Entry Index: 484
Position: No position
Date by Position: 21 October 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
No observations 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: 400 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 47 tons 1988 lbs Max. temperature = 16° Min. temperature = 1.5° The pumping forward is done by hand at the spar deck bilge pump, and such water as filters aft, through and under the bulkhead, into the fire room, is pumped out by hand at the bilge pump attached to the main engine. The steam cutter's boiler is used for distilling. Sounded in 30 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight drift to west being indicated by the lead line. Weather generally dull and gloomy, though partially clear in the middle of the day. Between midnight and 3am the wind backs to the northward, grow light and is succeeded by a calm at 1pm. The barometer rapidly rises after 6am. At and after 6pm there is a light W.S.W. breeze. Rapidly falling followed by as rapidly rising temperature. Very light snow fall all day. Moon 24° N. Full moon
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | nxw | 29.72 | 50.0 | 13.5 | — | — | oczs |
6 | n | 29.71 | 47.0 | 12.0 | — | — | oczs |
9 | wxn | 29.84 | 54.0 | 1.0 | — | — | bcz |
12 | wsw | 29.89 | 46.0 | 3.0 | — | — | bcfs |
15 | calm | 29.99 | 55.0 | 4.7 | — | — | oczs |
18 | calm | 30.07 | 55.0 | 10.0 | — | — | ocs |
21 | wsw | 30.17 | 58.0 | 14.0 | — | — | ocs |
24 | wsw | 30.23 | 52.0 | 13.0 | — | — | ocs |