United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 7 Folder 9
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
Flores, Laut
Celebes Sea
Indonesia
Makasar, Selat
Bone, Teluk
Date Range:
1909
Start Date:
19091218
End Date:
19091230
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Albatross, dredge numbers 5655-5672, 18 to 30 December 1909. Data recorded include survey and dredge number (no.), date, sdg. machine, reel, lead, turns, correction, depth, sdg. cup, amt. bot'm sample, bottom, bottom temperature, number and make of thermometer, correction, bottom reading, corrected temperature, air temperature, surface temperature, density, wind, baromet., clouds, state of sea, weather, direction and force of current, tide, general locality, position, chart used, drift, depth of haul, apparatus and rig used, time towing, deck officer, recorder, sounding wire readings, dredge cable, and general remarks. Localities include Gulf of Boni or Bone Gulf [Teluk Bon], Makassar Strait [Selat Makasar], Celebes Sea, Flores Sea [Laut Flores], and others in and near Indonesia.
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