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Cover from The Better India: Over 100 Years Ago, an Indian Scientist Built a Machine That Could “See” How Plants Growgoogle-newsgoogle-news

This instrument magnifies plant growth 10,000 times

How can we measure plant growth that is too slow to see? The crescograph makes it measurable.

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Plant growth in Calcutta is too slow to be observed by the human eye, affecting scientists' ability to study it.

answered that question with the crescograph, an instrument that could magnify plant growth 10,000 times.
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