Notebook No.2
date: label: Date Range
content: 1872
label: Start Date
content: 1872
label: End Date
content: 1872
notes: label: Abstract
content: The notebook includes notes documenting time at sea January 1, 1872, from Unalaska, with William Healey Dall as the activing assistant undercaptain(?) on the schooner Humboldt. Entries list weather, barometric pressure, temperature, wind, bearings (in magnetic), followed by narrative descriptions of daily conditions. These include the presence and effect of ice on ability to travel. Relate to observations taken of Alaska coast. At the end of the volume is an index that lists subject and page number, relating to Hydrography, meteorology, tides, volcanos, and telemeter observations.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: Unalaska
topic: label: Topic
content: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
label: Topic
content: Geology
label: Topic
content: Zoology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007073
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Diary
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
label: Physical Description
content: 1 diary
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 24 Folder 2