Project Gutenberg 2015-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 119 Bose, Jagadis Chandra 1858 1937 Bose, Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, J. C. Life Movements in Plants, Volume I Produced by Bryan Ness, Thiers Halliwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Life Movements in Plants, Volume I" by Jagadis Chandra Bose is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century." This work delves into the intricate and often complex responses of plants to various stimuli, such as light, temperature, and mechanical forces, and it particularly focuses on how these factors influence plant movements. Bose’s exploration covers a range of plant phenomena, encompassing both the universally observed movements across different species and specific case studies, such as the remarkable diurnal motions of the "Praying Palm." "The opening of the text sets the stage for an in-depth examination of plant movements, beginning with an introduction to the fundamental question of how plants respond to stimuli." It highlights the variability in movements that can occur under identical conditions, indicating the dynamic interactions between different factors that influence plant behavior. Bose introduces his research methodologies and recording apparatus, emphasizing the need for precise measurement in understanding the physiological reactions involved. He uses the "Praying Palm" as a focal example and describes the intentions behind his experiments to showcase the relationship between environmental variations and the observable diurnal patterns in plant movement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Plants -- Irritability and movements Growth (Plants) QK Text Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 516481 516613 2024-09-20T08:07:00.373477 2023-09-21T04:58:58.087300 text/html text/html 519075 2015-02-16T11:06:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 6812352 2015-02-16T11:07:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 6901242 2024-09-20T08:07:11.842386 application/epub+zip 6907022 2024-09-20T08:07:02.837500 application/epub+zip 234087 2024-09-20T08:07:01.593445 application/epub+zip 7066538 2024-09-20T08:07:18.311435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7013456 2024-09-20T08:07:10.367467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351043 2022-09-21T20:47:34.489201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412327 412227 2024-09-20T08:06:58.323476 2023-09-21T04:58:55.919289 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 412248 2015-02-16T11:06:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 124179 2015-02-16T11:07:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18463 2024-09-20T08:07:18.494382 application/rdf+xml 12487 2024-09-20T08:07:01.721456 image/jpeg 1927 2024-09-20T08:07:01.658438 image/jpeg 6875690 2024-09-20T08:07:00.624441 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia