While theories and counter-theories flew, two Irish scientists, one of them a renowned physicist named John Joly and the other a young botanist named Henry Dixon, decided to test the strength of a ...

Transpiration experiments showed that the south periphery leaves lose ... The leaves from the periphery of the tree were usually more deeply lobed, more prominently toothed, and smaller than the ...

This provides a continuous stream of water which is known as the transpiration stream. Surface area (not an environmental factor) Smaller leaves will contain less stomata causing a decrease in ...

Under normal circumstances, the rate of water uptake gives a measure of the rate of transpiration. A simple potometer is a piece of capillary tubing to which a plant has been connected.