Artificial Stimulation of the Growth of Vegetable, Fruit, Flowering, and other Plant Life.

Abstract

Abstract 13,607. Thwaite, B. H. July 1. Supporting in glass-houses in which electriclight plant treatment is used. In circular glass-houses, an arc lamp b, with reflector c, is mounted upon a sleeve i carried by ball bearings k on a central support a, and is slowly rotated by means of a motor e and spur gearing f. In rectangular conservatories, the lamps are hung from carriages mounted on rollers on an angle-bar suspended from the roof, and are continuously or intermittently moved round the conservatory by means of a motor or a wire or rope. Two lamps placed back to back may travel round a conservatory consisting of two long parallel houses connected by semicircular end parts. In another arrangement, the lamp travels on rails laid round the conservatory.

Inventors

• 👤 Benjamin Howarth Thwaite

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