Hydrographic sheet no. 1306, 1243, 1874-1875

Related Titles

Contained In: National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology Research Records, 1856-1891, 1913, 1963, 1975, 1993-1944, 1999

Series: SIA Acc. 16-122

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1874-1875

Notes

The hydrographic sheet no. 1306 and 1243 documents collecting of sea bottom specimens in Massachusetts. It covers Nantucket Sound to Handkerchief Shoal, August 28 - 30, 1875; Monomoy to Bishop's and Clark's Light in Nantucket Sound, July 25 - August 29, 1874. Lieut. R. D. Hitchcock, U.S.N. was commanding the party. The table of data includes date, section number, locality (including latitude and longitude with minutes and seconds), fathoms, and appearance.

Subjects

Field notes , Marine invertebrates , Massachusetts , Nantucket Sound , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.124188