Organic Manures and Soil Structure - A. Sreenivasan and V. Subrahmanyan 296-297

Loch Ness Monster

297-298

A Study of the Citrus Varieties of the Bombay Presidency - G. S. Cheema and S. S. Bhat

298-304

The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta

305

The 150th Anniversary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

305-306

Research Notes

306 -310

Science News

311-314

Reviews

315-320

MARCH 1934

 

Census of India 1931

321-323

The North Bihar Earthquake of the 15th January, 1934 - M. S. Krishan

323-326

North Bihar Earthquake of the 15th January, 1934 - S. K. Banerji

326-331

Dimitri Ivanwitsh Mendeleeff (1834-1907)

331-332

H. E. Watson

333-334

The South Indian Cyclone of December 13-16, 1933 - S. K. Banerji

335-338

Letters to the Editor

 
A Preliminary Note on the Embryosac Development of Callistemon linearis - N. K. Tiwary and V. S. Rao 339-340
Density of Propionic Acid Solutions in Water - B. N. Chuckerbuiti 340
The Number of Microsporangia in each Stamen in Asclepiadacea - R. H. Richharia 340-342
The Physics of Olfaction - Hugh Nicol 342
On the Development of the Intervertebral Ligament in Teleostan Fishes - Himadri Kumar Mookerjee 342-343
Colour of Cotton Flowers - T. R. Seshadri 343-344
Croton Sparsiflrous reaches United Provinces - A. C. Joshi 344-345
Influence of Magnetic Field on Electrolysis - Mata Prasad and N. B. Choksey 345
Syphacia Sciuri n. Sp. - A New Oxurid Worm from Sciuris Palmarum - M. B. Mirza and Satya Narain Singh 345-346
Fluorescence excited by circularly polarized Light of ^3131 A - S. M. Mitra 347
On the Dissociation of CO2 - H. Lessheim and R. Samuel 347

Research Notes

348-351

The State of Water in Gels - K. Krishnamurthi

351-352

150th Anniversary Celebration of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

353-354

A River Physics Laboratory for India

354-356
Milk and Bread 356-358

Science News

359-360

Reviews

360-362

APRIL 1934

 

The Inter-University Board

363-367

Flow Beneath Masonry Works Founded on Sands - E. McKenzie

367-370

The Occurrence of Crossing Over in Nicotiana Species Hybrids - Dontcho Kostoff

370-373

Periodic Contience Vs. Contraceptives - D. Ferroli

373-376

Fruit Research in India: Its Importance, History and Scope - G. S. Cheema

376-379

Letters to the Editor

 
The Colouring Matter of the Seedcoat of Abrus Precatorius, Linn. - Narendranath Ghatak 380
Bacteria in relation to soil Fertility and Crop Yield - Jagjiwan Singh Ahluwalia 380-381
The Velocity of Light - M. Karim, C. M. Bhasker Rao and Reply by M. Alaraby 381
On the Occurrence of Sori on the Upper Surface of the Leaf of Nephrolepis davallioides Var. furcans. - Giriga Prasanna Majumdar 382-383
Isomerism in Chloralides - N. M. Shah and R. L. Alimchandani 383-384
The Structure of singly Ionized Selenium - S. Gopalkrishnamurthy and K. R. Rao 384
Spectrum of Ce III - P. N. Kalia 384
Oxidizing Agents as Fertilizers - V. Subrahmanyan, C. R. Harihara Iyer and R. Rajgopalan 384-386
The Valance Angle of Oxygen in Dimethyl Oxide and Ethylene Oxide - N. Gopala Pai 386-387
A Note on the Disintegration of α-Particle - K. C. Kar and A. Ganguli 387
The Effect of Magnetic Field on Streams of Charged Particles - K. Krishnamurti 387-388
Vasicin and Peganin - K. S. Narang and J. N. Ray 388-390
The Effect of Germination on the Reducing power of Phaseolus mung - B. C. Guha and A. R. Ghosh 390
Current Science and Indian Academy of Sciences 390
R. B. S. Sewell 391

L. L. Fermor

391

Obituary - Dukinfield Henry Scott

392-395

An Automatic Electric Tower Clock Made in India - H. P. Waran

395-400

Conversazione on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Foundation of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

400

Research Notes

401-404

Science News

405-407

Reviews

407-410

MAY 1934

 
Lord Dawson's Bill 411-414

The "Direct Control" Autogiro - Colonel John Josselyn

415-418

On the Mechanism of Indian Tornadoes - A. K. Das

418-419

Focal Region of the North Bihar Earthquake of the 15th January, 1934 - S. C. Roy

419-422

Some Foreign Weeds and their Distribution in India and Burma - K. Biswas

422-425

Brackish Water Animals of the Gangetic Delta - Sunder Lal Hora

426-427
Letters to the Editor  
Truhaut's Colour Reaction for Uric Acid - P. K. Bose 427
A Note on the Course of Crystallization of a Basaltic Magma - S. R. N. Rao and K. S. Rao 427-428
Sex Control in Papaya - S. Sarup 428
A Note on the Life History of Sagittaria guayanensis H. B. K. - Brij Mohan Johri 428-429
The Band Systems of CdF - R. K. Asundi, R. Samuel and M. Zaki Uddin 429-430
On the Laws of Spreading of Liquid Drops on Filter Paper - K. Prasad and B. N. Ghosh 430
The Condensation of 2-Cholorolepidine with Anthraanilic Acid - P. K. Bose 430-431
Intergeneric Cross in Cucurbitaceae - S. Sitarama Patrudu and P. Kristna Murti 431
Sterility of Female Gametophyte of Clocasia antiquorum Schott - I. Banerji 432
Loss of Nitrogen from Swamp Soils - A. Sreenivasan and V. Subrahmanyan 432-433
Absorption Spectrum of SCl2 - R. K. Asundi and R. Samuel 433-434
The Distances of the Closest Approach of Atoms of Rubidium, Causium and Barium - Binayendra Nath Sen 434
The dorsal arcualia Zygosphene and Zyagan in the Vertebral Column of Snakes - H. K. Mookerjee and Bimal Kumar Chatterjee 434-436
Salt Tolerance of Plants as Induced by Pre-treatment of Seeds - V. A. Tamhane and M. A. Shama Iyengar 436-437
Propagation of Radio Waves - B. C. Sil 437-438
Recent Advances in Anthropology, Ethnology and Ethnography in India - B. S. Guha 439
Research Notes 439-442
Geological Aspects of the North Bihar Earthquake of the 15th January, 1934 442-445

Micro-Climatology - L. A. Ramdas

445-447
Science News 448-450
Reviews 451-456
JUNE 1934
 
An Indian Society of Soil Science 457-460

The Saline Series of North-Western India - E. R. Gee

460-463

Studies on the Pollen Tubes - Dontcho Kostoff

464-466

Recent Developments in "Aero-Electries" - T. D. Chatterji

467-469

Lyochromes

469
Letters to the Editor  
The Anomalous Scattering of α- Particle - K. K. Mukherjee 470-471
The Wave-Statistical Theory of Artificial Disintegration - K. C. Kar and A. Ganguli 471-472
A Synthesis of opianic acid , and a new general method Synthesizing Phthalonic Acids - S. N. Chakravarti and M. Swaminathan 472-473
Changes in the Charge on Colloidal Particles during Dialysis of Sols - B. N. Desai 473
Development of Vertebral Column in Fishes - S. G. Manavala Ramanujam 473-474
Vitamin B2 and a new Flavin in Ox-Kidney Extracts - B. C. Guha and H. G. Biswas 474-475
Diamagnetism and Molecular Association in Organic Liquids - S. Ramachandra Rao and P. S. Varadachari 475-476
Photo-Dissociation of the NO3 Ion and its Dependence on the Polarization of the Exciting Light-Quantum - K. S. Krishanan and A. C. Guha 476-477
The Metabolism of Carotene: the Possible of the Reticulo-Endothelial System - B. Anand 477-478
Notes on the Occurrence of Grammothele Cineracea Bres., Kneiffa grisea Berk. and Curtis - S. N. Banerjee 478-479
Two New Methods of Synthesis of Norpinic Acid - R. C. Guha and K. N. Gaind 479
Conversion of Mesotartaric Acid into an Optically active form by Walden Inversion under asymmetric conditions - P. C. Guha and V. Anna Rao 479-480
X-Ray Analysis of the Crystal Structure of Dibenzyl - Jagattaran Dhar 480-481

The Kasauli Antivenene - S. D. S. Greval

481

Obituary - A. N. Meldrum

482

A Simple Air-Conditioning Chamber for Laboratory Experiments - S. N. Kapur and D. Narayanamurti

483-484

The Leaf, Flower and Fruit Characters of the Santra Orange - S. S. Bhat

485

Some Physical and Chemical Considerations on Plant Nutrition and Growth - B. Viswa Nath

486-487
Research Notes 487-490
Science News 491-493
Reviews 493-496
 
   

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