Entry Index: 542
Position: No position
Date by Position: 18 December 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: 325 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 39 tons 1908 lbs Max. temperature = -21° Min. temperature = -34° 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 slight drift to N.N.E. being indicated by the lead line. Weather generally dull and gloomy, with a cloudy sky until toward midnight. Light S.E. breezes backing to E.N.E. at end of day. Steady barometer and low temperature. A large lunar circle from midnight to 9am. At end of these 24 hours auroral streaks and patches extending generally from the horizon toward the zenith. Moon 18° N. Full moon
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
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3 | sexs | 29.6 | 44.0 | -34.0 | — | — | ocm |
6 | sse | 29.56 | 39.0 | -28.5 | — | — | ocm |
9 | sse | 29.57 | 46.0 | -26.5 | — | — | ocz |
12 | sse | 29.58 | 35.0 | -25.0 | — | — | bcz |
15 | sexs | 29.59 | 47.0 | -23.0 | — | — | ocz |
18 | se | 29.63 | 49.0 | -25.0 | — | — | bcz |
21 | ese | 29.65 | 52.0 | -28.0 | — | — | bcz |
24 | ene | 29.67 | 56.0 | -30.0 | — | — | bc |