Response in the Living and Non-Living

Chapter 18

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INORGANIC RESPONSE--INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS ON THE RESPONSE TO STIMULUS OF LIGHT

Effect of temperature--Effect of increasing length of exposure--Relation between intensity of light and magnitude of response--After-oscillation--Abnormal effects: (1) preliminary negative twitch; (2) reversal of response; (3) transient positive twitch on cessation of light; (4) decline and reversal--Résumé 158