Title
H 5260-5290, d 5814-5826
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
1912-1913
Notes
English
Original logbook of the Albatross, hydro numbers 5260-5290, dredge numbers 5814-5826, 27 November 1912 to 13 January 1913. Data recorded include survey and dredge number (no.), date, sdg. machine, reel, lead, turns, correction, depth, sdg. cup, amt. bot'm sample, bottom, bottom temperature, number and make of thermometer, correction, bottom reading, corrected temperature, air temperature, surface temperature, density, wind, baromet., clouds, state of sea, weather, direction and force of current, tide, general locality, position, chart used, drift, depth of haul, apparatus and rig used, time towing, deck officer, recorder, sounding wire readings, dredge cable, and general remarks. Some remarks include notes on oysters collected. Localities are not named within the logbook, but according to Albatross history, the ship was in San Francisco Bay during this time.
Subjects
Albatross (Steamer)
,
California
,
Field notes
,
Logbooks
,
Marine biology
,
Oysters
,
San Francisco Bay
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.98267
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