FILE | DESCRIPTION |
BACTERIA | The growth of a bacterial colony as a function of time. |
BEANROOT | The length of the root of a bean as a function of time. |
BEANS | Beans were placed in a styrofoam cup, covered them lightly with soil, and watered regularly. On the tenth day sprouts emerged. This shows the height as a function of time. |
BOMBAY | The total number of deaths in Bombay from a plague spread by rats during the period December 1905 to July 1906. |
FLOWER | The height of sunflower plants as a function of time. |
GUINEA | The pre-natal growth of a Guinea-Pig. The length is a function of time. |
LUPINE | The growth of a Lupine from day 4 to day 21. |
MARRIED | The age at which 41,000 Australian men, born in the same year, were married is shown where the second column shows the percentage of the 41,000 men who were married, while the first column shows the age at which they were married. |
MAIZE | The weight of an ear of maize as a function of time. |
NICOTINE | Nicotine Sulphate is introduced into a closed room containing mosquitoes to determine how efficiently the chemical kills the insects. This shows the killing efficiency - the proportion of dead mosquitoes - for various doses. |
PLAGUE | Total number of deaths by the week from August 1665 to October 1665 during the Great Plague of London. |
PLANT | The total area of the leaves of a plant as a function of time. |
POSTNATAL | The length, from month to month, of a newly born child. |
PRENATAL | The length, from month to month, of a prenatal child. |
RATS | In this experiment 144 seven month old rats were observed over a period of 30 months. The total number that died was recorded every month |
SHAPE | The volume of a vessel as a function of its height. |
SOLE | The weight of North Sea sole as a function of time. |
URUGUAY | In 1961 fertilized grass-legume pastures were introduced into Uruguay. This shows the total number of ranchers who adopted this new technology from 1965 to 1976. |
YEAST | The amount of yeast as a function of time. |