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 10 Folder 26
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
United States
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Puerto Rico
Mayagüez, Bahía de
Date Range:
1898-1899
Start Date:
18981115
End Date:
18990125
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 15 November 1898 to 25 January 1899, station record numbers 6028 to 6075. "Record of dredging, temperature and density" data include station number, date, time of day, time of tide, locality, exact position, depth, nature of bottom, dredging instrument used, direction of (drift, distance), temperature of (air, surface water, at depth of, at bottom), density at (surface water, at depth of, at bottom), number of salinometer, barameter reading, state of sky, direction of (wind and force), rain, direction of (surface current and force, bottom and force), name of vessel, service to which attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and notes relating to station number. Notes sometimes include lists of specimens collected including quantities. Observers: J. D. Milligan. Locality: Narragansett Bay, San Juan Harbor (Puerto Rico), Mayaguez harbor (P. R.).
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