Notebook No.2

Related Titles

Contained In: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927

Series: SIA RU007073

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1872

Notes

The notebook includes notes documenting time at sea January 1, 1872, from Unalaska, with William Healey Dall as the activing assistant undercaptain(?) on the schooner Humboldt. Entries list weather, barometric pressure, temperature, wind, bearings (in magnetic), followed by narrative descriptions of daily conditions. These include the presence and effect of ice on ability to travel. Relate to observations taken of Alaska coast. At the end of the volume is an index that lists subject and page number, relating to Hydrography, meteorology, tides, volcanos, and telemeter observations.

Subjects

Alaska , Diary , Field notes , Geology , Unalaska , United States , United States Coast and Geodetic Survey , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.114004
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51390318