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==== Plants and Electromagnetism ==== | ==== Plants and Electromagnetism ==== | ||
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- | continually being **affected by wavelengths of the electromagnetic | + | continually being **affected by wavelengths of the electromagnetic |
- | trum**, from earth, moon, planets, cosmos and from a proliferation of | + | |
man-made devices; only it remains to be established exactly which are | man-made devices; only it remains to be established exactly which are | ||
beneficial and which are harmful. Pg 163 | beneficial and which are harmful. Pg 163 | ||
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importance to each form of vegetal life. Pg 174 | importance to each form of vegetal life. Pg 174 | ||
- | ---Lemstrom connected a series of flowers in metal pots to a static | + | ---Lemstrom connected a series of flowers in metal pots to a static |
- | tor by an overhead network of wires sixteen inches above them and a | + | |
pole set into the soil as a ground. Other pots he "left to nature." | pole set into the soil as a ground. Other pots he "left to nature." | ||
eight weeks, the electrified plants, showed gains in weight of nearly 50 | eight weeks, the electrified plants, showed gains in weight of nearly 50 | ||
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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 | + | movement of people, animals, and farm equipment through his **electrified |
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 | ||
bakers who used flour ground from it claimed it produced bread of a far | bakers who used flour ground from it claimed it produced bread of a far | ||
- | better quality than that made from the wheat they were normally | + | better quality than that made from the wheat they were normally |
- | nished. Pg 176 | + | |