Entry Index: 408
Position: 73.36, -177.25
Date by Position: 6 August 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 21' 30" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun W. 177° 14' 45" Variation of the compass by azimuth Sun observed at 5.30pm E. 21° 30' Using melted ice Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 110 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 54 tons 1648 lbs Max. temperature = 34° Min. temperature = 28° The pumping is done as required by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. Sounded in 33 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A drift to E. x N. being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and hauled the dredge. Weather gloomy and disagreeable during the forenoon; clear, bright and pleasant during the afternoon, until toward midnight when it began to rapidly cloud over. Fresh southerly and westerly winds backing to moderate southerly and easterly winds. A little snow fell at the beginning of the day. Water temperatures and specific gravities Surface temperature = 34° - Specific gravity = 1.003 at 41° 2 fathoms = 31° - Specific gravity = 1.0252 at 41° 32 fathoms = 31° x - Specific gravity = 1.0265 at 41.5° x Miller-Casella No 24403 Moon 7° N. New moon
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | sw | 29.54 | 43.0 | 29.0 | — | — | ocqs |
6 | ssw | 29.53 | 42.0 | 30.0 | — | — | ocqm |
9 | sxw | 29.59 | 45.0 | 32.0 | — | 34.0 | ocm |
12 | swxs | 29.62 | 46.0 | 33.5 | — | — | bc |
15 | sxw | 29.63 | 50.0 | 33.8 | — | — | bc |
18 | s | 29.63 | 48.0 | 33.5 | — | — | bc |
21 | sxe | 29.63 | 50.0 | 31.0 | — | — | bc |
24 | sxe | 29.62 | 49.0 | 31.7 | — | — | bc |