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1336587
  • Title
    Item 10: Log book of the Swallow from 22 August 1767 to 4 June 1768 / by Philip Carteret
  • Creator
  • Call number
    DLMS 188
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    22 August 1767 to 4 June 1768
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    1336587
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : MAV/FM4/2221
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    0.05 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript - 21 x 16 cm.
  • Scope and Content
    Logbook of the sloop Swallow from 22 August 1767 to 4 June 1768 in Philip Carteret's hand. Bound in vellum with a Sir William Dixson bookplate on inside front cover.

    Left hand side of page has columns for Week days month & year, Month day, Hours & time of day, Number of divisions of the thermometer, General Winds that have blown between the Observations, Latitude, Longitude, Distance from the Sun in degrees, Variations of the compass. Right hand side of page has General Remarks of the Weather. On top of page "NB This was taken by one of Fahrenheit's small graded mercurial thermometer".
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright status:: In copyright
    Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
    Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • Variant title

    Cover title: Swallow, 1767
  • General note

    Digital order no:Album ID : 1336620
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