United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 4 Folder 22
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
Bering Sea
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Bay
Date Range:
1895-1896
Start Date:
18950824
End Date:
18960718
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Albatross, dredge numbers 3612-3637, hydro numbers 3648-3658, 24 August 1895 to 18 July 1896. Data recorded include survey and hydro 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. Notes on fish and other marine life such as crustaceans, mollusks, algae are included. Localities are not named, but coordinates for the Bering Sea, Pacific Ocean, and San Francisco Bay are included.
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