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    Current Science-Vol 28
 
 

JANUARY-1959
 
Percussion Figures in Crystals

SIR C.V.RAMAN

1-3
The Indian Academy of Sciences 3-4
Obituary : SIR MIRZA M.ISMAIL 5
Refining of Cotton-Seed Oil

KAILASH CHANDER AND T.R.SESHADRI

6-7
Indian Agricultural Research Institute - Agricultural University 7
Fractionated W-Ray Dose and Chromosome Aberrations in Barley

H.K.JAIN AND P.K.MAJUMDER

8-9
The Problem of the Blast Disease of Rice

T.S.SADASIVAN

10-11
A Versatile Research Reactor with a New Type of Core 11
Chromium "Bullets" for Cancer 11
Letters to the Editor 12-35
Magnetic anisotropy of europium sulphate octahydrate andasymmetry of its crystal field -- A. Mookherji and D. Neogy 12-12
The characteristic nuclear scattering of 289 MeV. protons -- G. Z. Shah and K. M. Gatha 12-13
Sodium metaperiodate oxidation of starches -- R. D. Patel, R. P. Patel and R. S. Patel 13-14
Transference numbers of zinc iodide in dilute aqueous solutions -- J. N. Sahay 15-16
The preparation of uranium tetrafluoride -- Balaram Sahoo and D. Patnaik 16-16
Determination of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) by bromate -- an amperometric method --Bharat R. Sant and Anil K. Mukherji 16-17
Coloured barytes from Khammam (Andhra State ) -- N. Jayaraman and M. R. G. Sharma 17-17
Anisotropy in bedded limestones -- S. Balakrishna 17-18
The rare R y chromosome in two parsi families -- H. R. Master, H. M. Bhatia and L. D. Sanghvi 18-19
Sterility and the associated morphological changes in Callosobruchus Analis (F.) (Bruchidae : Coleoptera) --G. L. Arora and H. R. Pajni 19-20
The pupa of Aleurotulus Maculata (Singh) -- Karam Singh 20-21
Some teratological variations in the inflorescences of Bougainvillea Glabra Choisy -- R. K. Jain 21-22
Some observations on conjugation in sirocaldium kumaoense randhawa -- K. P. Singh 22-23
A simple probe electrode for comparative study of current distribution at surfaces -- Indira Sanghi and VR. Ramanathan 23-24
Reproduction in Zygogonium Ericetorum Kutz. -- M. S. Randhawa 24-25
The utilization of starch by two species of Phyllosticta -- R. N. Tandon and K. S. Bilgrami 25-26
Colobodes Dolichotis Marshall as a pest of cowpea -- T. R. Subramanian 26-26
Structural hybridity in Allium Ochroleucum -- T. N. Khoshoo and V. B. Sharma 26-28
An improved method of testing the longevity of spores of Tolyposporium Penicilliariae Bref. in soil -- M. H. Patel, M. J. Thirumalachar, M. V. Desai and M. K. Patel 28-29
Wild ramie Boehmeria platyphylla D. B. from western ghats -- A possible source of textile bast fibre -- G. B. Deodikar and S. D. Patawardhan 29-30
Effects of sulphanilamide on an early variety of rice -- G. Misra and D. Mishra 30-31
Utilization of waste mycelium of penicillium chrysogenum as the only nitrogenous raw material in penicillin fermentation -- D. Ghosh 31-32
On the occurrence of the metacercariae of clinostomum sp. in trichogaster fasciatus -- S. N. Ahsan 32-33
Femoral spines as a phase character in the desert locust -- M. L. Roonwal and R. K. Bhanotar 33-34
Another case of interaction of factors in cicer arietinum L. G. P. Agrikar 34-35
Ultrasonic Welder 35-35
Reviews 36-43
Science Notes and News 44-48
FEBRUARY-1959

Christians Huyghens and the Wave Theory of Light : Part I

SIR C.V.RAMAN

49-50
Golden Jubilee of the Indian Institute of Science 51-52
The Indian Science Congress 52
Ireland's Tribute to Hamilton, The Discoverer of Quaternions 52
Indian Fisheries

N.K.PANIKKAR

53-54
Some Aspects of Estuarine Hydrology and Biology 54
Cyto-Geography of Some Indian Plants 55
The 2-Meter-Plano Grating Spectrograph 55
Stored Energy in the Graphite of a Nuclear Reactor 56
Effect of CertainOrganic Insectides on the Yield of Crops

D.SESHAGIRI RAO

57-58
Letters to the Editor 59-82
Evaluation of force constants of OsO4 --P. G. Puranik and M. L. Narayana Rao 59-59
The uncertainty principle and rutherford scattering -- D. V. Gogate 60-60
Variation of Huggin's constant with solvent power for polymethyl methacrylate solutions -- V. V. Vardaiah and V. S. R. Rao 60-61
Determination of internuclear distance in di-atomic molecules from the intensity of vibrational bands -- S. P. Sinha and S. S. Prasad 61-62
Anodic oxidation of manganous sulphate in aqueous sulphuric acid -- M. S. Venkatachalapathy, R. Ramaswamy and H. V. K. Udupa 63-63
Ion-exchange separations of light rare earths using sodium tripolyphosphate -- P. R. Subbaraman, K. S. Rajan and J. Gupta 63-64
Some pharmacological actions of evolvine hydrochloride -- T. R. Krishnamurthy 64-65
Tetracyclines part II. Synthesis of 2.8-Dimethoxy-5,5 a, 6, 11, 11 a Hexahydronaphthacene-6, 12-Dione -- S. Seshadri and A. B. Kulkarni 65-67
Silicon tetrachloride, a new condensing agent for pechmann reaction -- K. N. Trivedi 65-67
Some observations on a rice disease 67-68
Occurrence of monazite in charnockites -- C. S. Pichamuthu 68-68
Occurrence of ophiuroid ossicles in the miocene of Kathiawar, Western India -- S. B. Bhatia 69-69
A note on the joint pattern in Nandi granites -- A. Achutha Rao 69-71
Cation exchange capacity of plant roots -- S. P. Jain 71-71
The occurrence andfunction of the provisional embryonic cuticle of tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera) -- R. K. Sharan 72-72
Ovipositional habits of dacus sp. (trypetidae:diptera) -- D. V. Murthy 72-73
An instance of Hermaphroditism in the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger Canagurta (Cuvier). -- M. S. Prabhu and B. T. Antony Raja 73-74
A note on the leaf webber striglina scitaria, wlk. on sesbania aculeata (Daincha) in Madras State -- S. Venugopal 74-75
Tempeature tolerance of the larvae of ten species of marine fishes -- M. D. K. Kuthalingam 75-76
Pineal organ in fishes -- K C. Bose 76-77
Microsporogenesis and female gametophyte in Boswelia Serrata Roxb. -- L. L. Narayana 77-78
Chromosomes of five Indian and Ceylonese grass species -- T. Tateoka 78-79
The occurrence of poly-husked spikelets and other abnormalities in rice panicles -- W. T. Butany and N. R. Nair 79-80
An undescribed species of Cercospora on anogeissus acuminata Wall. -- Sitanath Das 80-81
Discovery of virulent isolates of race 42B of puccinia graminis tritici in Bombay State --V. P. Gokhale, B. P. Patil and M. K. Desai 81-82
Reviews 83-90
Science Notes and News 91-94
MARCH-1959

Christiaan Huyghens and the Wave Theory of Light : Part II

SIR C.V.RAMAN

95-97
Lunar Craters Caused by Cometary Collisions 97
Confounding in Asymmetrical Factorial Designs in Relations to Finite Geometries

K.KISHEN AND J.N.SRIVASTAVA

98-100
U.S. Moon Rocket Pioneer IV 100
History of Mathematics 101
Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation 101-102
National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur : Symposium on "Iron and Steel Industry in India" 103
 New Industrial Vaccum Cleaner 103
Underground Waters are Source of Heat Energy 104-105
Letters to the Editor 106-129
A short note on self-reciprocal functions -- V. V. L. N. Rao 106-107
The anomalous nuclear scattering of high energy MUONS -- K. M. Gatha and V. B. Kelkar 107-108
Study of ultrasonic velocity in organic solutions -- B. Ramachandra Rao and K. Subba Rao 108-109
Synthesis of 5'-benzoyl-3'-chloro-2'-hydroxychalkones -- S. H. Mehta and G. C. Amin 109-109
Infrared and Raman intensities of aliphatic derivatives -- C. N. R. Rao and J. Ramachandran 110-110
A note on the study of haemoglobins by paper electrophoresis -- B. C. Ray Sarkar 110-111
Identification of cholin-esterase in cobra venom after electrophoretic separation on starch gel -- R. W. P. Master and Savur Srinivasa Rao 112-112
Synthesis of 1-(4'-veratryl)-(N-r-amino-N-propyl)-alkylamines -- H. N. Sharma and C. N. Kachru 113-113
Rhizosphere microflora of pteridophytes -- T. K. Ramachandra Reddy 113-114
Cytological studies in Indian mosses -- Narinder Chopra 114-115
A technique for studying pH changes produced by cellulolytic fungi in cellulose substrate -- C. S. Venkata Ram 115-116
Occurrence of diatoms in the leaf of spirodella polyrrhiza schleid -- G. Leelakrishnan 116-116
Vascular supply for the stipule in Cayratia Carnosa Gagnep -- J. J. Shah 116-117
A note on the chromosomes oforyzias melastigma (Mcclelland) -- Vijayam Sriramulu 117-118
Independent origin and development of the crystalline lens in gasterosteus aculeatus (L.) -- H. Swarup 118-119
Occurrence of Mononchus sp. (fam. mononchidae : tripyloidea) A plant nematode from India -- G. Ramakrishna 119-119
Activation of pigeon pancreatic lipase by mercuric chloride -- J. G. George and K. S. Scaria 120-121
Effect of insulin injection on the amino nitrogen content of free and protein-bound amino acids in the skeletal muscle of the murrel-ophicephalus striatus (Bloch) -- B. Seshadri 121-122
Age-determination of the Indian oil-sardine, sardinella longiceps val. by means of scales -- B. Balan 122-123
Changes in the free amino acids ofrice seedlings induced by low tempeature and H2S -- F. Zsoldos 123-124
Torula stage of hendersonula toruloidea nattrass on twigs of psidium guajava L. A new record -- R. L. Mathur and R. D. Singh 124-125
Root knot nematode on colocasia -- K. K. Nirula 125-126
Use of hormones to induce root growth on fruit plant cuttings -- J. R. Bhambota 126-127
A serious attack of sitotroga cerealella oliv. on standing crops of cholam and ragi at Coimbatore -- T. R. Subramanian, T. Santhanaraman and S. Vijayaraghavan 127-127
Note on some chromosome numbers in Gramineae -- V. S. Raman, P. Chandrasekharan and D. Krishnaswami 127-128
Parafilariasis in buffaloes caused by parafilaria sahaii, N. Sp. -- H. D. Srivastava and S. C. Dutt 128-128

On the occurrence of fierasfer (Cuvier) homei as a commensal inside the bivalve, pteria lotorium lamarck -- S. Mahadevan

 

129-129
Points from Letters 130
Reviews 131-135
Science Notes and News 136-139
APRIL-1959

Polarography 141-142
Miniature Generator Powered by Radioisotopes 142
Borehole in the Ocean Bed 143-144
"Project Argus" : Creation of Electron Belt Around the Earth 144
Catching "Brain Waves" on Television Screen 145
Atomic Lamp 145
Accelarated Resazurin Reduction Test for Milk

H.LAXMINARAYANA, SATISH VERMA, S.R.JAYASHANKAR AND K.K.IYA

146-147
Some Igy Data on Antarctica 147
Letters to the Editor 148-171
Reverse-phase chromatography of fat-soluble dyes -- M. R. Verma, Ramji Dass and Jitendra Rai 148-148
Study in electrode of the third kind : activity coefficients of calcium chloride in dilute aqueous solutions -- J. N. Sahay 148-149
Blood transaminase studies in protein regeneration -- P. G. Tulpule, S. V. Phansalkar and M. Ramachandran 149-150
On the use of methoxalyl chloride in isoflavone synthesis -- M. O. Farooq, W. Rahman, Kh. T. Nasim and M. A. Siddiqui 151-151
Chromatographic detection of the organic constituents of Gorikapuli (garcinia Cambogia Desr.) used in pickling fish -- A. Sreenivasan and R. Venkataraman 151-152
Synthesis of tartaric acid in tamarind leaves -- Y. S. Lewis and S. Neelakantan 152-153
Experiments on pickling fish with vinegar and malabar tamarind -- A. G. Vasavan and K. G. Varma 153-154
'Anorthosite', a new find from auranga-koel-valley, palamau, Bihar -- Raghuji Verma 154-155
Renal clearance of urea -- K. B. Sehra 155-157
Magnetization of a metadolerite dyke in relation to its petrography -- Jagdeo Singh and M. Krishna Rao 157-158
A note on the egs and larva of dineutes indicus aub. (Coleoptera--Gyrinidae) -- G. T. Tonapi 158-159
Utilisation of mahua cake as manure -- V. K. Misra and Abhiswar Sen 159-160
Occurrence of anchoveiella baganensis hardenberg off east coast of India -- S. Dutt and M. Babu Rao 160-161
On the biology of apantales obliqua (Wilk.), A larval parasite of Diacrisia Obliqua (WLK.) -- B. S. Lall 161-162
Chromosome studies in some members of chilopoda (class : myriapoda) -- C. R. Puttanna 162-163
Embryony in loquat (Eriobotrya Japonica Lindl.) -- Uday Pratap Singh 162-163
Cytology of some himalayan mosses -- K. R. Khanna 163-164
Occurrence of fasciated fruits in capsicum -- P. Nageswara Rao 164-164
Argina cribraria clerck, a pest on sunnhemp in Madras State -- S. Venugopal 164-165
Occurrence of cytoplasmic male-sterility in pearl millet (pennisetum typhoides stapf and hubb.) -- P. Madhava Menon 165-167
Control of citrus canker with antibiotics -- G. Rangaswami, Rao Rama Rao and AR. Lakshmanan 167-167
Simarubaceoxylon Mahurzari gen. et sp. nov. a new fossil wood from the deccan intertrappean beds of Mahurzari -- L. J. Shallom 168-169
Seed-leaf injury during germination in cotton -- L. Neelakantan and V. Sivasubramanian 169-169
Endosperm in Eranthemum Nervosum -- H. Y. Mohan Ram 169-170
The occurrence of a symphylid (class : myriapoda) as a pest of sugarcane at Coimbatore -- G. N. Rao 170-170
A new species of Ciliochorella on eucalyptus globulus L. -- T. S. Viswanathan 171-171
Reviews 172-178
Science Notes and News 179-182
MAY-1959

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and its Applications 183-187
Atomic Standards of Length and Time 187
Hydrobiology Serves Freshwater Fishery in New China

CHANG TSUNG-SHEH

188-189
Cell as an Object of Experimental Study 189-190
Discovery of a New Atomic Particle : Neutral-Xi 190
Inheritance of Leaf Blotching in an Intervarietal Cross of Triticum Aestivum L.

S.M.SIKKA AND K.B.L.JAIN

191-192
Letters to the Editor 193-214
Effect of synthetic soil conditioners on the cation exchange capacity of soils and clays -- Triloki Nath and B. R. Nagar 193-194
A simple liquid transfer valve for controlled evaporation -- J. K. N. Sharma 194-194
Influence of external atmosphere on A/C silent discharges -- P. S. V. Setty 195-195
The photolytic peparation of ammonium-uranium (IV) fluoride monohydrate complex -- Balaram Sahoo and D. Patnaik 195-196
Separation and estimation of tobacco alkaloids by paper chromatography -- A. Sinha 196-197
An electrophoretic study of tissue cultue fluid from normal and immunogenic liver cells in culture -- Kunal Saha and Jyotirmoy Chatterjee 197-198
Some imporant characteristics of genuine betel-nut -- Sachindra Nath Dutta and Anil Behari Dutta 198-199
Occurrence of azotobacter beijerinck and beijerinckia derx in acid soils of India -- P. P. Barooah and Abhiswar Sen 199-200
Partial hydrolysis of substituted amides of cyanacetic acid by (A) polyphosphoric acid and (B) sulphuric acid -- C. M. Mehta and G. H. Patel 200-200
Drainage pattern in either side of archaean-Cuddapah boundary -- R. Vaidyanahan 200-202
An improved titration vessel for iodometric estimation of reducing sugars -- S. D'Souza and W. B. Date 202-202
On the application of fisher's "Goodness of fit" test for the homogeneity of heavy mineral assemblages of the cauvery river sands near Talakad, Mysore -- C. Gundu Rao and C. Paramasiviah 202-204
Effects of ionising radiation on sugarcane buds -- R. R. Panje and P. R. Jagdees Prasad 204-205
A note on the occurrence of monostroma quaternarium (kutz.) desm. from Nainital, India -- K. P. Singh and K. S. Bhargava 205-205
A new species of oidium on rauwolfia serpentina -- P. D. Varadarajan 205-206
Chromosome numbers in some common flowering plants -- M. V. Thombre 206-207
Reduction in the intensity of chlorosis on mandarin plants (citrus reticulata swingle) -- K. G. H. Setty 207-208
Blue mold of amla (phyllanthus emblica L.) -- K.G. H. Setty 208-208
Inheritance of fourth glume in certain saccharum hybrids -- P. A. Kandasami and K. S. Subba Rao 208-209
Puccinia erianthi. padw. and khan on cultivated sugarcane -- P. A. Kandasami and U. Vijayalakshmi 209-210
Root and nodule development in Dolichos Lablab L. infected with dolichos enation mosaic virus -- V. T. John 211-211
Tuberculina-hyperparasite of aecidium amaryllidis syd. and butler -- R. L. Mathurand J. P. Agnihotri 211-212
Occurrence of a microsporidian (protozoa) parasite in fresh water oligochaetes --K. Vanamala Naidu 212-212
An inexpensive tag for marking hilsa -- T. V. R. Pillay 212-213
A note on the chemical examination of the constituents of the bark of feronia elephantum -- R. D. Tiwari and R. K. Gupta 213-214
Tolbutamide and pancreatic activity of guinea-pigs --H. D. Brahmachari and Mahendra Kumar 214-214
Reviews 215-222
Science Notes and News 223-226
JUNE-1959

The Statistical Character of Atomic Processes

L.ROSENFELD

227-229
Trapped Radiation Around the Earth 229-230
The Present Status of Hyperconjugation

C.N.R.RAO

231-234
International Atomic Energy Agency as Information Centre for Fusion Research 234
Artificial Climate Station for Plant Research 235-236
Letters to the Editor 237-258
Fading of short-wave radio signals-- V. L. Lokre 237-238
Variation of relaxation time with viscosity-benzyl alcohol and nitrobenzene --R. Rajan 238-238
Propagation ofground waves across a land/sea boundary -- P. Venkateswarlu and R. Satyanarayana 239-239
Oriented crystallisation of inorganic salts on feather keatin -- G. K. Ambady 239-241
An investigation onthe reaction between beryllium sulphate and oxine -- Arun K. Bhattacharya and G. S. Rao 241-241
A novel dehydrogenation-cyclisation reaction of 2-aryl-1-tetralone oxime acetates -- K. W. Gopinath, T. R. Govindachari and N. Viswanathan 241-242
Replacement dykes in the migmatites of yellandlapad -- Y. Janardan Rao 242-243
Manganianfluorapatite from Honnali,Shimoga district (Mysore State) -- M. G. Chakrapani Naidu and V. Venkatachalapathy 244-245
The relative importance of heredity and environment in mutton score and fleece characteristics in Australian merino sheep -- G. C. Taneja 245-246
Bioluminescence inVisakhapatnam harbour -- P. N. Ganapati, D.G. V. Prasada Rao and M. V. Lakshmana Rao 246-247
On the structural and functional differences between theanterior and posterior testis in the catfish, mystus seenghala (sykes) -- A. G. Sathyanesan 247-247
Differential response to potash application in the sweet potato (Ipomoea Batatas) -- K. N. Chhibber and M. J. Deshmukh 248-248
Use of polythene bags to secure high infection by tolyposporium penicillariae bref. in pennisetum typhoides stapf. and hubbard -- M. H. Patel and M. V. Desai 248-249
Some parasites of sugarcane scale Aspidiotus (Targionia) Glomeratus green -- R. A. Agarwal 249-250
On the occurrence of hispa pallescens guerin -- S. N. Kadapa 250-251
Occurrence of sterility in phaseolus mungo (udid) -- M. M. Ghare, J. S. Thakare and P. D. Patil 251-251
Systemic action of certain organophosphorous insecticides -- K. R. Nagaraja Rao 251-252
Two new species of discosia from Bombay -- S. T. Tilak and T. S. Viswanathan 252-252
Meiotic studies in crotalaria sericea retz. andthe basic number in the genus crotalaria -- R. P. Roy and R. P. Sinha 253-253
Preliminary report of the fossil leaf-impressions from Mewar State -- Mrs T. Trivedi 253-254
Control of mango malformation disease -- M. J. Narasimhan 254-255
On the occurrence of nostochopsis lobatus in Assam -- P. R. Mahadevan 255-255
Mermis sp. (mermithidae, ascaroidea. nematoda)and its insect hosts -- R. N. Mathur 255-256
Sturmia (s. str) flavohalterata bisch. (tachinidae :diptera) on precis orithya swinh. feeding on striga sp. -- D. V. Murthy 256-257
Comparative effects of potassium and cobalt in an early variety of rice -- G. Misra and D. Mishra 257-258
Germination of pollen grains of vitis vinifera -- S. N. Singh 258-258
Reviews 259-262
Science Notes and News 263-266
JULY-1959

The Principle of Huyghens and the Diffraction of Light

SIR C.V.RAMAN

267-270
Radio-Carbon Dating 271-272
Fall-Out Since Tests Began 272
Mineral Content of Shaded Tea Leaves

D.N.BARUA AND K.N.DUTTA

273-275
Analytical Certified Solvents for Spectroscopy 275
The Experimental Control of Plant Growth 276
Letters to the Editor 277-300
Effect of aging on isotopic exchange between radioactive bromine and ordinary bromine radicals in AgBr -- K. C. Sachdev 277-278
Comparison of the mean sizes of the virus-like particles encountered in mammary carcinoma in mice of different inbred strains -- S. R. S. Rangan 278-279
Energy and entropy of activation of reaction between tartrate and acid permanganate -- G. M. Bakore and Ram Dayal 279-280
Conductometric studies on silver molybdates -- R. S. Saxena and C. M. Gupta 280-281
Separation and estimation of sugar components of Allium Cepa Linn. (N.O. Liliaceae) by paper chromatography -- A. Sinha and A. K. Sanyal 281-282
A note on the metabolic products of Helminthosporium Oryzae --T. Krishna Murty and S. Sankara Subramanian 282-283
Notes on the chart of downbuckling -- R. N. P. Arogyaswamy 283-284
Agmatites from Upal (Hyderabad) -- N. Raja 284-285
Elastic wave velocities in makrana marbles -- S. Balakrishna 285-285
Fossil thallophytes from mohgaon--kalan locality Chhindwara District, M.P. --J. N. Dwivedi 285-286
Bionomics of some predacious coccinellid beetles of the Panjab -- K. N. Trehan and C. P. Malhotra 287-288
A note on the correct zoological name of the Indian little green heron (Aves, Ardeidae) 288-288
A simple unfortified rice medium for mass-rearing of the melon fruit-fly, Dacus Cucurbitae Coquillett under laboratory conditions -- N. C. Pant, Swaraj Ghai and S. S. Chawla 288-289
On the amino-acid nitrogen content of cane juices -- K. Chiranjivi Rao and K. V. Gopala Aiyar 289-290
Effect of trace elements on seedling morphogenesis in Arachis Hypogaea Linn. -- S. S. Nagarajan and S. G. Aiyadurai 290-291
The second thoracic spiracle in apis (Hymenoptera-Apidae) -- G. T. Tonapi 291-292
Ageratum Conyzoides Linn., A new host for Alternaria Zinniae pape -- G. P. Agaarwal and (Miss) V. Bhave 292-293
Ovule and embryo-sac of crinum latifolium L., a reinvestigation -- B. S. M. Dutt 293-294
Ovule sterility in gram, cicer arietinum -- Dharampal Singh and Radhey Shyam 294-295
A note on the occurrence of certain parasitic fungi on insect pests of sugarcane -- G. N. Rao and U. Vijayalakshmi 295-295
A leaf-spot disease of anogeissus latifolia wall., due to pestalotiopsis versicolor (speg.) steyaert. -- G. P. Agarwal and (Miss) S. Ganguli 295-296
An agar-cup method for detection of microbiological oxidation of iron in soil -- M. Lakshmi-Kumari 296-297
Nature of damage caused by eriophyid mite in sugarcane -- R. A. Agaarwal and P. A. Kandasami 297-297
Unique superimposition of axes in chick embryo caused by x-rays -- Asoke Bose 297-298
A preliminary account of external morphology of the worker and alate of odontotermes obesus (Rambur) -- K. S. Kushwaha 298-299
Basic chromosome number of pteris -- S. C. Verma 299-300
Bactericidal action of formaldehyde solutions in the presence of peptone -- V. Subba Rao 300-300
Reviews 301-304
Science Notes and News 305-308
AUGUST-1959

The Optics of Mirages

SIR C.V.RAMAN

309-313
Commonwealth Education Conferance 313
Structure of Polio Virus as Revealed by X-Rays 314
The Carnegie Institution 315
Applications of Electrophoresis Technique in Forensic Science

Dr.N.K.IYENGAR

316-318
High Resolution Raman Spectra of C2H4 and C2D4 319
National Physical Laboratory (England) - Annual Report for 1958  319
Letters to the Editor 320-340
A small furnace for use with seifert x-ray diffractometer -- P. D. Pathak and N. V. Pandya 320-321
Electro-osmosis in ion-exchange resin membranes -- N. Lakshminarayanaiah 321-322
Anion exchange resins as catalyst in the synthesis of pyridine derivatives -- K. N. Trivedi 322-322
A chromatographic study of some reactive dyestuffs -- S. R. Sivarajan and N. G. Parikh 323-324
Tetrahydroxyquinone as an analytical reagent and its relationship with sodium Rhodizonate -- S. P. Singhal and B. D. Jain 324-324
Behaviour of a mixture of nitrous oxide and hydrogen under spark discharge -- J. N. Sahay 324-325
The mechanism of oxidation of secondary alcohols by chromic acid -- S. V. Anantakrishnan and N. Venkatasubramanian 325-327
Synthesis of r-(2-n-Butyl-4 : 5-Dimethoxyphenyl)-n-Propylamine --H. N. Sharma and C. N. Kachru 327-328
On the volumetric estimation of fluoride by thorium nitrate -- D. Patnaik, I. B. Mishra and K. K. Tripathy 328-328
Synthesis of crystalline Leucoanthocyanidins related to Guibourtacacidin -- D. M. Phatak and A. B. Kulkarni 328-329
On the biological estimation of Adrenaline and the oxytocic principle of pituitary posterior lobe extract when present in a mixture -- S. K. Ganguly, Sripati Bose and S. K. Dutta 328-329
A note on twin laws inplagioclase felspars from certain granitic and associated rock types of Nandi -- A. Achutha Rao 330-330
Note on the cerebral glands and a hitherto unknown connective body in Jonespeltis Splendidus Verhoeff (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) --V. K. Kesava Prabhu 330-331
Incidence of marine borers in the mangroves of the Godavari estuary -- P. N. Ganapati and M. V. Lakshmana Rao 332-332
Some observations on the monogenetic trematodes from the gill filaments of some Indian freshwater fishes -- S. L. Jain 3332-333
Life-history of Aphidius Testaceiptes (Cresson) and Praon Aguti (Smith)-HYM. Braconidae-primary parasites of aphids, with notes on the effects of parasitism on hosts -- P. S. Sekhar 333-335
Stage of Deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis during mitosis and meiosis -- S. Bhaskaran and M. S. Swaminathan 335-336
Iron-copper Antagonism and growth of Piricularia Oryzae -- A. Apparao 336-337
A note on some South Indian species of the genus dioscorea --R. Sundara Raghavan 337-338
Pleuropneumonia-like organisms from poultry in India -- R. C. Pathak and C. M. Singh 338-339
Distribution of Peristrophe Bicalyculata nees. in relation to soil nitrogen and light -- R. Misra and P. S. Ramakrishnan 339-340
Reviews 341-345
Science Notes and News 346-348
SEPTEMBER-1959
 
Recent Trends in Crystallography 349-350
Biogenisis of Benzoquinones and Related Substances

S.NEELAKANTAN AND T.S.SESHADRI

351-356
On the Use of the Term "Charnockite Dyke"

C.S.PICHAMUTHU

357-359
Lunik II - The Russian Moon Rocket 359
Letters to the Editor 361-380
The nuclear scattering of 970 Mev. protons by carbon -- G. Z. Shah and K. M. Gatha 361-362
Portable thermister thermometer for estuarine investigation -- S. S. Srivastava and K. V. S. Ramam 362-363
Oxidation of xylenes in the fluidised bed -- S. K. Bhattacharyya and R. Krishnamurthy 363-364
The preparation of uranium dioxide from uranium (IV) oxyformate -- Balaram Sahoo and D. Patnaik 364-364
Polarographic study of the Biuret-reaction of Malonamide -- A. Azizkhan and Wahid U Malik 364-365
Synthesis of (3-alkyl-4-methoxyphenyl)-n-butylamines -- S. N. Sawhney and C. N. Kachru 365-366
Caffeine and tannin content of stalky tea -- Satya Ranjan Sarkar 366-367
Some styryl derivatives of 4 (3)-quinazolones as potential filaricides --M. S. Dhatt and H. L. Bami 367-367
An improved oxidation procedure for the preparation of 5-hyroxy-4, 1, 2-triazoles -- G. Ramachander and V. R. Srinivasan 368-369
Thyroid gland in ophicephalidae (Actinopterygii, Percomorphi) -- H. Swarup and D. K. Belsare 369-369
Micronuclear variation in races of Blepharisma Undulans stein -- B. R. Seshachar, A. V. S. Prabhakara Rao and Miss A. V. Bhandary 369-370
Chromosome complement and meiosis in an elaterid beetle, Agrypnus Fuscipes Fabricius (Coleoptera : Elateridae) -- M. R. Banerjee 370-371
Occurrence of Glandiceps sp. and Saccoglossus sp. (enteropneusta) from the inshore waters at Porto Novo -- K. Balasubramanyan 371-372
Heritability and repeatability of milk yield in malvi cattle -- G. C. Taneja and D. S. Bhatnager 372-372
Occurrence of a Tenuipalpid mite on guava fruits in Mysore -- M. Puttarudriah and G. P. Channa Basavanna 372-373
Chromosome numberin Arnebia Hispidissima (Lehm.) DC. -- C. P. Malik, S. M. Sehgal and S. L. Tandon 373-374
Occurrence of the genus Scolecobasidium abbott in India -- R. S. Dwivedi 374-375
Occurrence of Helminthostachys Zeylanica Hook, in Gorakhpur -- S. K. Roy and H. D. Kumar 375-375
The effect of plant regulators on sex expression in ribbed gourd (Luffa Acutangula Roxbg.) -- G. Satyanarayana and G. Rangaswami 376-377
On the peculiarity in the conjugation of Spirogyra Punctulata Jao -- P. R. Mahadevan 377-377
A new bacterial leaf-spot of Crotalaria Juncea L. -- M. V. Desai and H. M. Shah 377-378
Chromosome morphology and meiosis in smilacina pallida -- Virendra Kumar 378-379
Pygidial glands in Pheropsophus sp. (Carabidae : Coleoptera ) -- G. L. Arora and Dhanpat Rai 379-380
Acoustical means of studying gravitational waves 380-380
Reviews 381-385
Science Notes and News 386-388
OCTOBER-1959

International Conferance on Cosmic Ray Physics (Moscow,1959) 389-391
Iutam Symposium on the Theory of Thin Elastic Shells 391
Taylor Instability and the Dripping of Liquids from Horizontal Surfaces

E.S.RAJAGOPAL

392-393
Lunik III - The Russian Third Moon Rocket 393
Transformations of 6-Methylsalicylic Acid Derivatives

S.NEELAKANTAN AND T.R.SESHADRI

394-397
Nobel Prize for Medicine 397
International Oceanographic Congress 398
Letters to the Editor 399-420
Effect of conversion of matter into radiation on the curvature of an expanding universe -- P. C. Vaidya and K. B. Shah 399-400
Radiochromatography of alkali earth ions -- H. J. Arnikar and O. P. Mehta 400-401
The preparation of anhydrous uranium tetrafluoride -- Balaram Sahoo and D. Patnaik 401-401
Free amino-acids in the blood of some vertebrates -- K. R. Menon and A. M. Sathe 401-402
A new turbidimetric method for the determination of thalium (I) -- G. S. Deshmukh , S. V. Tatwawadi and M. S. Vaikuntam 402-403
Thermal stability of allinase and enzymatic regeneration of flavour in odourless garlic powder -- J. S. Pruthi, L. J. Singh and Girdhari Lal 403-404
Isotope dilution technique in the study of interconvesion of the lower fatty acids in in vitro incubation of rumen content of sheep -- D. B. Mukherjee 405-406
A note on the occurrence of chalcophanite in the manganese ores of Tirodi, Balaghat District, M.P. -- S. P. Deshpande 406-406
Significance of application of nitrate fertilizers in paddy soils -- R. Vamos and F. Takacs 406-407
Isolation of a perennial sorghum -- B. S. Sharma 408-408
Sex reversal in hemp by application of Gibberellin -- C. K. Atal 408-409
Oil from the seeds of Acacia Decurrens willd. -- G. V. Subba Rao 410-410
Effect of hormones on the sex-ratio in mango -- P. C. Mallik, R. K. Sahay and D. L. Singh 410-410
Studies on Heterothallism-V -- Sachindranath Banerjee and Kanak Ranjan Samadder 411-412
A note on the inheritance of height in sorghum -- C. Sreeramulu 412-413
Leaf-spot of rose caused by Curvularia Lunata (Wakker) Boedijn -- A. K. Dutta and S. M. Hussain 413-413
Parthenocarpy in guava induced by 'pollen hormone' -- V. R. Balasubramanyam and G. Rangaswami 413-415
Effect of certain organic insecticides on the yield of wheat crop -- J. G. Pawar and V. S. Rathore 415-415
Chaetotaxy of the soldier, worker and alate of the Termite Odontotermes Obesus (Rambur) -- K. S. Kushwaha 415-417
Field evaluation of some organic phosphates for the control of the onion thrips, thrips tabaci Lind. Thysanoptera : Thripitidae -- B. S.Lal and S. K. Verma 417-418
Transmission of citrus decline virus by Toxoptera Citricidus Kirk. in India -- R. S. Vasudeva, P. M. Varma and D. G. Rao 418-419
Moghania Macrophylla (willd). O. ktze. (syn.flemingia congesta roxb. var. semialata bak.) as a new lac host for growing the kusmi strain of the lac insect -- S. Krishnaswami, B. K. Purkayastha and N. S. Chauhan 419-420
Differential response of wheat varieties to N.P.K. and their combinations -- M. M. P. Shrivastava 420-420
Nyctocereus Serpentinus Br. et R. --Cereus Serpentinus D. C. -- T. S. Sabnis 420-420
Reviews 421-425
Science Notes and News 426-428
NOVEMBER-1959

Light, Colour and Vision

SIR C.V.RAMAN

429-433
Photographs of the Moon's Hidden Side from Lunik III 433-434
Solar Origin of the Outer Zone of Trapped Radiation 434
High Energy Physics

B.M.UDGAONKAR

435-437
Nobel Prizes for Physics and Chemistry 438-439
Structure of Vitamin B12  439-440
Plant Disease in Relation to Nutrition

B.B. SHARMA

440-441
Letters to the Editor 442-463
Equations of stephenson and spherical symmetry -- Satya Narayan Pandey 442-442
Zirconium tetrachloride complexes in thionyl chloride -- Sarjit Singh Sandhu, Bhupinder Singh Chakkal and Gurmit Sarjit Sandhu 442-443
Isolation and identification of melanocytes in the non-pigmented skin of guinea-pig and vitiliginous human skin -- R. C. Shukla 444-445
Congenital defects of the reproductive organs in water-buffaloes (Bos Bubalis L.) found in Uttar Pradesh -- M. P. Johari and S. P. Sharma 445-446
On a new species of spiroxylon, s. intertrappeum from the deccan intertrappean beds of district Dhar in Madhya Pradesh -- U. Prakash and S. K. Srivastava 446-448
Peculiarities noted in germinating rice grains -- P. C. Mahadevan and N. R. Nair 448-448
A new species of Curvularia from the leaves of Jasminum sambac -- R. L. Mathur and B. L. Mathur 448-449
An Azotobacter Sp. in the swollen roots of Cyperus Rotundus -- V. Iswaran and Abhiswar Sen 449-450
Tidal rhythms of some diatoms and dinoflagelates inhabiting the intertidal sands of the Visakhapatnam beach -- P. N. Ganapati, M. V. Lakshmana Rao and D. V. Subba Rao 450-451
A new record of phytophagous chalcidoid in fennel seed in India -- N. N. Batra, B. R. Subba Rao and S. K. Bhatia 451-452
An interesting entomogenous fungus on green bug of coffee -- T. R. Nag Raj and K. V. George 452-453
Molya disease of wheat and barley in Rajasthan -- N. Prasad, R. L. Mathur and S. P. Sehgal 453-453
Chromosome numbers in gramineae -- V. S. Raman, P. Chandrasekharan and D. Krishnaswami 453-454
Chromosome numbers in some grasses -- A. B. Joshi, B. D. Patil and P. L. Manchanda 454-455
Chromosome number in Ceratopteris Siliquosa (L.) Copel -- Mrs Sunanda Pal 455-456
Occurrence of fossil alga, probably ulothrix, in tertiary beds of Mohgaon-Kalan locality (M.P.), India -- J. N. Dwivedi 456-457
On the stucture and mechanism of the spiracular regulatory apparatus in the adult corcyra cephalonica staint -- G. T. Tonapi 457-458
A preliminary note on phage typing of staphylococci with particular reference to strains from Bovine udder origin -- B. S. Malik and C. M. Singh 458-460
Effect of grafting on fruit-set and embryo development in crosses between corchorus olitorius and c. capsularis -- K. Sulbha and M. S. Swaminathan 460-461
Cytological observation on Periplaneta Americana -- J. Dasgupta 461-462
Feeding habit of sugarcane scale (Targionia Glomerata Green) -- R. A. Agarwal, Durga P. Sharma and P. A. Kandasamy 462-463
A variety of Bacillus Megatharium causing rot of germinating pea -- K. G. Gupta, Abhiswar Sen and R. B. Rewari 463-463
Reviews 464-468
Science Notes and News 468-471
DECEMBER-1959

Nightglow and Twilight in the Antarctic 473-475
Biogenisis of Naturally Occuring Tetronic Acid Derivatives

S.NEELAKANTAN AND T.R.SESHADRI

476-480
New Light on the Pineal Gland 480
Bombay University Department of Chemical Technology 480
The Antigenicity of Dolichos Enation Mosaic Virus

R.S.BADAMI

481-482
Physics of Solid State 482
Letters to the Editor 483-502
Temperature dependence of fluorescence bands of uranyl nitrate solutions -- D. D. Pant, D. P. Khandelwal and H. D. Bist 483-484
Day-lighting equations for a standard overcast sky -- T. N. Seshadri 484-485
A probable kreittonite -- A. Bhaskar Rao 485-485
Some cardiovascular effects of Daemia Extensa in dogs -- M. N. Guruswami and Lalitha Kameswaran 485-487
Effect of adrenaline and antistine on ciliary movement in relation to acetylcholine concentration in frogs oesophageal mucosa -- S. S. Gupta, C. B. Seth and Kailash Prasad 487-488
Spectrophotometric studies of penicillin salts in relation to their stability -- N. Narasimhachari and G. Ramana Rao 488-489
Chemical properties and changes during storage of some Indian ray liver oils -- P. V. Kamasastri 489-490
Preliminary note on aortic affections with filarial parasites in local ovines -- B. B. Bhatia and S. M. Sood 490-491
Studies on the developmental variation of AWN in rice --P. C. Sahadevan 491-492
On Simarubaceoxylon shallom and its synonymy with Simarubinium Platen -- R. K. Jain 492-492
Effect of fertilizer placement with inoculated seed on growth and nitrogen fixing power of sub-clover (Trifolium Subterraneum L.) -- A. Sankaram 492-494
Studies on available copper in some Indian soils -- B. M. Lal, D. Sahu and N. B. Das 494-494
A note on the technique of infecting larvae of corcyra cephalonica stainton (Lepidoptera : Galleriidae) with Gregarine parasites -- P. N. Srivastava 494-495
Phoronis Architecta andrews from the vellar estuary at Porto Nova -- K. Balasubramanyan 495-496
Occurrence of ozobranchus margoi apathy (Hirudinea : Annelida) in the Indian seas -- P. J. Sanjeeva Raj 496-496
Inheritance of the purple crescent on the standard petal of Arachis Hypogae Linn. -- N. Srinivasalu and N. S. Loganathan 497-497
Cytology of some himalayan mosses -II -- K. R. Khanna 497-498
An aspect of gammexane (Hexachloro-cyclo-hexane) effect on chromosomes -- Arun Kumar Sharma and Miss Mandira Chaudhuri 499-499
A note on hexaploid sorghum -- N. Krishnaswamy, V. S. Raman, P. Chandrasekharan and D. Krishnaswami 499-500
Chromosome number in some species of heliotropium -- C. P. Malik, S. M. Sehgal and S. L. Tandon 500-500
Pupa of Ozotomerus Maculosus Perroud (Coleoptera, Anthribidae) -- R. N. Mathur 501-502
Smicronyx Albovariegatus Faust, causing root-galls on striga spp. -- D. V. Murthy
Reviews 503-508
Science Notes and News 508-510
Volume 28 Complete