Entry Index: 598
Position: No position
Date by Position: 13 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: 290 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 31 tons 1048 lbs Max. temperature = 15.5° Min. temperature = -6.5° 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 42 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A moderate drift to north being indicated by the lead line. Light airs from E.N.E. veer, and freshen to strong breezes in so doing, until they reach W.N.W. at midnight. Barometer falls until the wind in veering passes south, when it rises quickly reaching an unusual height at close of these 24 hours. The thermometer steadily rises to an unusual height in like conformity with the veering wind and then quickly falls. The clouds are of a generally soft character in appearance. At midnight a lunar halo 5° in diameter showing faint prismatic colors. Moon 12° N. First quarter
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Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | ene | 30.52 | 54.0 | 2.0 | — | — | ocz |
6 | exn | 30.36 | 48.0 | 3.0 | — | — | oc |
9 | se | 30.31 | 52.0 | 2.0 | — | — | bc |
12 | sse | 30.3 | 47.0 | 8.5 | — | — | bc |
15 | ssw | 30.3 | 51.0 | 15.5 | — | — | oc |
18 | sw | 30.38 | 53.0 | 11.0 | — | — | bc |
21 | w | 30.53 | 61.0 | 4.5 | — | — | bc |
24 | wnw | 30.7 | 65.0 | 2.0 | — | — | ocz |