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19th Century Experiments Explained How Trees Lift Water
Ben Andrew Henry
| Feb 1, 2017
| 3 min read
A maple branch and shattered equipment led to the cohesion-tension theory, the counterintuitive claim that water’s movement against gravity involves no action by trees.
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