U.S. Fish Comm records, nos 1029-1049, 1881

Abstract

Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 14 September to 10 October 1881, station record numbers 1029 to 1049, followed by data from 26 August 1881, numbers 1006 to 1014. 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 sometimes include lists of specimens collected including quantities. Locality: Vineyard Sound the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, Cape Delaware, and other New England and the Mid-Atlantic localities.

Date Range

1881

Start Date

Aug 26, 1881

End Date

Oct 10, 1881

Access Information

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Topic

• Marine Biology
• Marine invertebrates
• Ichthyology
• Marine biology

Place

• United States
• Massachusetts
• Vineyard Sound
• 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 10 Folder 7