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Bose writes on 'polar effects of currents in the stimulation of plants', 'refractory and latent periods in plants', 'the velocity of transmission of excitatory waves in plants', 'the excitability and conductivity of plant tissues', 'the propagation on the electromotive wave as concomitant of excitatory wave in plants' and 'multiple responses in plants'.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes 71 diagrams and graphs relating to Bose's experiments.

Subject: Biology / Electricity

Received 22 December 1903. Read 25 February 1904. Communicated by S H [Sidney Howard] Vines.

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AP/76/1
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1903
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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135 pages
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Jagadis Chunder Bose

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Jagadis Chunder Bose, Unpublished paper, 'On mechanical and electrical response in plants' by Jagadis Chunder Bose, 1903, AP/76/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_76_1/unpublished-paper-on-mechanical-and-electrical-response-in-plants-by-jagadis-chunder-bose, accessed on 12 October 2024

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