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     Current Science - Volume 4
 
 
JULY- 1935
 

The Educational Advisory Board

1-3

Science and Culture

4-5

Nation Building and Scientific Research

5

The Artificial Preparation of the Male Sex Hormone - L. Ruzicka

6-8

Locust Research Work in India - Rao Sahib and Y. Ramachandra Rao

9-13

Gaps in Our Knowledge of the Indian Protozoa. I.-Ciliophora - B. L. Bhatia

13-16

Mining and Geological Institute of India

16

Insect Transmission of Spike Disease of Sandal (Santalum album, Linn.) - S. Rangaswami and M. Sreenivasaya

17-19

The Science of Rubber

19-20

Archaeological Discoveries at Narunjadharao

20

Aquarium Fishes

21

Letters to the Editor

 
Note on Transport Phenomena and Quantum Mechanics - A. Ganguli and P. Mitra 22-23
Note on Surface Tension and Its Variation with Temperature - A. Ganguli and P. Mitra 23-24
Colloidalisation and Cold-Working of Metals - S. Ramachandra Rao 24-25
A Note on the Bond Energies from Raman Frequencies and Thermochemical Data - K. S. Gururaja Doss and M. P. Venkatarama Iyer 25-26
Bicyclo(1 : 2 : 3)-octane-2:4-dione - P. C. Guha and S. K. Ranganathan 26
A Preliminary Note on the Nitration of Methyl-Ether of Salicyladehyde - S. N. Chakravarti 26-27
Ascorbic Acid Content of Some Plant Fluids - Hirendra Nath Banerjee 28-29
The Cultivation of Artemisia - S. Krishna and B. S. Varma 29
Czapek's Synthetic Medium - B. S. Nigam 29-30
Sterility of Crop-Plants and a Study of Their Root-System - T. C. N. Singh 30-32
A New Variety of Black Gram or Urid (Phaseolus mungo, Linn) - G. N. Rangaswami Ayyangar and N. Krishnaswami 32
A Rare Instance of Poly-Embryony in Arachis hypogaa, Willd - J. S. Patel 32-33
A Note on the Shedding Condition of the Pollen Grains of Pinus longifolia Roxb - B. M. Johri 33
On the Peculiar Apertures in the Vertebral Centra of Hemidactylus flaviviridis Riippel - Beni Charan Mehendra 34
On the Modus operandi of Certain Ossicles in the Gastric Armature of Decapod Crustacea - A. Ramkrishna Reddy 34-36
The Presence of Uncinate Processes on the Ribs of a Lacertilian - Beni Charan Mehendra 37
The Hosts of Eupelmus tachardia How - P. M. Glover, P. S. Negi and S. N. Gupta 37-39
Alkaline Quartz-Dolerites from Bijawar and Their Chemical Relationship - M. P. Bajpai 39-41
Sir Montagu Webb and Silver - Gilbert J. Fowler 41
Magnetic Susceptibility of Ice - L. Sibaiya 41

Chemistry in the Customs Department - H. B. Dunnicliff

42-46

Some Biochemical Factors of Disease Resistance in Plants - A. V. Varadaraja Iyengar

47-50

A Short Report on the Economic Value of Artemisia growing in the North- West frontier province - N. A. Qazilbash

51

Lady Tata Memorial scholarships

51

Discovery II and The Exploration of the Whale's Habitat

52

Research Notes

52-58

Science Notes

58-63

Academies and Societies

64

Reviews

65-74

Forthcoming Event

74

AUGUST 1935

 

The Problem of Malnutrition in India - W. R. Aykroyd

75-77

Planned Prosperity for the Peasant

78-79

The Baluchistan Earthquake of May 31, 1935 - W. D. West

79-82

The Pre-Vindhyan Geology of Rajputana - A. M. Heron

83-88

Wood Preservation in India - S. Kamesan

89-92

Letters to the Editor

 
A Note on the Potential Barrier - K. C. Kar 93-94
Depolarization of the Light Scattered by Heavy Water - S. Bhagavantam 94
Inhibition in the Benzoin Reaction - R. F. Ferreira and T. S. Wheeler 94-95
A Note on the Absorption Spectrum of Carvone 'Hydrosulphide' and Its Constitution - R. Padmanbhan 95-96
Is there a Racial Factor in Metabolism? - M. Damodaran and K. G. Ananthanarayanan 96-97
On the Absorption Spectra of the Halides of Some Elements of the Second Group - C. M. Bhasker Rao and M. Karim 97
A New Device for the Insect Transmission of Spike Disease of Sandal - M. Sreenivasaya and S. Rangaswami 97-98
Oxidative Digestion of Organic Nitrogen - C. R. Harihara Iyer, R. Rajgopalan and V. Subrahmanyan 98-99
Injurious After-Effects of Sorghum Growing - V. Ramanatha Ayyar, S. Kashinath and M. R. Balakrishnan 99
On the Method of Preparing Large Thin Sections of Plants by Grinding - K. N. Kaul 99-102
"Dionyle P. W." for Rapid Penetration of Fixatives - R. K. Saksena 102
A Rare Instance of Change of Tropism in Arachis Hypogaa Willd - J. S. Patel and G. V. Narayana 102-104

Duplicate Corolla in Ipomaa Palmata Forsk - S. C. Dixit

104
Studies in the Development of the Pollen Grain and Embryo Sac of Wolffa arrihiza - B. L. Gupta 104-105
A Note on the Chromosome Numbers of Some Eleusine Species - N. Krishnaswami 106
Two New Host-Plants of Loranthus at Allahabad - G. D. Srivastava 106-107
A Note on a Comparative Study of the Chromosomes in Ten Species of Indian Dragonflies - J. J. Asana and S. Makino 107-108
Madras Fisheries Department - B. Sundara Raj 108-109

Dairy Science

110-111

The Arachnida

111-112

Functions and Organization of the India Meteorological Department

112

The Indore Meeting of the Science Congress

112-113

Research Notes

114-117
Science Notes 117-123
Academies and Societies 123-125

Industrial Outlook-The Industrial Manufacture of Absolute alcohol - II - Jean Caupin

125-128
Reviews 128-130
SEPTEMBER 1935
 
The Indian Institute of Science 131-135
Sir Lewis L. Fermor 136-138

Industrial Intelligence and Research in India - N. Brodie

138-140

Exploration of the Atmosphere by means of Sound Waves - K. R. Ramanathan

140-142

The Nature and Origin of Insect Colours - M. S. Mani

142-145

The Mathematical Theory of a New Relativity By Sir Sah Muhammad Sulaiman-A Critical Review - B. S. M.

145-151

The Practical Problem in the General Theory of Relativity - N. S. N.

152
Letters to the Editor  
Diamagnetism of the Trivalent Bismuth Ion - S. S. Bhatanagar and Bhim Sain Bahl 153-154
The Emission of Fast Particles - K. C. Kar 154-155
Rolf 's Graphs to Sommerfeld's Attenuation Formula - S. R. Khastgir 155
Influence of Magnetic Field on the Coefficient of Viscosity of Liquids - H. S. Venkataramiah 156
The Phenomenon of Hysteresis in Nickel - S. Sharan 157
Action of Trimethylene Bromide on Acetonedicarboxylic Ester: A New and More Convenient Method of Synthesis of Ethyl Cyclo-hexane-2:6-Dicerboxylate - P. C. Guha and N. K. Seshadriengar 158
The Oxidation Products of Vaccine with Hydrogen Peroxide - T. P. Ghose, S. Krishna, K. S. Narang and J. N. Ray 158-159
Storage-Rot of Onions - V. N. Likhite and G. H. Desai 159-160
A Somewhat Cosmopolitan Parasite-Loranthus longiflorus - M. Sayeed-Ud-Din and M. A. Salam 160-162
Double Parasitism of Loranthus and Viscum on Eugenia - Moses Ezekiel 162
Chormosome Numbers in Two Species of Hibiscus (H. sabdariffa L. and H. cannabinus L.) - M. B. V. Narasinga Rao 162-163
Supplement To "Current Science" 163-175
Further Data on the Homology of Stigmas and Awns - G. N. Rangswami Ayyangar and V. Panduranga Rao 176-177
Diurnal Insects Attracted to Light - S. Ribeiro 177
On Two New Halcampactid Actiniaria from Madras Brackish Waters - N. Kesava Panikkar 177-178
Sexual Dimorphism in the Indian House-Gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppel - Beni Charan Mehendra 178-179
The Quartzites of the Bababudan Area Kadur District - Charles S. Pichamuthu 179-181

Obituary - H. W. Acton

181-183

Magneto-Chemistry - Edmond C. Stoner

184-185

The Structure of Molecules - R. Samuel

185-186

Electro-Kinetic Phenomena - M. S.

186

Choronica Botanica - M. A. Sampathkumaran

187

Reptilia and Amphibia of British India - B. C. M.

188-189

Research on Lac in Great Britain - M. S.

190
Research Notes 191-196
Sugar Industry of India, 1933-34 196
Science Notes 197-199
Academies and Societies 200-202
Reviews 202-208
OCTOBER 1935
 
Rural Development 209-212
Agricultural Research in India 212-214
Poverty amidst plenty 214-215
Rajasabhabhushana Sir Chandrasekhara Venkataraman 215

Geochemistry and Biochemistry - A. P. Vinogradov

216-219

Some Recent Work on Isotopes and Hyperfine Structure of Spectral Lines - B. Venkatseachar

220-224

Tree Ring Dating of Archaeological Finds - R. Maclagan Gorrie

225-227

On the Structure and Function of the Ascidian Test - S. M. Das

227-231

Obituary - Paul Briihl (1855-1935)

231
Letters to the Editor  
The Nature of the Transition from Troposphere to Stratosphere and Upper Air Temperatures Over India in the Winter and Hot Seasons - M. W. Chiplonkar 232-234
Further Observations on the Diamagnetism of the Trivalent Bismuth Ion - S. S. Bhatnagar and Bhim Sain Bahl 234
Some Aspects of the Mechanism of Non-Symbiotic Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen - T. R. Bhaskran and V. Subrahmanyan 234-235
The Occurrence of Azotobacter at High Temperatures - Jajiwan Singh and Ahmad Hussain 235-236
Pugency in Chillies (Capsicum annum) A Mendelian Character - K. Ramiah and M. Rayappa Pillai 236-237
Basal Branching in the Earheads of the Pearl Millet - Pennisetum typoides Stapf and Hubbard - G. N. Rangswami Ayyangar, P. V Hariharan and S. R. Ramkrishnan 237-238
Peucedanum graveolens-A New Host of Powdery Mildews - B. N. Singh and S. C. Chakravarti 238

The Method of Selecting a Representative Sample in Social Research - P. V. Sukhatme

238-239

Occurrence of Lime in Edible Momordica - H. L. Chkravarty

239-240
Supplement To "Current Science" 241-262

Chimera in Pineapple - A. Y. Sayad

263
Man and Women 263-264
Research Notes 265-269

The Yeravas of Coorg - Rao Bahadur L. K. Ananta Krishna Iyer

269-272
Science Notes 272-276
Academies and Societies 276-280
Industrial Outlook - Fermentation :Use of Pure Yeast Acclimatized to Antiseptic 280-281
Reviews 282-292
The Structure of Metallic Coatings, Films and Surfaces 292
NOVEMBER 1935
 
Over-Population in India 293-297

The Ultracentrifuge and Its Applications - Svedberg

297-303

Vaccine - K. S. Narang and J. N. Ray

304-305

A Ram Sarcophagus from Cuddapah - M. D. Raghavan

306-307
Diwan Bahadur Sir T. Vijayaraghavacharya 307-308
Letters to the Editor  
The Raman Spectrum of Crystalline Selenious Acid - C. S. Venkateswaran 309-310
Determination of the Time Setting of Gels - Mata Prasad and M. U. Parmar 310-311
The Constitution of Calycopterin - H. S. Mahal and K. Venkataraman 311-312
Condensation of ω-Bromoacetophenone with 1-o-Amionphenyl-3-Phenyl thiocarbamide - Tejendra Nath Ghosh 312
Synthesis of "Ketonopinone" (4:6-Diketonopinane) - P. C. Guha and K. Ganapathi 312-313
A Manometric Device for Gas Analysis - B. N. Singh and P. B. Mathur 313-314
Uric Acid Crystals in the Blood Plasma of a Fowl Suffering from Pyo-nephrosis Consequent on Vitamin A Deficiency - G. Sankaran 314
Fusarium Wilt in Sann Hemp - B. N. Uppal and N. T. Kulkarni 314-315
Dummy Pollen - G. N. Rangswami Ayyangar and V. Panduranga Rao 315
Forked Awns and Leaf-Blades in Sorghum - G. N. Rangswami Ayyangar, B. W. X. Ponnaiya and T. Venkataramana Reddy 316-317
Fate of the Embryonic Membranes in Insects - M. L. Roonwal 317-318
The Respiratory Mechanism of the Frog - C. P. Ganamuthu 318-320
The Sub-central Foramina of the Squamata - Beni Charan Mehendra 320-322
A Contribution to the Stratigraphy of Bagh Beds - K. P. Rode and G. W. Chiplonkar 322-323
On a Fossil Wood and Breccia Zone in the Deccan Trap in Deola -Chirakhan Area Central India - K. P. Rode 323-324
The Age of the Inter-Trappean Beds near Rajahmundry - S. R. Narayana Rao 324
Phosphatases of the Brain - K. Venkata Giri and N. C. Datta 324

A Note on the Jassid Bugs of Paddy - M. C. Cherian

325

A Note on the Locust Position in North-West India and Baluchistan during the Current Year-1935 - Y. Ramachandra Rao

325-326
Obituary  
Major Robert Ferguson Stirling 326-327
Provash Chandra Basu 327
Edgar Thurston 327-328
Henry Fairfield Osborn 328

Industrial Outlook - Some Lines of Development of the Indian Paint Industry - N. Srinivasan

328-332
Research Notes 333-337
The Fifth Congress of the International Society of Sugarcane Technologists 338-339
The Shape and Size of the Earth 339-341
The Geology of Ceylon 341-343
Diet and Climate 343-344
Medicine - Man of the Red Indians 345-346
Science Notes 346-353
Some Mathematicians I Have Met 353-355
What are cosmic rays ? 355-356
Academies and Societies 356-357
University and Educational Intelligence 357
Reviews 358-364
Forthcoming Event 364
Erratum 364
DECEMBER 1935
 
The Zoological Survey of India 365-368
Control of Drugs in India 368-369

Isolation and Properties of Pepsin Trypsin - John H. Northrop

370-376

Locust Research in Nigeria - F. D. Golding

376-377

Quality in Foods - A. Srinivasan and V. Subrahmanyan

378-384

Permo-Carboniferous Life Provinces, with Special Reference to India - B. Sahni

385-390

Antiquity of Lac and Superstitions Connected with it - M. Sreenivasaya

390-391
A.D. Stewart 392-393
Letters to the Editor  
The Mathematical Theory of a New Relativity - S. M. Sulaiman 394-401
Reply by B. S. M. 401-402
A Modified Gouy's Balance for the Accurate and Quick measurements of Diamagnetic Susceptibilities - M. B. Nevgi 403-404
Magnetic Susceptibilities of Nitric Acid Solutions - S. P. Ranganadhan and M. Qureshi 404
The Temperature Coefficient of Susceptibility of Tetra Hydro-Naphthalene - B. Nagesha Rao 404-405
Ageing of Surface of Solutions - K. S. Gururaja Doss 405
Dehydrogenating Action of Sulphur Monoxide - B. Sanjiva Rao and M. R. Aswathnarayana Rao 406
The constitution of Oroxilin - R. C. Shah, C. R. Metha and T. S. Wheeler 406
Germination of Leguminous Seeds and Urease Activity - B. N. Sastri and B. A. Sundara Iyengar 407
Ascorbic Acid Oxidase from Drumstick Moringa pterygosperma - M. Srinivasan 407-408
A New Apparatus for Carbonic Acid Estimations in Soils - B. N. Singh and P. B. Mathur 408-409
Relative Wood Preservative Efficiency of the Tri- and Pentvalent Forms of Arsenic - S. Kamesam 409-410
Tuberculation of Water Pipes - S. C. Pillai 410-411
Chromosome Numbers in Safflower-Carathamus tinctorius Linn - J. S. Patel, G. V. Narayana 412
Reply by P. J. Gregory 412
On Some Abnormal Flowers of Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis - H. S. Rao 412-413
A Preliminary Note on the Development of the Female Gametophyte in Costus speciosus L. - I. Banerji and V. Venkateswaralu 414
On Abnormal Flowers of Convolvulus pluricaulis Chois - A. R. Rao 414-415
The Kaldurga Conglomerates and the Iron Ore Series of the Bababudans, Kadur District, Mysore - M. B. Ramchandra Rao 415-417
Reply by Charles S. Pichamuthu 417-418
Pugen in Chillies (Capsicum annuum) A Mendelian Character - R. B. Deshpande 418

Moisture Variation Indices of Soils Relation to their other Physical Properties - M. S. Katti

419-420

Obituary - Henry Fairfield Osborn

420-422

The Snakes of India: A Historical Review - Beni Charan Mehendra

422-427
Research Notes 428-433
The Atomic Nucleus 433-434
Properties, Characteristics and Uses of Stainless Steel 435-436
Science Notes 436-441
Academies and Societies 442-444
University and Educational Intelligence 444-445
Reviews 446-452
Forthcoming Events 452
JANUARY 1936
 
National Intelligence 453-455
The Diamond Jubilee 455-456
S. S. Bhatnagar and Sir Bryce C. Burt 456

Application of Statistics to Field Technique in Agriculture - Rao Bahadur M. Vaidyanathan

457-468

The Antianaemic Principle of Liver - H. B. Sreerangachar and M. Sreenivasaya

468-472

Economic Ornithology in India - Salim Ali

472-478

Centenaries in January 1936 - S. R. Rangnathan

479-480
Letters to the Editor  
The Electric Discharge in Gases and the Debye-Huckel Theory - V. T. Chiplonkar 481
A Zonal Effect in the Electrolytic Coagulation of Colloid Manganese Dioxide - S. S. Joshi and S. Jaya Rao 481-482
The New Orienting Rule of Svirbely and Warner - K. Ganapathi 482
A New General Method for the Synthesis of Substituted Pathalid-Carboxylic Acids - S. K. Charavarti and P. R. Venkataraman 483-484
Influence of Weather and Prices on the Cotton Crop of the Bombay Presidency - R. J. Kalamkar 484-486
Cell Sap Acidity and the Incidence of White-Fly (Benesia gossypiperda) on Cottons - M. Afzal Husain, A. N. Puri and K. N. Trehan 486-487
Some Abnormalities of the African Pearl Millet - V. N. Likhite and R. S. Patil 487-488
Mortality of Fish of the Madras Coast in June 1935 - R. Rajgopala Aiyar 488-489
Ancient Wheat and its Viability - J. C. Luthra 489-490
A Biblio-Film Service - B. B. Mendkur 490-491
The Total Eclipse of the Moon - H. S. Aiyar 491-492
Energy and Economics - W. B. Gurney 492-493

Blood Groups of the Pre-Dravidians of the Wyand Plateau - A. Aiyappan

493-494
Supplement 495-517

Spectroscopy - Everett White Melson

517-520
Research Notes 521-526

Researches on Malaria - B. A. Rao

527-528

The Cape Crawfish Industry of South Africa With Some Observations on the Prawn and Crab Fisheries in India - B. Chopra

529-533

Fruit Growing in the Plains - K. C. Naik

534

Relativity and the Expanding Universe - A. C. Banerji

535-536

Chemistry in Modern Warfare - Martin Forster

536-538
The Place of India in Pre-History 538
Science Notes 539-542
Indian Obstetric and Gynecological Congress 543-544
Academies and Societies 545-548
University and Educational Intelligence 549-551
Reviews 552-560
FEBRUARY 1936
 
Problems of Road Research 561-563
The Golden Jubilee of H. H. Aga Khan 564

Recent Work on the Plant Viruses - Kenneth M. Smith

565-569

Crystalline Structure and Physico-Chemical Properties in the Colloidal State - S. S. Bhatnagar

570-571

Magnetic Properties of Colloidal Powders of Metallic Elements - S. Ramchandra Rao

572-576

The Chemistry of Antimalarials - Tejendra Nath Ghosh

576-578

The Detection of Adulteration of Butterfat (Ghee) (A Suggested Solution of an All-India Problem) - N. N. Godbole

578-581

Centenaries in February 1936 - S. R. Rangnathan

581-583

Obituary - V. Ramaswami Aiyar

583
Letters to the Editor  
Note on the Linkage of MgO - H. Lessheim and R. Samuel 584-586
The iso-electric Point of Vitamin B - G. Narasimhamurthy 586-587
Identity of Noroxylin With Baicalein - R. C. Shah, C. R. Mehta and T. S. Wheeler 587
Pollen Grains in the Stylar Canal and in the Ovary of an Angiosperm - B. Sahani 587-589
Reply by B. M. Johari 589
Choromosome Numbers in Phanix farinifera Roxb - G. V. Narayana 589
Ram Sarcophagus from Cuddappah - K. Govinda Menon 589-590
The Mineral Bababudanite -An Explanation - Charles S. Pichamuthu 590
Mathematics and the Sciences - John Maclean 590-591
Reply by C. N. S. 591-592
Research Notes 592
Supplement to Current Science 593-610
Industrial Outlook 610-612
Science in the Service of Indian Agriculture 612-613
Preparation of Fine Chemicals in India 613-614
Progress of Fuel Research 614-617
Recent Development in the Chemistry of Bicyclic Terpenes 617-618
Indian Central Cotton Committee 32nd Half-yearly Meeting 618-619
Science Notes 619-623
Academies and Societies 623-625
University and Educational Intelligence 626-627
Reviews 628-636
Forthcoming Events 636
Erratum 636
MARCH 1936
 
Neglected Human Genetics 637-639

Nutrition International and national - W. R. Aykroyd

639-642

An Interferometric Method of Measuring Temperatures and Temperature Gradients Very Close to a Hot Surface - L. A. Ramdas and M. K. Paranjpe

642-644

Precision Observations on Weather and Crops - R. J. Kalamkar and K. M. Gadre

645-647

Centenaries in March 1936

 
Foster Michael 1836-1907 647-648
Russel (Henry Chamberlaine) 1836-1907 648
Letters to the Editor  
The Spectrum of SiF - R. K. Asundi and R. Samuel 649
Hydration and Change in Water Equilibrium in Electrolytic Solutions - C. Sambasiva Rao 649-650
Constitution of Formic Acid and formates - T. S. Wheeler 650
On the Constitution of Formic Acid and formates - T. R. Seshadri and R. M. Halasyam 650-651
The Non-Protein Nitrogen of Pulses - Kamala Bhagvat and M. Sreenivasaya 651-652
A Note on Melting Point of Cane Sugar - S. V. Shah and Y. M. Chakradeo 652-653
The iso-electric Point of Vitamin B - B. C. Guha 653
Preliminary Note on the Blood Groups of Some Cochin Castes - Eileen J. W. Macfarlane 653-654
Choromosome Numbers in Millingtonia hortensis, Linn. f. (Family: Bignoniacea) - U. Narasinga Rao 654
Mathematics and the Sciences - John Maclean 655
Reply by C. N. S. 655-656

A Modification of Dixon's Constant Pressure Respirometer - B. N. Singh

656-657

Pictorial Statistics - A New Method of Teaching - R. Samuel

658-661

Industrial Outlook - Power Alcohol - N. G. Chatterji

662-665
Research Notes 666-668
Supplement to Current Science-Neue Versuche uber den Mechanismus der enzymatischen Kohlehydratspaltung 669-685
Recent Researches in the Theory of Mermorphic Functions With Special Reference to Picard-Borel Theorum 686-689
Conversion of Coal into Oil 689-690
The Classification of the Archaean Rocks in India 690-693
Utilization of Molasses 694
Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs 695-696
Science Notes 696-701
Academies and Societies 702-703
University and Educational Intelligence 704
Reviews 705-712
Erratum 712
APRIL 1936
 
The New Viceroy and Science 713-715

The Physiology and Chemistry of the Plant Hormones - Keneth V. Thimann

716-720

Animal Husbandry in India -Retrospect and Prospect - F. Ware

721-724
Max Born 725

A Preliminary Survey of Marine Organisms in Cochin Harbour - Eileen Whitehead Erlanson

726-732
Centenaries in April 1936  
1. Grover (John William) 732-733
2. Tschermak (J. L. Gustav) 733
Letters to the Editor  
Oxygen in Solar Prominences - A. L. Narayan and T. Royds 734
Absorption Spectra of Halides and Oxyhalides of S, Se and Te - S. L. Hussain and R. Samuel 734-736
A Note on the Raman Spectra of Metallic Formates and the Constitution of Formic Acid - C. S. Venkateswaran 736-737
A New Groundnut Archis hypogaa Linn. Var. Gigentea Patel et Narayana (Var. Nova) - C. M. John and C. R. Seshadri 737-738
Choromosome Numbers in Dolichos lablab (Linn) and (Roxb) - G. N. Rangaswami Ayyangar and N .Krishnaswamy 739
Double Awned Spikelets in Rice - B. S. Kadam, G. G. Patil and V. K. Patankar 739
Choromosome Numbers in Cymbopogon Species - C. N. Babu 739-740
Internal Proliferation in Carica papaya Linn - M. Sayeeduddin and A. Beri 740-741
A Note on the Antipodals of Digera arvensis Forck - A. C. Joshi 741-742
A Preliminary Note on the Embryology of Duabanga Sonneratioides Ham - J . Venkateswarlu 742-743
Embryo Development in Boerhaavia diffusa Linn - L. B. Kajale 743
The Ram Sarcophagus - M. D. Raghavan 743

The Vertebral Column of the Anura - Beni Charan Mehendra

744-747
The Dead sea : A Store-House of Chemicals 747

The Study of Pedagogical Anthropometry of the Goan Students - J. M. Pacheco de Figueiredo

748-753
Research Notes 754-760
Progress of Science in India 760
Stratosphere Flight in the Balloon " Explorer" 761

Band Spectra and Valency - R. Samuel

762-767
Recent Advances in Sanitary Science 767
Recent Researches in the Theory of Mermorphic Functions With Special Reference to Picard-Borel Theorum 768-771
Population Problem and Policy in India 771-774
Science Notes 775-779
Academies and Societies 780-781
University and Educational Intelligence 781-782
Reviews 782-790
Errata 790
MAY 1936
 
The Indian Lac Industry 791-794
Birbal Sahni 795

Antiquits from the Khokra Kot Mound at Rohtak in the Jammu Valley - B. Sahni

796-801

Fluorescence in Ultra-Violet as an Aid Chemical Analysis - Julius Grant

801-803

The Helium Content of the Atmosphere - F. A. Paneth

804-806

Air Survey and Reconnaissance of Indian Forests - H. G. Champion

806-808

Obituary - M. P. Venkatarama Iyer (1902-1936)

808
Centenaries in May 1936 809-810
Letters to the Editor  
Light Absorption and Chemical Reactivity - C. M. Bhasker Rao and R. Samuel 811-812
On the Constitution of Formic Acid and Formates - R. M. Halasyam 812
Constitution of Formic Acid and Formates - T. R. Seshadri 812-814
Bauxite-Gypsum Mixtures at High Temperatures - M. B. Rane, V. S. Dube and M. K. Ratnam 814
The Detection of Adulteration of Butter-Fat (Ghee) - Herbert Hawley 815-817
Additional Data on the Homology of Stigmas and Awns - G. N. Rangaswami Ayyangar and T. Venkataramana Reddy 817-819
Awned Palea in Sorghum - G. N. Rangaswami Ayyangar and T. Venkataramana Reddy 819-820
False Polyembryony in Setaria italica, Beauv. - C. Vijayaraghavan and V. Panduranga Rao 820
Research Notes 821-824
Polymerization and Condensation 825-827
The Education of Girls in India 827-828
The Neophot, a New Microscope for the Examination of Metals and other Opaque Objects 829-830

Band Spectra and Valency - R. Samuel

830-832
Science Notes 833-838
Academies and Societies 838-840
University and Educational Intelligence 840
50th Anniversary of the Discovery of A. C. Transmission 840
Reviews 841-850
Francis Amory Septennial Prize 850
JUNE 1936
 
Educational Reform 851-854
Madras Fisheries Department 854-855

Dependence of the "Visibility" of an Object on its Apparent Size - C. S. Karve

855-857

Occurrence of Derris elliptica in India - S. Krishna and T. P. Ghose

857-859

On the Shape of the Golgi Bodies in Invertebrate Eggs - M. K. Subramaniam

859-861

Obituary - N. A. F. Moss - Rao Saheb M. V. Unakar

862-864
Centenaries in June 1936 864-866
Award for scientific manuscript 866
Letters to the Editor  
The Crystal Structure of Potassium Bicarbonate KHCO3 - Jagattaran Dhar 867
Effect of Temperature on the Raman Spectrum of CCl4 - R. Ananthakrishnan 868
Particle Size and Magnetic Susceptibility - Mulk Raj Verma and M. Anwar-Ul-Haq 869
New Bands of Berylium Oxide - N. R. Tawde and V. S. Patankar 869
Opacity as a General Measure of Coagulation - S. S. Joshi and A. Purushotham 870
Fractionation of Starch - B. N. Sastri and A. Krishnamurti 870-871
The Origin of Cultivated Tobacco - Dontecho Kostoff 872
Ciestogamy in Sorghum - G. N. Rangswami Ayyangar, V. Panduranga Rao and T. Venkataramana Reddy 872-874
Cracked Grains in Sorghum - G. N. Rangswami Ayyangar, V. Panduranga Rao and T. Venkataramana Reddy 874
Choromosome Numbers in Cymbopogon Species - C. N. Babu 874-875
Some More Unrecorded Host - Plants of Loranthys longiflorus Desr - R. C. Lacy 875-876
English as the Common Language - A. Fanti 876-877
A Preliminary Survey of Marine Organisms in Cochin Harbour - Eileen Whitehead Erlanson 877
Research Notes 878
Supplement to Current Science 879-891
Irrigation and cultivation of orchards - Sohrab R. Gandhi 892-896
Sugar Industry of India 897
Lady Tata Memorial Trust 897
Science Notes 898-903
Everest Expedition 903
Academies and Societies 904-905
University and Educational Intelligence 905-906
Reviews 906-914
Forthcoming Events 914