CLASSIFIED LIST OF EXPERIMENTS 



MOLECULAR RESPONSIVENESS OF MATTER 

 Mechanical response : 



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1. Contractile response in indiarubber ...... 2 



Electromotive response : 



2. Response of tin . . . . . . . . . . . 6 



3. Fatigue in inorganic response ....... 7 



4. Action of stimulant on response of platinum . . . . . 8 



5. Action of * poison ' in abolishing response of metal . . . . 9 



6. Response in metal by method of negative variation ... 9 



Response by resistivity variation : 



7. Response of selenium to light ....... 3 



8. Response of galena to electric radiation ...... 3 



9. Response of allotropic silver Ag' to electric radiation ... 4 



FUNDAMENTAL PHENOMENON OF RESPONSE IN PLANTS 



10. Simultaneous record of mechanical and electrical response . . . 19 



11. Electrical response of pulvinus of Mimosa when physically re- 



strained ........... 20 



12. Response to sudden variation of tension . . . . . 25 



13. Response to sudden compression ....... 25 



14. Response to tension and compression . . . . ... 26 



15. Response to mechanical blow ....... 26 



1 6. Response to vibrational stimulus . . . . . . . 27 



17. Response to chemical stimulus . . . . . . .27 



1 8. Response to thermal shock . . . . . . 25, 38 



19. Influence of sudden variation on efficiency of stimulation . . .32 



20. Additive effect ........... 34 



21. Genesis of tetanus in mechanical response of plants . ... 43 



22. Genesis of tetanus in electrical response of plants . . . . 43 



23. Rheotomic observation of time relation . . . . . . 48 



24. Response to increasing intensity of stimulus of mechanical blows . . 39 



25. Response to increasing intensity of vibrational stimulus ... 40 



26. Response to increasing stimulus, with or without complete recovery . 41 



