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January 1953
 

Utilization of Solar Energy

1-3
Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute,Karaikudi 3-3

Lady Tata Memorial Trust Scientific ResearchScholarships, 1953-54

3-3
Chromosomes and the Species Problem in the Genus Viburnum-- E.K.Janaki Ammal 4-6
Studies in Ancient Indian Materials and Industries- A Pottery glaze of Kushana Period from Khokrakot Mound-- B.B.Lal 7-8
Raptakos Medical Fellowship Awards 8-8
Central Leather Research Institute, Madras 8-8
Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany 9-9
New Fields Opened up in Electronics 9-9


Letters to the Editor
Remarks on the Consistency Equation of Finite Strain-- G.Bandyopadhyay 10-11
Improvement of Cornu's Method for Determining Elastic Constants-- Mahendra Singh Sodha and Yatendra Pal Varshni 11-11
Partially Fixed Beams-- C.V.Joga Rao and J.V.Rattayya 11-12
On the Occurence of Siderolites sp. and Globutruncana cf. Arca from the Upper Cretaceous of Pondicherry, South India-- R.S.Sharma 12-13
A Preliminary Note on the Micone Beds of Kathiawar, Western India-- A.K.Chaterjee, D.L.Sah, Krishna Mohan and V.V.Rao 13-14
Monticellite from the Crystalline Limestones of Borra, Vishakapatnam District-- M.Srirama Rao and C.Mahadevan 14-15
Interfacial Surface Tension and Complex Formation in Salt Solutions-- (Miss) Hemlata J.Kazi and C.M.Desai 15-15
Role of Manganese in the Biosynthesis of Ascorbic Acid-- M.N.Rudra 15-16
Carbohydrates of Agave vera Cruz-- I.S.Bhatia, M.N.Satyanarayana and M.Srinivasan 16-17
Root Development in Lens esculenta Moench-- T.C.Shukla 17-17
Meiosis in Momordica dioica Roxb-- R.H.Richharia and P.N.Ghosh 17-18
Life-History of Ochroma lagopus Sw.-- C.Venkata Rao 18-19
Effect of Benzene Hexachloride on Growth of Sugarcane-- S.B.D.Agarwala 19-20
Isariopsis griseola Sacc. on Phaseolus Vulgaris L.-- K.V.Srinivasan 20-20
Parallel Tests with Calcutta and Hebbal (Bangalore) Toads for Bovine Pregnancy-- J.L.Bhaduri and N.R.Bardan 20-22
Synthesis of 2:4-Dimethyl Eudalene-- R.C.Gupta and M.S.Muthana 22-22
Food Value of the Edible Portion of the Indian Chank Xancus pyrum-- R.Venkataraman and S.T.Chari 22-23
A Case of Natural Adaptability of Anopheles Larvae to Sea Water-- V.Sebastian 23-23
Buffer Capacity and Related Properties of Some Soils of Delhi and Its Neighbourhood-- A.K.Das 24-24


Book Reviews 25-28
Science Notes and News 29-30
February 1953

The Christiansen Experiment-- C.V.Raman and M.R.Bhat 31-33
Astronomical Award to Prof.S.Chandrasekar 33-33
Evidence for the Existence of Vascular Land Plants in the Cambrian-- K.Jacob, Mrs Chinna Jacob and R.N.Shrivastava 34-36
Indian Rare Earths Factory 36-37
Professor B.B.Mundkur; Obituary-- T.S.Sadasivan 37-37
Research Information Service 38-38
Electronic Weather Forecast 38-38


Letters to the Editor
Microtonal Variations in Frequencies in Karnatic Music-II-- C.S.Ayyar 39-40
Brocken Bows-- Y.G.Naik and R.M.Joshi 40-41
Ultra-Violet Absorption spectra of Halogenated Toulenes-- G.Vishwanath 41-42
Estimation of Thiosemicarbozones used in the Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis-- N.K.Iyengar, H.K.Biswas and S.Dutta 42-42
Atmospheric Oxidation of Iodide- Use of Ammonium Molybdate as Catalyst-- D.V.Ramana Rao 42-43
Electrphoretic Pattern of Polyvalent Anti-Snake-Venom-Serum-- D.C.Lahiri and S.S.Rao 43-44
Phagocytic Response in Guinea Pigs to Certain Indigenous Medicinal Plants Extracts-- Rajul Broker, K.T.Gajjar and J.V.Bhat 44-45
m-Chloro Phenyl Cyanamide-- K.S.Srinivas and R.D.Gupta 45-45
Double Beta Decay of Te 130 and Se 82-- Hari .D.Sharma 45-46
The Reaction between HNO3 and HI-- S.Sambasivan 46-46
Essential Oil of Seseli indicum W & A-- G.S.Gupta and M.O.Farooq 46-47
Easy Technique of Dissecting the Mouth Parts of Sucking Lice (Insecta:Anoplura)-- P.Sen Sarma 47-47
Propagation of Three Varieties (Horti) of Prunus Species by Stem Cuttings-- N.N.Dikshit 47-48
Blister Leaf-Galls of Mango and Their Control-- H.Y.Kulkarni and R.C.Patel 48-48
Studies in Rooting Response-- B.Samantarai, G.Mishra and T.Kabi 48-48
Zygaenodes Sp. A Remarkable Beetle With Stalked Compound Eyes-- K.K.Nayar 48-49
Occurence of the Yellow Strain of Lac Insect Laccifer Lacca Kerr.(Coccidae) in Delhi-- V.Kumar Gupta 49-49
Further Evidence from Fish Distribution of the Rise of Salinity of the River Hoogly-- Sunder Lal Hora 49-50
Chromosome Number in Four Umbellifiers-- G.L.Shah 50-51
Two-Dimensional Circular Paper chromatography-- J.W.Airan 51-51


Book Reviews 52-56
Science Notes and News 56-58
March 1953

The Raman Effect: 1928-53 59-61
Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Raman Effect 62-62
Raman Effect and Its Chemical Applications: Twenty five years in Retrospect-- S.V.Ananthakrishnan 63-68
Commonwealth Scientific Conference, Australia 69-70
BCG Campaign in India 70-70
Viomycin, New Antibiotic against Tuberculosis 70-70


Letters to the Editor
Thermal diffusion and Force between Unlike Molecules-- B.N.Srivastava and M.P.Madan 71-72
Magnetic Study of Some Forms of Corundum-- S.Ramachandra Rao and M.Leela 72-73
Conductometric Estimate of Cerium in Dilute Cerous Chloride as Oxalate-- D.Singh and P.Govindankutty Menon 73-74
On the Structure of Dithionous Acid-- R.H.Sahasrabuddhey 74-75
Electro Colloidation of Copper-- Indra Sanghi 75-75
Cloudiness of Plagioclase Felspars of Dolerite Dykes, Nallambakkam (Madras)-- A.Bhaskara Rao 75-76
On the Occurence of Distichoplax biserialis in the Pondicherry Area (S.India)-- L.RamaRau 76-76
More Orbitoids from the Cretaceous Rocks Near Ariyalur (South India)-- L.Rama Rau 76-77
Processing of Freshly Deposited Copper Powder-- S.Subramanyam and G.S.Tendolkar 77-77
Dephosphorisation of Alloys under Gaseous Anneal-- P.C.Ghosh and B.Chaterjee 77-78
Xylose from Jute Stalks-- N.H.Bhuiyan and M.H.Khundkar 78-79
Pencillium notatum as a Source of Fungal Pectinase-- B.S.Lulla and D.S.Johar 79-80
Studies in Sulphabiguanides: N1-Sulphanamidophenyl N5-Isopropyl-Biguanides and N1-Aryl Sulphonyl N5-Aryl Biguanides-- H.L.Bami 80-80
Reaction between Benzilic Acid and Thiourea-- Azzizur Rahman and M.O.Farooq 80-81
The Chemistry of Nutmeg- Aril (Jay-Patri)-- Ashok D.Pishawikar and D.G.Pishawikar 81-81
The Formation of the Double Sulphate of Hafnium and magnesium-- S.R.Patel 82-82
On the Occurence of Hilsa toli (Cuv & Val) in the River Hoogly-- T.V.R.Pillay 82-83
Use of Iron Alum in Improving Aceto-Carmine Smear Preparations in Cucurbits-- R.H.Riccharia and P.N.Ghosh 83-84
Cytological Study of Solanum macrunthum Dun-- Ram Prakash and Bishwanath Chaterjee 84-85
Green Muscardine Fungus on Pyrilla Sp-- S.V.Parthasarathy, P.Prakasam and C.S.Krishnamurthy 85-86
Isolation of Trimethylamine Oxide in Some Indian Marine Fishes-- R.Venkataraman and S.T.Chari 86-86
On a New Locality Record of the Land Planariun Dolichoplana feildani (v.Graff)-- G.Ramkrishna 86-87
Articulation of Prospectus with Head in Lesiodryinus pyrillae Kieff (Dryinidae Hymenoptera)-- B.R.Subba Rao 87-87
Theonine in Bengal Gram: A Correction -- P.R.Srinivasan and P.K.Vijayaraghavan 87-87


Book Reviews 88-90
The Late Sir Charles Sherrington 90-90
Science Notes and News 91-92
April 1953

Fish Distribution and Central Asian Orography-- Sunder Lal Hora 93-97
Prediction of Electronic Failures 97-97
Cobalt 60 to Replace Radium for Cancer Therapy 97-97
The Severe Nagapattinam Cyclone of 30th November 1952- P.R.Krishna Rao and S.N.Sen 98-102
Forthcoming International Scientific and Technical Conferences, 1953 102-102
On Cold Pools and Their Role in the Development Of Nor'westers Over West Bengal and Eastern Pakistan-- C.Ramaswamy and B.L.Bose 103-105
Mendelian Anomalies-- R.H.Richharia and Ayodhya Prasad 105-107
Streptomycin and Isoniazid 107-107
Dr.Gilbert J.Fowler- Obituary- K.V.Giri, R.Rajagopalan and S.C.Pillai 108-108


Letters to the Editor 109-110
A General Theory of Distribution When the Alternative Population Distributions Involve Unknown Parameters-- C.Radhakrishnan Rao 110-111
Occurence of Gypsum in Palladam Taluk, Coimbatore District-- M.Sanyasi Raju and C.R.Venkataraman 111-111
A Note on the Reaction between pyridine and bromine in the Liquid State-- Ram Gopal 111-111
Effect of Boric acid on the Activity of Invertase-- K.S.G.Doss, And H.C.Saraswat 111-112
Estimation of p-Cymene by oxidation to Terephthalic Acid-- M.Leo Xavier, James Verghese and Lourdo M.Yeddanapalli 112-113
Evidence for Complex Formation of Iodine with Solvents-- A.K.Bhattacharya and N.R.Subbaratnam 113-113
Effect of Lipid Extraction on Diptheria Antitoxic Psuedoglobulin-- V.Y.More and S.S.Rao 113-114
Tetuin,A Glucoside from the Seeds of Oroxylum indicum Vent-- C.R.Mehta and T.P.Mehta 114-114
Seperation and Estimation of Overlapping Amino Acids by Circular Paper Chromatography Using Different Solvent Mixtures-- K.V.Giri and N.A.N.Rao 114-116
A Rapid Method for the Detection of Small Amounts of Chicory in Coffee-- S.N.Mitra and S.C.Roy 116-116
Some Anomalies Occuring in Rice, Oryza sativa L.-- Manuel Vianna E.Silva 116-117
Y-Substitution in the Resorcinol Nucleus-- V.M.Thakor 117-118
A Preliminary Report on the Colchicine Induced Tetraploids of Anona squamosa L.-- A.S.Aslam 118-120
A Marine species of Slow Lactose Fermenting Bacterium-- R.Venkataraman and A. Sreenivasan 120-121
A Technique for Mass breeding of Apanteles N.Sp (Braconide Hymenoptera)-- E.N.Narayanan, G.W.Angalet, B.R.Subba Rao and G.I.D'Souza 121-121


I.C.A.R. Grant to "Current Science" 121-121
Book Reviews 122-126
Science Notes and News 126-127
May 1953

Recent Developments in the Methods of Rice Cultivation in India-- N.Parthasarathy 129-132
Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee 132-132
New Light on the Early Phylogenyof the Vascular Plants and on the Influence of Cycles of Past Glaciation and Mountain Building on Plant Evolution-- K.Jacob and Mrs Chinna Jacob 133-135
'Jet Stream' under Study 135-135
Research collection of Mammals 136-136
Sir Lawrence Bragg 136-136
Prof. James W.McBain (Obituary)-- J.P.Varma 137-137
Ionospheric Recording 137-137


Letters to the Editor
The C-C Bonds in Cyclo-Octa Tetraoene C8H8-- B.D.Saxena and S.S.Bhatnagar 138-139
Resolving Power of the Fabry Parot Etalon-- Mahendra Singh Sodhi 139-140
On the Origin of Ilmenite Placers of Ratnagiri (Bombay)-- G.V.Damle 140-140
An Additive Function of Critical Constants-- Yatendra Pal Varshni 140-141
Ultra-Violet Absorption spectra of Molecules containing Six and Five-Membered rings-- G.Vishwanath 141-141
Shape Analysis of Quartz Grains of some Sandstones-- B.B.G.Sarma 141-142
The Incidence of the Lea Blood Group in Indians-- G.W.G.Bird 142-142
A Rapid Method of Photometric analysis of Vitamin B12 in Crude Liver Extracts-- F.W.Van Klaveren, D.Banerji, D.Srivastava and S.A.Patel 142-142
The Occurence of Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid and Glutamic acid Decarboxylase in Red Yeast (Rhodortula glutinous)-- P.R.Krishnaswamy and K.V.Giri 143-143
Mercurochrome as a Histological Stain-- H.L.Sarma 144-144
An Attempt to Purify Insulin by Chromatography-- Azizur Rahman and (miss) Fatima Minhaj 144-145
Sulphate-Reducing Organisms in the soils of the Rann Areas in Cutch-- K.V.S.Satyanarayana and S.C.Datta 145-145
Synthesis of Pectic Substances in the Post Harvest condition of Pears-- W.B.Date and Elmer Hansen 145-146
A New Method for the Synthesis of Amino-Acids and Related Compounds-- P.B.Mahajani and J.N.Ray 146-146
Friedel Crafts Reaction between Ethyl Allylacetate and Cumene-- N.K.Maheshwary, O.P.Vig and S.M.Mukherji 147-147
A New Synthesis of P-Nitro-Benzene Sulphonyl chloride-- K.Raman and M.Raghavan 147-148
Substitutes for the Zimmerman-Reinhardt Reaction-- C.V.Suryanarayana and K.M.Somasundaram 148-149
Neurosection in Iphita limbata Stal-- K.K.Nayar 149-149
Phytophthora cyperi-bulbosi Sp.Nov on Cyperus bulbosus Vahl-- V.Seethalakshmi and T.S.Ramakrishnan 149-150
Morphology of the Sporocarp in the Marsileaceae-- V.Puri and Man Mohan Lal 150-152
Influence of Depth Furrows in the Irrigation of Potatoes -- N.P.Datta and B.B.Bose 152-152
An Undescribed Species of Synchytrium on the Ampelocissus latifolia-- J.N.Mishra 152-152
Egg-Yolk Factor as a Buffalo Semen Dilutor-- P.N.Srivastava, S.S.Prabhu and P.Bhattacharya 152-153
'Creeping' a Mutant in Cajanus cajan Millsp-- B.B.Chaudhari and J.A.Patil 153-153


Book Reviews 154-157
Science Notes and News 158-159
June 1953

The Rajputana Desert-- W.R.Chapline 161-164
Wealth of India-Raw materials, Vol III 164-164
Lady Tata Scholarships and Grants 164-164
Design for a Brain-- G.N.Ramachandran 165-166
NRX, the Canadian Heavy-Water Pile 166-166
VPI Crystals for Preventing Rust 166-166


Letters to the Editor
The Minimum Displacement of Particles in Doppler Displacement of Hydrogen-- M.Sakuntala and B.Dasannacharya 167-168
Electronic Energy Levels Of Indene-- S.Ramamurthy 168-169
Occurence of a Holosporella in the Niniyur Group (Danian) of the Trichinopoly Cretaceous, S.India-- S.Sambe Gowda 169-170
Pyrophosphate Complexes of Tin and Zinc-- J.Vaid and T.L.Ramachar 170-170
Electrodeposition of Copper-Tin Alloys from the Pyrophophate Bath--J.Vaid and T.L.Ramachar 170-171
Pyridine Betaines from 2:3-Dichloro1:4-Naphthoquinone: A New Type of Vat Dyes-- B.Suryanarayana Rao and B.D.Tilak 171-173
Role of pH in the Xylene Extraction Method for the Estimation of Ascorbic Acid-- G.S.Sidappa and Baldev Singh Bhatia 173-173
Lakshadia fici green, and Its Colour Dimorphism-- S.Mahdihassan 173-174
Micro-Determination of Hydrogenation of-Iodine Number of Vegetable Oils-- T.R.Kasturi, N.L.Narayana Murthy and B.H.Iyer 174-174
A Suitable Medium for the Enrichment of Yeasts-- F.X.Lobo, Suman Pathak, Nafisa Kacchwala and J.V.Bhat 174-175
A Simple Apparatus for Aerating Nutrient Medium for Isolated Organs-- M.N.Guruswami 175-176
Adrenochrome-Physiological Investigations-- V.Srinivasan, P.I.George and D.V.S.Reddy 176-177
Nutritional Requirements of Pasteurella septica-- T.P.Banerji and R.Mukherjee 177-178
A New Interspecific Citrus Hybrid-- E.K.Janaki Ammal 178-179
Haustorial Behaivour of the Chalazal end of Embryo- Sac and Reversion of Polarity in Utricularia flexuosa Vahl.-- Reayat Khan 179-180
Occurence of Three-Pored Heterocysts in Brachytrichia balani (Lloyd) Born and Flah -- M.O.P.Iyengar and T.V.Desikachary 180-181
On the Vernalization of Tubers of Cyperus Rotundus Linn-- T.C.N.Singh 181-181
Occurence of a New Subspecies, Opalina japonica dharwarensis-- J.C.Uttangi 181-182
Occurence of Young Mackerel, Rastrellinger canagurta (Cuvier) Off Madras Coast-- K.Virabhadra Rao and S.Basheeruddin 182-183
Bacterial Leaf-Spot of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L) Taub-- M.K.Patel, G.W.Dhande and Y.S.Kulkarni 183-183
New hosts of the Downy Mildew of Cucurbits in India-- S.V.Venkatarayan and N.S.Venkatakrishniah 183-184
Synthesis of Thiophthenes-- V.V.Ghaisas and B.D.Tilak 184-184


Book Reviews 185-190
Science Notes and News 191-192
July 1953

Soil Husbandry in India 193-194
Symposium on Reinforced Concrete 194-194
Glutamic Acid as an Industrial Chemical-- B.V.Ramachandran 195-197
New Type of Pencillin 197-197
'Daraprim' in Treatment of Vivax Malaria 197-197
Commonwealth index of Scientific Translations 197-197


Letters to the Editor
On Equally-Correlated Stationary Processes-- K.Nagbhushan and V.K.murthy 198-198
A Modification of the Model 50 Pulse Generator-- T.N.Dave and A.N.Saxena 199-199
Force Constants of Certain diatomic Molecules-- Yatendra Pal Varshni 199-200
Remarks on a Note on "Development of Nor'westers, etc"-- S.L.Malurkar 200-201
Reply-- C.Ramaswamy and B.L.Bose 201-201
X-Ray Diffraction and Electrolytic Dissociation-- P.N.Sharma, S.N.Dutta and S.R.Bhattacharya 201-202
Radioactivity of Charnockites and Their Petrogenesis-- C.Mahadevan and U.Ashwathnarayana 202-203
On the Role of Iron in Streptomycin Formation by S.griseus-- R.Raghunanda Rao 203-203
Micro-Electrophoretic Study of Serum Proteins from Normal and Malarial Chicken (Infected with Plasmodium gallinaceum)-- R.Rama Rao and M.A.Cohly 204-205
Estimation of Phosphorus in Soils by Calorimetry-- N.G.Chokkanna, L.V.Vaidyanathan and S.V.Kuppuswamy 205-206
Condensation of C-Acetyl-Methone with Primary amines-- G.M.Chopra and B.H.Iyer 206-206
Vitamin A and Essential Fatty Acids in the Production of Cutaneous Lesions in rats-- Najoo.K.Kolah and M.V.Radhakrishna Rao 207-208
Carbohydrates of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) and Onion (A.cepa L.)-- M.Srinivasan, I.S.Bhatia and M.N.Satyanarayana 208-209
Paper Chromatographic seperation of B-Group Vitamins-- R.Radhakrishna Murthy and P.S.Sarma 209-210
Cyclization of the Imines of C-Acetyl-Methone: Formation of Phenanthridines-- G.M.Chopra and B.H.Iyer 210-211
A Method for the Isolation of Individual Dendritic cell from human and Guinea-Pig Skin-- R.C.Shukla, J.N.Karkun and B.Mukherji 211-211
Role of Biotin in the Conversion of Tryptophane to Nicotinic Acid-- E.R.B.Shanmuga Sundaram, M.O.Tirunarayanan and P.S.Sarma 211-212
Vascular Differenciation in the Radicle of mustard-- S.C.Chakravarti 213-214
Life-History of Phenacoccus insolitus, Green (The Brinjal Mealy Bug)-- N.S.Agrawal 214-214
Scleroital Root-Rot Disease of Groundnut in Uttar Pradesh-- Babu Singh and S.C.Mathur 214-215
Powdery Mildew, Leveillula taurica (Lev) Arn., on a New Host, Solanum torvum Swartz-- S.V.Venkatarayan and M.H.Delvi 215-216
On the Occurence of Phoma Chrysanthemicola Hollos on Chrysanthemum Sp-- S.N.S.Srivastava 216-216
Bacterial Shot-Hole and Fruit Canker of Aegle marmelos Correa-- M.K.Patel, S.B.Allayyanavaramath and Y.S.Kulkarni 216-217
Chromosome Numbers of Certain species of Erianthus, Michx-- J.T.Rao and C.N.Babu 217-217


Book Reviews 218-223
Science Notes and News 224-224
August 1953

Tropical Building Design and Construction 225-226
Kalinga award for 1953 226-226
Diastrophism and Evolution-- L.Rama Rao 227-228
Electronmicroscopy for Study of the Nerve System 228-228
On the Exchange Mechanism in Bone-- T.K.Wadhwani 229-230
European Organization for Nuclear Research 230-230
Radio engineering-- R.Filipowsky 231-231
Non-Ferrous Metal Industry in india 231-231


Letters to the Editor
Achromatic condition for a Combination of Two Lenses kept at a Distance-- Mahendra Singh Sodha and Amara Natha Nigam 232-233
Reutilization of MacConkey's Broth for B.Coli Presumptive test-- D.T.Harikishin 233-234
Influence of Environmental temperature on the Dietary Production of Fatty livers-- K.K.Govindan and M.V.Radhakrishnan Rao 234-234
Amino Acids in sewage and Activated Sludge-- S.C.Pillai, G.J.Mohan Rao,K.Krishnamurthy and A.V.S.Prabhakara Rao 235-235
Synthesis of 2:3-dimethyl-3:4-Benzphenanthrene-- V.S.Gaind and S.M.Mukherji 235-236
Polyfructosan from Furcraea gigantea Vent-- I.S.Bhatia and M.Srinivasan 236-237
Formation of Molybdenyl Ferrocyanide Complex-- D.V.Ramana Rao 237-238
Investigations on Circular Paper Chromatography-- H.C.Chakraborty and D.P.Burma 238-239
A Simple Device to Keep Cylinders of Paper Inside Glass Cylinders for Paper Chromatography-- G.S.Siddappa and B.S.Bhatia 239-239
2:4-Dinitro-6-Nitroso-Benzoic Acid-- S.A.Joshi and W.D.Patwardhan 239-240
Synthesis of Cyclohexylidene Acetaldehyde by Krohnke's Method-- M.C.Chacko and B.H.Iyer 240-241
Corpus Allatum in Iphita limbata Stal-- K.K.Nayar 241-242
Co. 560 and Co. 561: Sugarcane or Sorghum?-- S.L.Sharma 242-243
Preliminary Observations on a Virus Disease of Thevetia neriflora Juss-- R.P.Garga 243-244
On the Occurence of a New Species of Colletotrichum on Pothos scandens L.-- S.N.S.Srivastava 244-244
An Eurytomoid Hyperparasite on Stenobracon deesae (Cam)-- E.S.Narayanan and B.R.Subba Rao 244-245
Note on Characiosiphon rivularis Iyengar from Gwalior-- M.S.Agarkar 245-246
A New Species of Arthuria-- V.P.Gokhale and M.K.Patel 246-247
Relation between Anatomical Characters and Chromosome Numbers in Saccharum spontaneum L.-- J.T.Rao and A.Balasubramanian 247-247
Nodostoma bengalense Duv.var., A New Eumolpid Pest of Jute-- Saurendranath Banerji and Dilip.K.Dutt 247-248
The Morphological Structure of the First Tarsal Joint of the Hind Leg in Pyrilla perpusilla Walk., and Its Bearing on Susceptibility to Insecticides-- S.Mukherji and V.G.Prasad 248-249
Embryology of Eugenia jambos L.-- S.K.Roy 249-250


Book Reviews 251-254
Science Notes and News 255-256
September 1953

The Principle of Complementarity-- L.Rosenfeld 257-259
Rockfeller Grants for Indian Institutions 259-259
Pest Infestation Research at Slough 259-259
Nutritive Value of Vanaspati-- V.N.Patwardhan 260-261
Some Observations on Gnetum ula Brongn, Found on the Western Ghats-- V.V.Apte and Leela H.Kulkarni 261-262
 
Letters to the Editor
Better Resolution by Using Suitable Apertures-- Mahendra Singh Sodha 263-264
Studies of Sand Movement across the Waltair Beach-- E.C.La Fond and R.Prasada Rao 264-265
Extractives from South Arcot Lignite-- C.V.S.Ratnam and S.Veeraraghavan 265-265
Ammonium Sulphate as a Flux for Ilmenite-- D.k.Patwardhan and G.S.Deshmukh 265-266
Rapid Estimation of Yield and Iodine Value of Oil in Small Samples of Oil-Seeds-- A.S.Sethi, A.R.S.Kartha and K.C.Gulati 266-266
Orbitoids from the Crecateous Rocks near Ariyalur (S.India)-- L.Rama Rao 266-268
Artificial Production of Tetraploids in Ricinus communis Linn-- Anubhava Narain 268-269
Influence of Formic Acid in the Hydrolysis of Tissue (Liver) Proteins-- S.U.Gurnani and M.B.Sahasrabuddhe 269-270
Association of Change in Phyllotaxy with the Occurence of Tricotyly in Antirhinum i and Zinnia peruvinia-- B.Misro 270-271
Effect of Nitrogenous Fertilization on the Incidence of 'Blast' on rice Varieties-- S.Y.Padmanabhan 271-272
Photoperiodic Behaivour of Certain Varieties of Rice-- B.Misro, S.S.Mishra and A.B.Sastri 272-273
Cold Agglutinins in Glycine soja-- G.W.G.Bird 273-273
Formation of Isopolymolybdates and Molybdo-Complexes-- D.V.Ramana Rao and S.Pani 273-274
Solubility of Barium molybdate-- D.V.Ramana Rao 274-274
A Simple Apparatus for Paper Electrophoresis-- S.S.Rao 274-275
Caffeine Content of Coffee-- V.Venkatachalam and S.Sundaram 275-276
Malformations in Sugarcane-- S.L.sharma 276-277
Arginase and Uric Acid in Achatina fulica (Fer)-- B.B.Saxena 277-277
Chromosomes of Opatroides vicinus Fairm. (coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)-- M.K.Dutt 278-278
Observations on the Biology of Scelio hieroglyphi Timberlake (Scelionidae, Hymenoptera)-- G.P.Channa Basavanna 279-279
Vernalisation Response in Lens esculenta Moench-- T.C.Shukla 279-280
Some New Hosts of Cephaleuros from Bihar-- A.S.Yadav 280-280
The Endosperm and Seed Structure of Oldenlandia corymbosa Linn-- M.Farooq 281-282
Inverted Polarity in the Embryo-Sac of Saurauja napaulensis DC-- A.Nagaraja Rao 282-282


Book Reviews 283-286
Science Notes and News 287-288
October 1953

Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani 289-290
Classic Collection of Indian Plants at Liverpool 290-290
On the Importance of the Mid- and Upper Tropospheric Thermal Systems in the Development of Weather in North-East India and Eastern Pakistan During the Nor'wester Season-- C.Ramaswamy and B.L.Bose 291-293
Psychology of Excellence 294-294
The Jaisingh Observatories-- A.Narasinga Rao 295-295
Progress of Botany in India, Burma and Ceylon 295-295


Letters to the Editor
Absorption Spectra of 3-Chloro-Thio-naphthene-- K.Sreeramamurthy and P.B.V.Haranath 296-296
Beta Activity of In 109-- S.N.Ghoshal 296-298
Force Constants for the BF3 Molecule-- (Miss) V.Santhamma 298-298
Relation of Vibration Frequencies of Mono-Substituted Benzenes to those of Benzene-- Satya Narain Garg 298-299
Diffraction of Light by Superposed Ultrasonic Waves- A Theoritical Study-- J.Satyanarayana Murthy 299-300
Magnetisation Curves for Ferruginous Manganese Ores-- B.S.R.Rao and V.L.S.Bhimasankaran 300-300
Oxalate complex of Trivalent Antimony-- A.C.Nanda and S.Pani 300-301
Thermodynamics of Solutions of Volatile Solids-- R.P.Rastogi 301-302
Steatorrhoea in Nutritional Oedema-- K.L.Mukherjee and G.Werner 303-304
Effect of Cysteine on the in vitro Metabolism of Alcohol by Liver and Brain-- N.K.Iyengar, H.Biswas and M.D.Chakravarti 304-305
Antimalarial Activity of Some Substituted Thiocarbamide Derievatives-- R.Rama Rao, K.V.Viswanathan, A.S.Ramaswamy and M.Sirsi 305-306
A Synthesis of Flavone-6-Carboxylic Acid-- D.N.Shah and N.M.Shah 306-307
p-(p-Bromophenylsulphonyl)-Benzamilide-- M.Balasubramanian and V.Baliah 307-307
The Isomerisation of Aryl Sulphonates to Phenolic Sulphones-- (Miss) A.A.Aleykutty and V.Baliah 307-308
On the Occurence of Two Species of Xylotrechus on Codiaeum maculata, A Gerden Croton-- H.T.Ranga Setty and H.Hanumantha Rao 308-309
Spoilage of Mackerels Preserved in Oil-- R.Venkataraman and A.Sreenivasan 309-309
Preliminary Observations on the Biology of Chirocentrus dorab Forsk-- M.S.Prabhu 309-310
First Record of an Ichthyobdellan Leech Branchellion savigny from the Indian Waters-- P.J.Sanjeeva Reddy 310-311
New Hosts of Orobanche-- D.Rao 311-311
A Note on a Hybrid between Grain-Sorghum and Johnson Grass-- N.Krishnaswamy, V.Durairaj and (Miss) M.S.Thangam 311-311
On the Megaspore Arrangement in Peucedanum grande Clarke-- G.L.Shah 311-312
An Interesting Abnormality Showing Phyllody and Proliferation in Flowers of Cassia siamea-- V.S.Rao and (Miss) K.Deshmukh 312-313
The Morphology of the Scales of Digera arvensis Forsk.-- T.S.Bakshi and S.L.Chhajlani 313-313


Science and Freedom 313-313
Book Reviews 314-318
Science Notes and News 319-320
November 1953

Towards Adequacy of Scientific and Technical Manpower 321-322
Nobel Award for Physics, 1953 323-323
Nobel Award for Chemistry, 1953 323-324
Architecture of Technology at the Mellon Institute, U.S.A-- M.A.Govinda Rau 324-324
In vitro Synthesis of Citrovorum Factor Activity in Rat Blood-- V.B.Mitbander and A.Sreenivasan 325-327
National Research Council Of Canada-Post-Doctorate Fellowships 327-327
Institute of Physics (Indian Section ), London 327-327


Letters to the Editor
A Paradox Related to Poissons Relation-- G.Bandhopadhyay 328-329
Comments on the Above Paradox-- A.Narasinga Rao 329-329
Variation of Viscosity of Liquids with Temperature-- Shashanka Shekar Mitra 329-330
Pitchstone Flow in Rajmahal Hills, Bihar-- C.S.Raja Rao 330-330
Garnet-Sillimanite-Cordierite Relationship in Khondalites-- K.V.Raghava Rao 330-331
Freezing Point of Capillary Condensed Water-- Balwant Rai Puri, Lekh Raj Sharma and M.L.Lakhanpal 331-331
Occurence of Clypenia (Dasycladaceae) in the Niniyur Group (Danian) of the South Indian Cretaceous-- L.Rama Rao and S.Sambe Gowda 332-333
Variations of Sea level in the Bay of Bengal-- R.Prasada Rao and E.C.La Fond 333-334
Nitrogen Distribution in the urine of Rajasthanis-- K.Ramamurthi and S.N.Thampi 334-335
Non Variant Nature of Field Gradient Under Irritation Causing Joshi Effect in A.C. Electric Discharge-- M.G.Bhatawdekar, O.P.Dogra and N.A.Ramaiah 335-336
Fossil Woods Resembling Magnifera, Shorea and Albizzia in the Tertiary rocks of S.Arcot India--C.G.K.Ramanujam 336-337
Study of the Sulfhydryl Compounds in Neera by Paper Chromatography-- Kamala Sohonie and B.V.Hatwalne 337-338
Indian Bauxites for the Dehydration of Alcohol to ethylene-- M.U.Pai and H.K.Joshi 338-338
Preparation of 4,4'-Dimethoxy-alpha-methl-stilbene-- V.D.N.Sastri, N.Shanmukha Rao and S.Husain Zaheer 338-339
Lithium Aluminium Hydride as a Reducing Agent for Anthoxanthins-- A.B.Kulkarniand R.C.Shah 339-340
Distribution of Phosphoprotein Phosphatasein Mammalian Tissues-- T.A.Sunderrajan and P.S.Sarma 340-341
Barbier-Wieland Degradation of Tri-cycloekasantalic Acid-- A.Bhati 341-341
Estimation of Sulphide, Sulphite and Thiosulphate by Chloramine -T-- A.R.Vasudeva Murthy 342-342
Riboflavine and Thiamine Contents of Gums-- Rajul Broker and J.V.Bhat 343-343
Pseudobranch in Mastacembelus-- H.N.Bhargava 343-344
A Note on the Study of insect Trachial system-- S.C.Verma and Amar N.Chattoraj 344-345
Sex-Changes in a Wood-Boring Bivalve Mollusc, Martesia striata Linn.-- P.N.Ganapathi and R.Nagbhushan 345-346
Investigation of Ribo and Deoxyribose Acid in Cyanophyceae-- B.B.Biswas 346-347
A Curled Leaf Mutant in Herbaceum Cotton-- N.R.Bhat and K.D.Khattar 347-348
A Trichoderma Disease of Honey-Bees-- S.Chowdhury 348-348
Inheritance of Lobed-Leaf Margin in Mung (Phaseolus aureus L.)-- Dharampal Singh and T.R.Mitra 348-348


Book Reviews 349-353
Science Notes and News 353-354
December 1953

The Origin of Colour in Opal-- Sir C.V.Raman 355-358
The Problem of the 'Danian'- A Review-- L.Rama Rao 359-362
Biosynthesis by Algae 362-362
Symposium of Indigenous Drugs and Insecticides-- B.H.Iyer 362-362
Iso-Flavones of Soya beans-- V.K.Ahluwalia, M.M.Bhasin and T.R.Seshadri 363-364
Symposium on Electrochemical Processes 364-364
Rh Subgroups in South Indians-- C.Venkataramaiah and A.Krishna Rao 365-366
Nobel Award for Medicine and Physiology, 1953 366-366
Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1952-- N.L.dutt 367-367
Bose Research Institute- 36th Anniversary Meeting 367-367


Letters to the Editor
Note on the Energy levels of Triatomic Molecules-- Sudhansu Datta Majumdar 368-369
Achromatic Combination of Two Lenses Seperated by a Distance-- M.V.Radhakrishna Murthy 369-370
Orientation Polarisation from Solution data-- B.R.Y.Iyengar 370-370
Estimation of Dithionate-- A.R.Vasudeva Murthy 371-371
Electrolytic Reduction of Salicylic Acid to Salicylaldehyde-- B.B.Dey and H.V.K.Udupa 371-372
Szilard-Charmers Reaction with Cobalt Phthalocyanine-- Amar Nath and Jagdish Shanker  372-373
A Simple Paper Chromatographic Method for the Estimation of Vitamins B and B2-- K.V.Giri 373-373
Gravimetric Determination of Copper with Resacetophenone-- V.V.Ramanujam 374-374
Toxic Effects of Sanguinarine-- S.B.Lal, A.C.Roy and G.Achari 374-375
Occurence of Botryococcus in Eocene Lignites of Cutch-- K.P.Vimal 375-376
Agmatites in Bundlekhand Granites and Gneisses and the Phenomenon of Granitisation-- M.N.Saxena 376-377
Sex change in the Oviparous Indian Backwater Oyster, Ostera madrasensis Preston-- K.Virabhadra Rao 377-378
Nutritional Requirements of Trogoderma granaria Everts (Celeoptra,Dermestidae)-- N.C.Pant 379-380
Speed of Flight of Desert Locus-- Ram Pal Singh 380-380
Relation between Changes in Susceptability and Various Factors Connected with Successive Instars of the Desert locust-- S.Pradhan and O.S.Bindra 380-381
A Reinvestigation of the Embryology of Argemone mexicana-- R.C.Sachar 381-383
The Endosperm in some Cucurbitaceae-- R.N.Chopra 383-384
Unusual Population Eruption of the Moth, Lymantria mathura Moore, in Autumn-- M.L.Roonwal 384-384
Chromosome Numbers of Abelmoschus tuberculatus Pal et Singh- A Species Related to the Cultivated Bhindi-- A.B.Joshi and M.W.Haridas 384-385
Pollen grains in Saccharum and Certain Allied Genera-- A.S.Ethirajan 385-386
The Embryo-Sac of Xyris pauciflora Wiild-- D.A.Govindappa 386-386


Book Reviews 387-391
Science Notes and News 392-392