Entry Index: 407
Position: 73.36, no longitude
Date by Position: 5 August 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 21' 38" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun no observation Using melted ice Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 110 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 54 tons 1758 lbs Max. temperature = 32.2° Min. temperature = 28° The pumping is done as required by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. Sounded in 33 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A rapid drift to E. x N. being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and hauled the dredge. Weather gloomy and disagreeable. Brisk S.W. winds with slowly rising barometer and nearly uniform temperature. Squally and snowy in the afternoon. Water temperatures and specific gravities Surface temperature = 34° - Specific gravity = 1.0025 at 41° 2 fathoms = 31° - Specific gravity = 1.0254 at 41.5° 32 fathoms = 30.5° x - Specific gravity = 1.0254 at 41° x Miller-Casella No 24403 Moon 12° N. New moon
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | wsw | 29.44 | 45.0 | 30.0 | — | — | oc |
| 6 | swxw | 29.45 | 43.0 | 30.0 | — | — | oc |
| 9 | swxw | 29.48 | 45.0 | 32.0 | — | 34.0 | bc |
| 12 | sw | 29.49 | 44.0 | 31.0 | — | — | bcq |
| 15 | sw | 29.5 | 45.0 | 31.2 | — | — | ocqs |
| 18 | sw | 29.52 | 44.0 | 31.5 | — | — | ocq |
| 21 | sw | 29.54 | 45.0 | 30.2 | — | — | ocq |
| 24 | sw | 29.55 | 44.0 | 29.2 | — | — | ocqs |