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Hy 5109-5134, d 5779-5784

by: United States. Bureau of Fisheries

Publication date: 1912

Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology

Collection: sifieldbooks; biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

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Original logbook of the Albatross, dredge numbers 5779-5784, hydro 5109-5134, 30 April to 22 July 1912. Data recorded include survey and dredge number (no.), date, sdg. machine, reel, lead, turns, correction, depth, sdg. cup, amt. bot'm sample, bottom, bottom temperature, number and make of thermometer, correction, bottom reading, corrected temperature, air temperature, surface temperature, density, wind, baromet., clouds, state of sea, weather, direction and force of current, tide, general locality, position, chart used, drift, depth of haul, apparatus and rig used, time towing, deck officer, recorder, sounding wire readings, dredge cable, and general remarks. Localities are not named within the logbook, but according to Albatross history, the ship was in San Francisco Bay during this time

Abstract: Original logbook of the Albatross, dredge numbers 5779-5784, hydro 5109-5134, 30 April to 22 July 1912. Data recorded include survey and dredge number (no.), date, sdg. machine, reel, lead, turns, correction, depth, sdg. cup, amt. bot"m sample, bottom, bottom temperature, number and make of thermometer, correction, bottom reading, corrected temperature, air temperature, surface temperature, density, wind, baromet., clouds, state of sea, weather, direction and force of current, tide, general locality, position, chart used, drift, depth of haul, apparatus and rig used, time towing, deck officer, recorder, sounding wire readings, dredge cable, and general remarks. Localities are not named within the logbook, but according to Albatross history, the ship was in San Francisco Bay during this time.