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 ==== Introduction ==== ==== Introduction ====
    
- <html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/5603591016/" title="Picture 5 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5603591016_dd7d797391_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Picture 5"></a></html>---At the beginning of the twentieth century Viennese biologist + <html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/5603591016/" title="Picture 5 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5603591016_dd7d797391_s.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="Picture 5"></a></html>---At the beginning of the twentieth century Viennese biologist 
 Raoul Francé put forth the idea, shocking to contemporary natural philosophers, that plants move their bodies as freely, easily, and gracefully as the most skilled animal or human, and  Raoul Francé put forth the idea, shocking to contemporary natural philosophers, that plants move their bodies as freely, easily, and gracefully as the most skilled animal or human, and 
 that the only reason we don't appreciate the fact is that plants do so at  that the only reason we don't appreciate the fact is that plants do so at 
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 not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine.  not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine. 
 **Could the plant have been reading his mind**? **Could the plant have been reading his mind**?
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 +related libarynth topics:// 
 +  * [[plant perception]]
 +  * [[groworld HPI ii]]
  
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 ==== Latest Soviet Discoveries ==== ==== Latest Soviet Discoveries ====
    
-<html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/5603081691/" title="Picture 21 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5603081691_bd6820b484.jpg" width="73" height="110" alt="Picture 21"></a></html>---film by Panishkin "Are Plants Sentient?"+<html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/5603081691/" title="Picture 21 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5603081691_bd6820b484.jpg" width="53" height="90" alt="Picture 21"></a></html>---film by Panishkin "Are Plants Sentient?"
  
 ---biologist Karamanov published "**The Application of Automation and Cybernetics to Plant Husbandry.**" He builded a.o. microthermistors, weight tensiometers, to register the temperature of plants, the flow rate of fluid in their stems ---biologist Karamanov published "**The Application of Automation and Cybernetics to Plant Husbandry.**" He builded a.o. microthermistors, weight tensiometers, to register the temperature of plants, the flow rate of fluid in their stems
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 that in the next quarter century such photoelements could be manufac·  that in the next quarter century such photoelements could be manufac· 
 tured on an industrial scale and would be a hundred times cheaper than  tured on an industrial scale and would be a hundred times cheaper than 
-silicone solar batteries now being experimented with.  Pg 76 related libarint topic; [[http://libarynth.org/luminous]]/phoef#appropriating_pv_natural_dye_sensitized_solar_cells+silicone solar batteries now being experimented with.  Pg 76  
 + 
 +// 
 +related topic//  [[luminous:phoef]]
  
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-<html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/5603665558/" title="Picture 19 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5603665558_842f68afa0.jpg" width="73" height="49" alt="Picture 19"></a></html>---the Bengali Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose  in 1899 betook himself to his greengrocer and purchased a bag +<html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/5603665558/" title="Picture 19 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5603665558_842f68afa0.jpg" width="55" height="49" alt="Picture 19"></a></html>---the Bengali Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose  in 1899 betook himself to his greengrocer and purchased a bag 
 of carrots and turnips, which, of all vegetables, appeared to him the most  of carrots and turnips, which, of all vegetables, appeared to him the most 
 stolidly nonsentient, and found them to be highly sensitive. When he  stolidly nonsentient, and found them to be highly sensitive. When he 
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----Bose experimented with heat and cold to ascertain the optimal condi-  +--- One day Bose found 
-tions under which plant movement was best elicited. One day he found +
 that when all motion stopped in his plant, it suddenly shuddered in a  that when all motion stopped in his plant, it suddenly shuddered in a 
 way reminiscent of the death spasm in animals. To determine exactly  way reminiscent of the death spasm in animals. To determine exactly 
 the critical temperature at which death occurred, he invented a **moro-  the critical temperature at which death occurred, he invented a **moro- 
 graph, or death recorder.** While many plants met their end at sixty  graph, or death recorder.** While many plants met their end at sixty 
-degrees Centigrade, individual plants exhibited variations depending on +degrees centigrade, individual plants exhibited variations depending on 
 their previous histories and ages. If their power of resistance was artificially depressed by fatigue, or poison, the death spasm would take place  their previous histories and ages. If their power of resistance was artificially depressed by fatigue, or poison, the death spasm would take place 
 with temperatures as low as twenty-three degrees Centigrade. At death,  with temperatures as low as twenty-three degrees Centigrade. At death, 
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 volumes in 1906 and 1907.  Pg 94 volumes in 1906 and 1907.  Pg 94
  
-Bose  devise a brand-new instrument, the crescograph. This  inven-  +Boses invention the crescograph not only produced a ten-thousand-fold magnification of movement, 
-tion not only produced a ten-thousand-fold magnification of movement, +
 far beyond the powers of the strongest microscope, but could automati-  far beyond the powers of the strongest microscope, but could automati- 
 cally record the rate of growth of plants and their changes in a period  cally record the rate of growth of plants and their changes in a period 
 as short as a minute. as short as a minute.
-With this instrument Bose showed the remarkable fact that in count-  +Bose showed the remarkable fact that in countless plants, **growth proceeds in rhythmic pulses.** each pulse exhibiting' a
-less plants, **growth proceeds in rhythmic pulses.** each pulse exhibiting' a+
 rapid uplift and then a slower partial recoil of about a fourth the distance  rapid uplift and then a slower partial recoil of about a fourth the distance 
 gained. The pulses in Calcutta averaged about three per minute. By  gained. The pulses in Calcutta averaged about three per minute. By 
-watching the progress of the movement on the chart of his new inven-  +watching the progress of the movement on the chart Bose found that **growth in some plants could be retarded and even
-tion, Bose found that growth in some plants could be retarded and to be five feet.+
 halted by merely touching them, and that in others rough handling  halted by merely touching them, and that in others rough handling 
-stimulated growth, especially if they were sluggish and morose. Pg 99+stimulated growth, especially if they were sluggish and morose.** Pg 99
  
 ---The roots of plants are called "geotropic," because they burrow into  ---The roots of plants are called "geotropic," because they burrow into 
 the soil. Leaves turn to light because they are "heliotropic" or "phototropic." Roots questing water are described as "hydrotropic," and those  the soil. Leaves turn to light because they are "heliotropic" or "phototropic." Roots questing water are described as "hydrotropic," and those 
 bending against the flow of a stream "rheatropic." The tendril's touch  bending against the flow of a stream "rheatropic." The tendril's touch 
-is known as its "thigmotropism." Pg 99+is known as its "thigmotropism." Pg 99.   
 +   
 +// 
 +related libarynth topic//  * [[plant movement]]
  
 ---Bose now in retirement summud his scientific philosophy: ---Bose now in retirement summud his scientific philosophy:
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 abandon all our preconceptions, most of which are afterward found to be  abandon all our preconceptions, most of which are afterward found to be 
 absolutely groundless and contrary to facts. The final appeal must be  absolutely groundless and contrary to facts. The final appeal must be 
-made to the plant itself and no evidence should be accepted unless it bears  +made to the plant itself and no evidence should be accepted unless **it bears  
-the plant's own signature.  +the plant's own signature.** 
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 +==== The Metamorphosis of Plants ====
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 === related libarynth topics === === related libarynth topics ===
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