Title
No. 12, Sept'r 1st 1889, Sept'r 11th 1889, dr 3079 to 3093, hyd 1964 to 2049
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 3079 to 3093, Hyd 1964 to 2049, recorded 1 to 11 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). Correction table and table of abbreviations is included in the front 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)
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Field notes
,
Ichthyology
,
Logbooks
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Marine biology
,
North Pacific Ocean
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.98333
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