The mass potometer measures the water lost through transpiration of the plant and not the water taken up by the plant. 1  A potometer is a piece of apparatus used to measure the rate of water loss from a plant (transpiration).2  The rate of transpiration can be estimated in two ways: The potometer measures the rate of uptake of water. 2  To measure transpiration rate directly, rather than the rate of water uptake, utilize a scientific instrument which quantifies water transfer at the leaves. 3  The water retained by plant is so negligible that it can be neglected.
The scene the song appears in. Brothers In Arms is a song performed by Dire Straits, recorded on the album Brothers In Arms in 1985. The song appeared in the Miami Vice episode Out Where the Buses Don't Run. Brothers In Arms is often claimed to be the first CD single ever released; it went on sale on 14 October 1985 in the United Kingdom.
Brothers Murders. In 1989, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez became infamous when they were arrested for murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. Their trial, which drew national attention, had all the ingredients of a lurid Hollywood movie â wealth, incest, parricide, infidelity and murder.t midnight on August 20, 1989, the Beverly Hills police recorded a 911 call from Lyle Menendez. Erik and Lyle had just returned home from a movie to a horrific scene: both their parents were dead in the family room, shot with 12-gauge shotguns.