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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