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==== Plants and Electromagnetism ==== | ==== Plants and Electromagnetism ==== | ||
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continually being **affected by wavelengths of the electromagnetic spec- | continually being **affected by wavelengths of the electromagnetic spec- | ||
trum**, from earth, moon, planets, cosmos and from a proliferation of | trum**, from earth, moon, planets, cosmos and from a proliferation of | ||
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dener stand on a slab of insulating material and sprinkle vegetables from | dener stand on a slab of insulating material and sprinkle vegetables from | ||
an electrified watering can. He reported that his salads grew to an | an electrified watering can. He reported that his salads grew to an | ||
- | extraordinary size. He also invented what he called an **"electrovegetome- | + | extraordinary size. He also invented what he called an **"electrovegetometer"** to collect atmospheric electricity by means ot an antenna, and pass |
- | ter"** to collect atmospheric electricity by means ot an antenna, and pass | + | |
it through plants growing in a field. "This instrument is | it through plants growing in a field. "This instrument is | ||
applicable to all kinds of vegetal production, everywhere, in all weather.” | applicable to all kinds of vegetal production, everywhere, in all weather.” | ||
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his apparatus into a garden he not only more than doubled the yield of | his apparatus into a garden he not only more than doubled the yield of | ||
strawberries but found them to be much sweeter; his harvest from barley | strawberries but found them to be much sweeter; his harvest from barley | ||
- | plants increased by one-third. He reported | + | plants increased by one-third. He reported |
- | Agriculture and Horticulture// | + | Agriculture and Horticulture**//. Pg 176 |
- | Later Sir Oliver Lodge allowed the | + | |
- | movement of people, animals, and farm equipment through his elec- | + | ---Later Sir Oliver Lodge allowed the |
- | trified fields, by suspending a grid on insulators attached to high poles. | + | movement of people, animals, and farm equipment through his **elec- |
+ | trified fields**, by suspending a grid on insulators attached to high poles. | ||
During one growing season Lodge was able to increase the per-acre yield | During one growing season Lodge was able to increase the per-acre yield | ||
of wheat by 40 percent and was pleased that the | of wheat by 40 percent and was pleased that the |