No. 11, 29th August 1889, Sept'r 1st 1889, dr 3078, hyd 1865 to 1963

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 3078, Hyd 1865 to 1963, recorded 29 August to 1 September 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 included in the back of the book. Localities are not listed in this volume, but the albatross was known to be off the coast of the Pacific Northwest at this time (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.98330