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 Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 138 Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin, Francis, Sir 1848 1925 Darwin, Sir Francis The Power of Movement in Plants Reading ease score: 66.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Sue Asscher "The Power of Movement in Plants" by Charles Darwin, assisted by Francis Darwin, is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the intricate movements of various plant parts, specifically focusing on how they adapt and respond to their environment through mechanisms such as circumnutation and geotropism, which illustrate the complexity of plant behavior often compared to animal movement. The opening of the book provides a detailed introduction to the concept of circumnutation—the circular or spiral movements made by the tips of plants during growth. Darwin explains the various conditions under which these movements can be observed, and he introduces specific plant examples. In the first chapter, he begins with the circumnutating movements of seedlings, describing experiments involving the radicles, hypocotyls, and cotyledons of Brassica oleracea and other species. Through observations and detailed descriptions of their movements, Darwin lays the groundwork for understanding the mechanisms governing plant movement and responses to stimuli such as gravity and light. This detailed examination sets the stage for the subsequent chapters, which will explore similar characteristics in various plants. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Botany Plants -- Irritability and movements Geotropism QK Text Botany Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 1229807 1229874 2024-10-03T05:55:49.836437 2023-10-03T05:57:45.686255 text/html text/html 1232680 2022-09-11T01:51:49 text/html 482210 2024-10-03T05:56:04.138380 application/epub+zip 494268 2024-10-03T05:55:53.690397 application/epub+zip 469443 2024-10-03T05:55:52.181396 application/epub+zip 914316 2024-10-03T05:56:12.079324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 886712 2024-10-03T05:56:03.179347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 847185 2022-09-11T03:00:30.435861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1173833 1173839 2024-10-03T05:55:48.667451 2023-10-03T05:57:44.718261 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1173582 2022-09-11T01:57:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20607 2024-10-03T05:56:12.214302 application/rdf+xml 16879 2024-10-03T05:55:52.760515 image/jpeg 4243 2024-10-03T05:55:52.467405 image/jpeg 370319 2022-09-11T01:57:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 379938 2022-09-11T01:58:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 461918 2024-10-03T05:55:49.921415 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia