Entry Index: 581
Position: No position
Date by Position: 27 January 1881
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: 360 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 34 tons 63 lbs Max. temperature = 3.5° Min. temperature = -4° The pumping forward is done by hand at the spar deck bilge pump. The engineer's force are engaged in repairing the socket of the pump brake of the bilge pump to the main engine, which socket was broken yesterday by attempting to pump while water had frozen in the plug cock of the discharge pipe. The steam cutter's boiler is used for distilling. Sounded in 31 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A slight drift to west being indicated by the lead line. Weather dull and gloomy with a blank leaden-gray sky. Easterly gale rapidly moderates and finally dies out, a perfect calm succeeding at midnight. Slowly falling barometer and uniformly pleasant temperature. Very fine north falling at midnight. Beautiful deposit of frost feathers and all exposed objects during the afternoon. Water temperatures and specific gravities Surface temperature = 29° - Specific gravity = 1.0236 at 45° 2 fathoms = 29° - Specific gravity = 1.0248 at 46° Moon 23° S. Last quarter
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | exn | 30.19 | 52.0 | -3.0 | — | — | oc |
| 6 | exn | 30.12 | 46.0 | -1.5 | — | — | oc |
| 9 | exn | 30.1 | 52.0 | 0.5 | — | — | oc |
| 12 | exn | 30.06 | 44.0 | 2.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 15 | exn | 30.03 | 50.0 | 3.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 18 | exn | 30.03 | 54.0 | 2.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 21 | exn | 30.04 | 58.0 | 2.5 | — | — | ocz |
| 24 | calm | 30.05 | 57.0 | 2.0 | — | — | oczs |