Weather And The Mind

The psychology of the weather is consiilered by Dr. T. D. Crotliers as a prwnising subject for study. He says, in Science : "Very ïew persons reconize the sources of error tliat come direeUy froau atmospheric conditions on experimeivters and observers and otliers. In my own case, I have been amazed at tlie faulty deductioms and miscomceptions ivliich were made in damp, foiggy weather, or on days in whLch the air was cliarscd wlth electricity and thundcrstorms were iinpcnding. Wliat Seemed clear to me at 'these times appeared later to be íilled 'wttfo. error. A,n actuary ia a. large iiisurance coimpany is obliged to stop work at sucIl times, íinding tliat 'he niakes niany mistakes whiclt lie is only conscious of later tliat !liis work is useless. In a Iai"g6 facto'ry ïroim 10 to 20 per ceJifc less woTk is brought out on damp days and days oí tlireateaiing etoa-m. The superintendent, in receiving orders to be delivered at a certain time, takes tliis factor into calculatiou."