IS MOONLIGHT DANGEROUS?

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1397, 1 November 1932, Page 3

IS MOONLIGHT DANGEROUS?

» The alleged harmfulness of moonlight is at last recsiving scieptific attention. It seenis that the light of the moon, being reflected, is polarised ; that' is, the vibrations are in one plane' instead of_ all planes, as in light coming directly from its source. It is also said that it has less germicidal power .than direct light, and^that decay is therefore^ quicken -All this may be true, and it may explain.so'nw of the folk-lore as to moonlight. We have so long believed thes.e tales tobf the myths of primitive peoples, thai we are not inclined to take any. fcug gestion in this line seriously. The) are, really mistaken attempts' at th« scientific explanation of phenomen: noticed for the first time. N The foil tales seem to have originated in land of very tjlear atmosphere, and it is ' extremely doubtful whether .in th Northern misty climaies moonlight has any ocular or nervous effect on way or the other. Still we are ofte > surprised at the facts' froi • still more bizarre, investigations. Sun • ly polarised light must have injuriou l> retinal effects, and it> might be well i • find out that much. ' • • ,- a