Entry Index: 441
Position: 73.66, no longitude
Date by Position: 8 September 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 39' 36" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun no observation Using melted ice Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 145 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 53 tons 43 lbs Max. temperature = 25.7° Min. temperature = 12° The pumping is done occasionally by the wind mill, but generally by hand at the quarter deck bilge pumps. Sounded in 36 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A rapid drift to N.E. being indicated by the lead line. The surface of the ponds in our neighborhood are covered with ice 3 inches in thickness. This is the result of the low temperature since the evening of August 30th. Carpenters engaged in closing in after end of deck house. Crew engaged in stopping up running rigging clear of the rail. Light airs from N.W. backing to S.S.W. and rapidly freshening to a stiff breeze. Steadily falling barometer and increasing temperature. Faint rainbow in N.W. at 6am. Weather bright and pleasant during the forenoon, dull and gloomy in the afternoon. Moon 20° S. New moon
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
All the ponds are covered long since with ice, and one can walk all around our neighborhood without getting his feet wet. I had a piece cut out and measured to-day, and it was found to be three inches thick. This is formed since the low temperature of the evening of August 30th.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | nw | 30.18 | 52.0 | 13.0 | — | — | bcz |
6 | wsw | 30.12 | 47.0 | 12.5 | — | — | bcm |
9 | sxw | 30.1 | 49.0 | 16.5 | — | — | bc |
12 | sxw | 30.04 | 47.0 | 19.7 | — | — | bc |
15 | sxw | 29.97 | 45.0 | 23.0 | — | — | ocs |
18 | ssw | 29.92 | 46.0 | 23.7 | — | — | bc |
21 | ssw | 29.88 | 50.0 | 24.5 | — | — | oc |
24 | ssw | 29.83 | 57.0 | 25.7 | — | — | oc |