Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1894 — Mental Effect Of Weather. [ARTICLE]

Mental Effect Of Weather.

Dr. T. D. Crothers, in Science. Very few persons recognize the sources of error that come directly from atmospheric conditions on experimenters and observers and others. In my own case I have been amazed at the faulty deductions and misconceptions which were made in damp, foggy weather, or on days in which the air was charged with electricity and thunderstorms were impending. What seemed clear to ine at these times appeared later to be filled with error. An actuary in a large insurance company is obliged to stop work at such times, finding that he makes so many mistakes which he is only conscious of later that his work is useless. In a large factory from 10 to 20 per cent, less work is brought out on damp days and days of threatening storm. The superintendent, irr. receiving orders to be delivered at a certain time, takes this factor intb calculation.