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Beans

Ap 21

Beans began to show roots in the study in the evening Ap 20th so moved to my room upstairs Temp about 15°C (59°F.) with no fire for the night & till next day when (2. 20 pm) they were brought back to study & placed on bookshelf far from fire— In cylinder with ground glass edge & cover, &   with cap of brown paper. 
(Used)

9. 35 AM Ap 21st

Oblong bits of sand glass paper shellacced on rough side & placed on tips of Roots 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, The length of roots measured from A to B

B

A

is given below

mm      inches

            ✔ 51

5.5       .216

            ✔ 53

4          .157

            ✔ 54

11        .433

Used

✔ 55

9          .354

            ✔ 56

8          .315

            ✔ 59

9          .354

 

Size of glass-paper    

1.8mm X

{   — broad bit

or

.9 — narrow bit

.071inch X

{   .059

or

.035

Examined 6. 30 pm

 The root is straight in itself but makes an angle of 20° with vertical in 51  the "bean plane"

20

Sinking away from glass paper & away from Sachs.

In "other" plane it is vertical & this corresponds with the symmetrical position of the bit of paper. I mean, from the position of the paper no lateral bending was expected & none was found

(sketches)

pin seen behind

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2

Beans

Ap 21st 6. 30 pm

53 — In "bean" plane, the root (which is straight) makes an angle 50° with vertical, away from Sachs & away from its paper In "other" plane vertical & paper is symmetrical

54   In bean plane root makes 40° with vertical away from Sachs & away from its own paper. The root is curved at tip in same direction, away from paper.

55   In "bean" plane 5° or 10° away from with vertical, away from Sachs, away from paper. In "other" plane, slightly away from card towards paper, if the root is considered as a whole, but there is ✔ a slight curve away from paper, which is slightly lateral

exaggerated sketch

 

56   In "bean" plane 30° from paper, from Sachs. ✔ In "other" plane 20° from with vertical from card which was laterally placed.

59 ✔ In "bean" plane about 40° to with vertical, away from card but towards Sachs

In "other" plane nearly vertical— & card paper is symmetrical—

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3

Ap 22. 8. 20 AM

No changes in 51 53 ..... 59 except that 54 has a slight bend at tip towards paper

54

exaggerated sketch

 

Ap 21.   9. 59 AM — say 10° — ie aft 9°

Shellacced on glass paper oblongs on B & C

B = 6.5 7 mm =

C 12 mm =

 

Examined about 7 pm

C B— Base of root vertical, but upper 1/2 curved makes an angle of 20° from with vertical, from Sachs, from paper In other plane almost vertical, paper symmetrical

In

B C 8° or 9° from vertical from Sachs from paper In other plane 40° or 50 from vertical from paper Paper was lateral

[sketch]

exaggerated

B

Ap 22. 8. 30 AM

C B became nearly straight; B got a slight curve at tip towards paper

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4

Ap 21 9 pm Bits of sand paper fixed laterally on 43

43 & 44 —

Ap 22 8. 35 AM

  43 still almost vertical

  44. bent at rt angles away from paper, partly away from Sachs partly in the other plane.

(as paper fixed by eye of course not    stick is far from— laterally

 

Ap 22. 10. 8 am

  Put gold beaters skin on first, then glass-paper shellacced on. & E. F

9. 20 pm.

  E bent far over towards Sachs away from paper.

  F. not bent.

Ap 23. 10. 55 AM

  F clearly bent away from card; on dissecting it found the root quite protected by gold beaters skin which had curled round so that it must have been like a light touch on the opposite side

E is also quite protected by gold beaters skin

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Ap 23. 11. pm

  3 bean radicles growing vertically down.

Root 1 — 10 mm in length    

—"— 2           — 6 —"— —"—         (Preliminary trial)

—"— 3           — 6 —"— —"—       

With a razor shaved off a very small bit of obliquely off the tip of the root of 1 & 2. No 3 had rather a larger cut, which removed all the conical tip

Ap 25th. 7 pm   44°

  No 2 & 3 have grown bent clearly away from the cut side. No 3 curled right over its bean in direction of Sachs; No 2 laterally bent.

Temp— not recorded

I have no doubt in damp air