Title
No. 10, March 23rd 1889, 29th August 1889, dr 3011 to 3077, hyd 1831 to 1864
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
1889
Notes
English
Original logbook of the Albatross covering station numbers Dr 3011 to 3077, Hyd 1831 to 1864, recorded 23 March to 29 August 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). Correction table included in the back of the book. Localities are not listed in this volume, but the Albatross was possibly in the Gulf of California; Tacoma, Washington; or between Port Townsend and the Bering Sea (based on the history of the ship's activities).
Subjects
Albatross (Steamer)
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Field notes
,
Ichthyology
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Logbooks
,
Marine biology
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.98329
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