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Title: Response in the Living and Non-Living
Author: Jagadis Chunder Bose
Release Date: August 3, 2006 [EBook #18986]
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RESPONSE IN THE LIVING
AND NON-LIVING
BY
JAGADIS CHUNDER BOSE, M.A.(CANTAB.), D.Sc.(LOND.)
PROFESSOR, PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, CALCUTTA
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1902
All rights reserved
_'The real is one: wise men call it variously'_
RIG VEDA
_To my Countrymen_
_This Work is Dedicated_
PREFACE
I have in the present work put in a connected and a more complete form
results, some of which have been published in the following Papers:
'De la Generalite des Phenomenes Moleculaires produits par l'Electricite
sur la matiere Inorganique et sur la matiere Vivante.' (_Travaux du
Congres International de Physique._ Paris, 1900.)
'On the Similarity of Effect of Electrical Stimulus on Inorganic and
Living Substances.' (_Report, Bradford Meeting British Association,
1900.--Electrician._)
'Response of Inorganic Matter to Stimulus.' (Friday Evening Discourse,
Royal Institution, May 1901.)
'On Electric Response of Inorganic Substances. Preliminary Notice.'
(Royal Society, June 1901.)
'On Electric Response of Ordinary Plants under Mechanical Stimulus.'
(_Journal Linnean Society_, 1902.)
'Sur la Reponse Electrique dans les Metaux, les Tissus Animaux et
Vegetaux.' (Societe de Physique, Paris, 1902.)
'On the
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