THE weather forecast for London and the Channel was "light airs, fine generally, milder." Further down the fascinating column Hackness read that "the conditions over Europe generally favoured a continuance of the large anti-cyclonic area, the barometer steadily rising over Western Europe, sea smooth, readings being unusually high for this time of the year." Martin Hackness, B.Sc., London, thoughtfully read all this and more. The study of the meteorological reports was part of his religion almost. In the laboratory at the back of his sitting-room were all kinds of weird-looking instruments for measuring sunshine and wind pressure, the weight of atmosphere and the like. Hackness trusted before long to be able to foretell a London fog with absolute accuracy, which, when you come to think of it, would be an exceedingly useful matter. In his queer way Hackness described himself as a fog specialist. He hoped some day to prove himself a fog-disperser, which is another word for a great public benefactor.
Which BEST describes how the setting influences Hackness beliefs?
after using numerous instruments to measure weather conditions Hackness is sure that dense fog is coming
after Eldred's reminder of the petroleum boat fire they saw, Hackness believes he must go to the river to help.
after Eldred shares the latest news, Hackness believes the city might be in for days of terrible fog conditions,
after seeinf yellow mists filling the street out his sitting room window, Hackness predicts that fog soom cover the city.
Answer:
after using numerous instruments to measure weather conditions Hackness is sure that dense fog is coming .
Step-by-step explanation:
From the excerpt shown above, we can see that Hackness felt like a person capable of predicting weather conditions in a city because he was confident in the various equipment he had, that he was able to make measurements of physical content and expose real and true data to conditions weather for a particular place.
From the text we can see that the devices he owns can measure sunlight and wind pressure, the weight of the atmosphere and other factors that allow him to accurately conclude that there will be a fog in London.