Title
No. 6, Sept 23rd 1888, Jan'y 16th 1889, dr 2870 to 2918, hyd 1570 to 1621
Title Variants
Alternative:
Original logbooks of the Albatross
Related Titles
Contained In:
United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
Series:
SIA RU007184
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
United States. Bureau of Fisheries.
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1888-1889
Notes
English
Original logbook of the Albatross covering station numbers Dr 2870 to 2918, Hyd 1570 to 1621, recorded 23 September 1888 to 16 January 1889. Data recorded include station number (no.), date, machine, turns, correction, depth, shot or lead, bottom, bottom temperature, number of thermometer, correction, corrected temperature, air temperature, surface temperature, drift, trawl or dredge, sounding wire readings, dredge rope readings, serial temperatures, and general remarks. Some notes on specimens caught are included (type and quantities of fish or other marine life). Table of abbreviations is pasted into the front of the book; correction table is pasted into the back of the book. Localities are not listed in this volume, but the albatross was probably traveling in Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Alaska (based on the history of the ship's activities).
Subjects
Albatross (Steamer)
,
Field notes
,
Ichthyology
,
Logbooks
,
Marine biology
,
North Pacific Ocean
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.98188
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