Entry Index: 238
Position: No position
Date by Position: 18 February 1880
Logbook Volume: 2 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 2
Water expended during the preceding 24 hours: 35 gallons Water distilled during the preceding 24 hours: 35 gallons Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 550 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 79 tons 683 lbs The forward spar deck bilge pump is kept going all day in connection with the Baxter engine, while the steam cutter rig is employed in the engine room for pumping about 15 minutes every hour, the remainder of the time being devoted to distilling. Water in the ship to day at 8am at 4pm at midnight At water tight bulkhead 14 inches 14 inches 15 inches At fire room bilge 5 inches 10 inches 0 inches Sounded at noon in 30 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A rapid drift to S.S.E. (true) being indicated by the lead line. Ice formed 3 inches in thickness over sounding hole since yesterday. Early daylight at 6.30am. Very steady and unpleasant weather. Strong winds from N.E. at beginning of the day which back to the N'd and keep on backing until as day ends they reach S.W. x W. Very hard squalls, and the air kept filled with falling and drifting snow. Barometer reaches the lowest we have thus far recorded, 28.59" at 5am after which it rises steadily. Steadily falling temperature. Moon 25° N. First quarter
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ne | 28.64 | — | -18.5 | — | — | oczs |
| 2 | nexn | 28.6 | — | -19.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 3 | nne | 28.6 | — | -20.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 4 | nxe | 28.6 | — | -20.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 5 | nxe | 28.59 | — | -20.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 6 | n | 28.59 | — | -19.5 | — | — | oczs |
| 7 | wnw | 28.59 | — | -20.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 8 | w | 28.6 | — | -20.0 | — | — | oczs |
| 9 | wxs | 28.58 | — | -20.5 | — | — | oczs |
| 10 | w | 28.62 | — | -20.8 | — | — | oczs |
| 11 | wxs | 28.65 | — | -20.8 | — | — | oczsq |
| 12 | wsw | 28.69 | — | -21.0 | — | 27.0 | oczsq |
| 13 | wsw | 28.72 | — | -21.7 | — | — | oczsq |
| 14 | wsw | 28.75 | — | -21.5 | — | — | oczsq |
| 15 | wsw | 28.78 | — | -22.5 | — | — | oczsq |
| 16 | wsw | 28.8 | — | -23.5 | — | — | oczsq |
| 17 | wsw | 28.84 | — | -25.0 | — | — | oczsq |
| 18 | wsw | 28.89 | — | -26.7 | — | — | oczsq |
| 19 | wsw | 28.94 | — | -28.5 | — | — | oczsq |
| 20 | wxs | 28.98 | — | -29.5 | — | — | oczsq |
| 21 | wsw | 29.01 | — | -31.5 | — | — | oczsq |
| 22 | wsw | 29.06 | — | -32.5 | — | — | oczsq |
| 23 | swxw | 29.1 | — | -33.0 | — | — | oczsq |
| 24 | swxw | 29.11 | — | -34.3 | — | — | oczsq |