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 12
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
United States
Date Range:
1905
Start Date:
19050828
End Date:
19050828
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Fish Hawk covers August 28, 1905, station record numbers 7784 to 7786. These include data relating to temperature and density recorded during dredging. The majority of the log book is blank. Data recorded includes date, time of day, tide, locality, exact location (latitude and longitude), depth, nature of bottom, dredging instrument used, direction of drift, distance, temperature (of air, surface water, bottom), density of surface and bottom, number of salinometer, barometer reading, state of sky, direction of wind, name of observer, and position of observer. Observer was not recorded. Locality: unclear though likely along the coast of the northeast United States.
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