Original logbooks of the Fish Hawk, station numbers 1030 to 1073

Abstract

Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 26 August to 14 September 1881, station record numbers 1030-1073. Data recorded include instrument used, current number of observation, date, locality, bearings, time of day and tide, state of sky, temperature of (air, surface of water, at depth of, of bottom), depth, nature of bottom, direction of, force of, name of vessel, to what service attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and remarks. Remarks include lists of specimens collected or a chart in which various measurements for water specimens are recorded. No observer is recorded. Commanding officer was Lieutenant Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N. Locality: North Atlantic Ocean near Delaware and Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay.

Date Range

1881

Start Date

Aug 26, 1881

End Date

Sep 14, 1881

Access Information

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Topic

• Marine Biology
• Marine invertebrates
• Ichthyology
• Marine biology

Place

• United States
• Chesapeake Bay
• North Atlantic Ocean

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes
• Logbooks

Accession #

SIA RU007184

Collection name

United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 9 Folder 30