Response in the Living and Non-Living

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Author

Bose, Jagadis Chandra, 1858-1937

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Produced by Bryan Ness, Laura Wisewell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Irritability

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eBook-No.

18986

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18986

Release Date

August 3, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RESPONSE IN THE LIVING AND NON-LIVING
2. 2.BY JAGADIS CHUNDER BOSE, M.A.( Cantab. ), D.Sc.( Lond. ) PROFESSOR, PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, CALCUTTA
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF LIVING SUBSTANCES — CHAPTER II ELECTRIC RESPONSE — CHAPTER III ELECTRIC RESPONSE IN PLANTS—METHOD OF NEGATIVE VARIATION — CHAPTER IV ELECTRIC RESPONSE IN PLANTS—BLOCK METHOD — CHAPTER V PLANT RESPONSE—ON THE EFFECTS OF SINGLE STIMULUS AND OF SUPERPOSED STIMULI — CHAPTER VI PLANT RESPONSE—ON DIPHASIC VARIATION — CHAPTER VII PLANT RESPONSE—ON THE RELATION BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE — CHAPTER VIII PLANT RESPONSE—ON THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE — CHAPTER IX PLANT RESPONSE—EFFECT OF ANÆSTHETICS AND POISONS — CHAPTER X RESPONSE IN METALS — CHAPTER XI INORGANIC RESPONSE—MODIFIED APPARATUS TO EXHIBIT RESPONSE IN METALS — CHAPTER XII INORGANIC RESPONSE—METHOD OF ENSURING CONSISTENT RESULTS — CHAPTER XIII INORGANIC RESPONSE—MOLECULAR MOBILITY: ITS INFLUENCE ON RESPONSE — CHAPTER XIV INORGANIC RESPONSE—FATIGUE, STAIRCASE, AND MODIFIED RESPONSE — CHAPTER XV INORGANIC RESPONSE—RELATION BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE—SUPERPOSITION OF STIMULI — CHAPTER XVI INORGANIC RESPONSE—EFFECT OF CHEMICAL REAGENTS — CHAPTER XVII ON THE STIMULUS OF LIGHT AND RETINAL CURRENTS — CHAPTER XVIII INORGANIC RESPONSE—INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS ON THE RESPONSE TO STIMULUS OF LIGHT — CHAPTER XIX VISUAL ANALOGUES — CHAPTER XX GENERAL SURVEY AND CONCLUSION — INDEX
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS — RESPONSE IN THE LIVING AND NON-LIVING
6. 6.CHAPTER I THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF LIVING SUBSTANCES — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER II ELECTRIC RESPONSE — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER III ELECTRIC RESPONSE IN PLANTS—METHOD OF NEGATIVE VARIATION — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV ELECTRIC RESPONSE IN PLANTS—BLOCK METHOD — I. Leaf-stalk of Plane-tree — II. Leaf-stalk of Horse-chestnut
10. 10.CHAPTER V PLANT RESPONSE—ON THE EFFECTS OF SINGLE STIMULUS AND OF SUPERPOSED STIMULI — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VI PLANT RESPONSE—ON DIPHASIC VARIATION — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VII PLANT RESPONSE—ON THE RELATION BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE — Table showing the Increased E.M. Variation produced by Increasing Stimulus — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII PLANT RESPONSE—ON THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE — Table showing Effect of High Temperature in Abolishing Response — Table showing Diminution of Response with Increasing Temperature — Table showing the Variation of Response in Scotch Kale during the Rise and Fall of Temperature
14. 14.CHAPTER IX PLANT RESPONSE—EFFECT OF ANÆSTHETICS AND POISONS
15. 15.CHAPTER X RESPONSE IN METALS — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XI INORGANIC RESPONSE—MODIFIED APPARATUS TO EXHIBIT RESPONSE IN METALS
17. 17.CHAPTER XII INORGANIC RESPONSE—METHODS OF ENSURING CONSISTENT RESULTS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII INORGANIC RESPONSE—MOLECULAR MOBILITY: ITS INFLUENCE ON RESPONSE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV INORGANIC RESPONSE—FATIGUE, STAIRCASE, AND MODIFIED RESPONSE — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XV INORGANIC RESPONSE—RELATION BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE—SUPERPOSITION OF STIMULI — Table showing the Increasing Electric Response due to Increasing Amplitude of Vibration
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI INORGANIC RESPONSE—EFFECT OF CHEMICAL REAGENT
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII ON THE STIMULUS OF LIGHT AND RETINAL CURRENTS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII INORGANIC RESPONSE—INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS ON THE RESPONSE TO STIMULUS OF LIGHT — Table giving Response to varying Intensities of Light — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX VISUAL ANALOGUES — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XX GENERAL SURVEY AND CONCLUSION — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.INDEX

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