Entry Index: 491
Position: No position
Date by Position: 28 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: 290 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 47 tons 2198 lbs Max. temperature = 4.5° Min. temperature = -8° 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 31 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A drift to S.S.E. being indicated by the lead line. Weather dull and gloomy in in the forenoon, clearing partially in the afternoon. Light N.W. breezes backing toward midnight and freshening rapidly. Steadily rising barometer and variable temperature. Moon 2° N. Last quarter
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Not a sound from the ice to-day, and evidently a period of rest or preparation.
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | nw | 30.46 | 44.0 | 2.5 | — | — | ocz |
6 | nw | 30.47 | 42.0 | 3.0 | — | — | ocz |
9 | nw | 30.56 | 52.0 | 2.8 | — | — | oc |
12 | nwxn | 30.57 | 44.0 | -0.7 | — | — | oc |
15 | nw | 30.58 | 50.0 | -5.0 | — | — | bc |
18 | nw | 30.59 | 50.0 | -6.5 | — | — | bc |
21 | nwxw | 30.59 | 52.0 | -4.0 | — | — | bcz |
24 | wnw | 30.58 | 50.0 | -3.2 | — | — | bcz |