Original logbooks of the "Grampus" 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 12 Folder 24
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
United States
North Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts
Cod, Cape
Newport
Rhode Island
Cape May
New Jersey
Date Range:
1913
Start Date:
19130708
End Date:
19130820
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Grampus, 8 July to 20 August 1913, station record numbers 10057 to 10106. Data recorded include station no., date, time of day, time of tide, locality, exact position, depth, nature of bottom, dredging instrument used, direction of drift, distance, temperature of air, term. no., temperature of surface water, temperature at depth of no. fathoms, temperature at bottom, density at surface, density at depth of no. fathoms, density at bottom, number of salinometer, barometer reading, state of sky, direction of wind, force, rain, direction of surface current, force, direction of bottom current, force, name of vessel, service to which attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and notes relating to station. The notes include "quant net", "hel net", color, and other remarks. Localities include waters off of Cape Cod (MA), Newport (RI), Cape May (NJ), Chatham (?), Sable (?), Glaucester (MA), and others.
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