Original logbooks of the "Fish Hawk" United States Fish Commission station records Search this
Collection name:
United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 11 Folder 6
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
Vineyard Sound
Massachusetts
United States
Buzzards Bay
Date Range:
1903-1904
Start Date:
19030901
End Date:
19040729
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Fish Hawk covers September 1, 1903 - July 29, 1904, station record numbers 7595 to 7627, 7521a to 7547a. These include data relating to temperature and density recorded during dredging. Data recorded includes date, time of day, tide, locality, exact location, depth, nature of bottom, dredging instrument used, direction of drift, distance, temperature (of air, surface water, bottom), number of salinometer, barometer reading, state of sky, direction of wind, and name of observer. Includes notes on the reverse side of page listing type of marine life found and notes on abundance. Observer was Vernon E. West. Locality: Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts.
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