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How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin The Power of Movement in Plants is a book by Charles Darwin on phototropism and other types... Read Full Overview

Excerpt: ...(Fam. 180). Cannabis sativa (?). Cannabineae (Fam. 195). Brassica oleracea (Cruciferae).-It was shown in the first chapter that the cotyledons of the common cabbage rise in the evening and stand vertically up at night with their petioles in contact. But as the two... Read Full Overview

THE chief object of the classic Darwin essay, The Power of Movement in Plants, is to describe and connect together several large classes of movement, common to almost all plants. The most widely prevalent movement is essentially of the same nature as that of the stem of a climbing... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1896. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notat

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The power of movement in plants (1895). This book, "The power of movement in plants", by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin, is a replication of a book originally published before 1895. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close... Read Full Overview

The power of movement in plants. This book, "The power of movement in plants", by Charles Darwin, is a replication of a book originally published before 1881. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible... Read Full Overview

The power of movement in plants is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a... Read Full Overview

The Power of Movement in Plants is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a... Read Full Overview

Reprint of the original, first published in 1898.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1898.