Entry Index: 590
Position: No position
Date by Position: 5 February 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: 325 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 32 tons 1378 lbs Max. temperature = 0.5° Min. temperature = -21° 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 Baxter boiler is used for distilling. Sounded in 42 fathoms. Bottom of thin mud. A moderate drift to N.N.E. being indicated by the lead line. Weather dull and gloomy until midnight when the sky clears somewhat. The day commences with a fresh S.E. breeze which veers slowly and moderates until it reaches west when the wind freshens, gaining strength at midnight ~ W.N.W. Slightly falling barometer with increasing temperature, followed by rapidly rising barometer and as rapidly decreasing temperature. Occasional light snow fall. At midnight faint auroral arch from N.W. to E.N.E. through zenith. Moon 19° N. First quarter
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | sexs | 29.61 | 52.0 | -1.0 | — | — | ocs |
6 | sexs | 29.58 | 50.0 | -1.0 | — | — | ocs |
9 | wxs | 29.58 | 55.0 | 0.0 | — | — | oc |
12 | swxw | 29.6 | 43.0 | -3.0 | — | — | ocs |
15 | swxw | 29.63 | 46.0 | -4.5 | — | — | ocs |
18 | w | 29.71 | 51.0 | -13.0 | — | — | oc |
21 | w | 29.78 | 51.0 | -18.5 | — | — | oc |
24 | wnw | 29.86 | 53.0 | -21.0 | — | — | bc |