National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Curatorial Records, 1933-1936
Physical Description:
field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 1
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Brazil
Date Range:
1933
Start Date:
19330214
End Date:
19331228
Abstract:
There are three notebooks in this folder that document the fieldwork of Stillman Wright in Brazil during 1933. The first notebook is dated by February 14 - April 12. Entries provide information on: date, time, location, weather condition, depth of water, the water temperature variation at levels (1=25,5°, 3=25.0°), and count of chemical samples gathered. There are tables dated by year and provide data on: month, max, min, med, chuvas. Contains an insert of a graph with changes over the period of 6 months. The second notebook documents entries with: location, date, weather conditions, temperature. The third notebook presents information on Princesa Trip, provides information about: route, time, terrain and description of location. Some information is entered as a listing of what appears to be location identifiers (e.g. 4347-CN Ac. Piacho do Meia Princesa Jun 16). There an insert of a table with values of pH corresponding to carbonic acid and bicarbonates.
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