Hydrographic sheet no. 1208, 1873

Related Titles

Contained In: National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology Research Records, 1856-1891, 1913, 1963, 1975, 1993-1944, 1999

Series: SIA Acc. 16-122

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

By

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1873

Notes

The hydrographic sheet no. 1208 documents collecting of sea bottom specimens from deep sea soundings eastward from the outer edge of George's Shoal and off Cape Sable, July 16 - August 10, 1873. J. A. Howell, U.S.N. was commanding the party. The table of data includes date, section number, locality (including latitude and longitude with minutes and seconds), fathoms, and appearance. There are notes in pencil that appear to have been written later.

Subjects

Canada , Field notes , Marine invertebrates , Nova Scotia , Sable, Cape

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.124210