Word: humid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Landing at Puerto Barrios on the Caribbean, the pair made their way by train through the humid tropic zone of the Atlantic slope, on their way to the capital, Guatemala City. In their journey they were assisted throughout their stay by the officials of the United Fruit Company, who did everything to forward their researches...
...person resting in still, humid air is comfortable until the temperature reaches 90° F.; a light breeze lets him stay so until 95°. However if he is working his muscles he feels discomfort at 80°. At 100° a man can do four times as much work if the air is dry (humidity 30) than if it were saturated (humidity 100). With humidity at the ordinary 60, the subjects did five times more work at 90° than...
Dissipation of the body manufactured heat depends on the surroundings. The drier the air the more moisture-bound heat it can absorb. The faster the air moves the faster can it carry heat from the body. But if the air is hot, humid and still, the body must struggle to throw off heat. The harder it struggles, the harder the heart must work. The pulse rate indicates the heart efforts, and thus the body efforts. High pulse rate is an index of unwise, inefficient overexertion. Dr. McConnell found that when his subjects in the cork-lined test room developed...