Open AccessVII. Some further observations on the influence of electric light upon vegetation
Publication year - 1880
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1879.0118
Subject(s) - ripening , arc (geometry) , agency (philosophy) , chlorophyll , horticulture , vegetation (pathology) , environmental science , botany , biology , engineering , medicine , philosophy , mechanical engineering , epistemology , pathology
When upon the 4th of March, I presented to the Royal Society a paper on the above-named subject, I was able to show by the result of experiment the effect of radiation from the electric arc in promoting the formation of chlorophyll within the leaf-cell of plants, and in favouring vigorous and continuous growth. I ventured to express an opinion that the ripening of fruit would be accelerated by the same agency, but proof thereof was then wanting. A continuation of my experiments has furnished interesting evidence that the electric arc is also efficacious in hastening the ripening process in strawberries, and probably in nearly every description of fruit.