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The Electro-vegetometer

Nature volume 88, page 41 (1911)Cite this article

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EXPERIMENTS with electricity as a stimulant to plant growth were made with alleged success 165 years ago, when Mr. Maimbray, of Edinburgh, electrified two myrtles throughout October, 1746, for several hours a day, with the consequence that next summer they blossomed sooner than their neighbours (Priestley's History of Electricity, part viii., sec. 4).

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BENHAM, C. The Electro-vegetometer. Nature 88, 41 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088041c0

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