Call number:
AWI PY-1913-13
Type of Medium:
Monograph non-lending collection
Pages:
695 S.
,
4°
URL:
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00078092/image_1
Language:
English
Note:
Contents: Pt.I. Orders and instructions.- Pt.II. Narrative, by Lieut. P.H. Ray. - Pt. III. Ethnographic sketch of the natives of Point Barrow, by Lieut. P.H. Ray. - 1. Ethnographic sketch of the natives. - 2. Approximate census of Eskimos at the Cape Smythe village. - 3. Vocabulary collected among the Eskimos of Point Barrow and Cape Smythe. - 4. Catalogue of ethnological specimens collected by the Point Barrow expedition, prepared by John Murdoch. - Pt. IV. Natural history, by John Murdoch. - 1. Mammals. - 2. Birds. - 3. Fishes. - 4. Insects [by C.V. Riley] - 5. Marine invertebrates (exclusive of mollusks). - 6. Report on the mollusks, by W. H. Dall. - 7. Collecting localities and dredging stations. - 8. Plants, by Prof. Asa Gray. - Appendix. - A. Notes on surface life under the sea-ice, from February 27 to June 8, 1883. - B. Notes on surface life observed during the voyage from San Francisco to Point Barrow, and during the season of open water at Point Barrow. - Pt. V. Meteorology (including Aurora). - Pt. VI. Terrestrial magnetism [by C.A. Schott]. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Absolute measures. - 3. Differential measures. - 4. Semi-monthly term-day and term-hour observations. - Appendix No. 1. Record and reduction of astronomical observations made at the United States Polar Station, Uglaamie, Point Barrow, Alaska, in 1881-'82-'83, in connection with magnetic work. - Appendix No. 2. Observations made at Washington, D. C., in 1881 and 1884, for determining the constants of Theodolite Magnetometer No, 11 and of Kew Dip Circle No. 23, together with the computation and a recapitulation of results. - Appendix No. 3. Observations made at Uglaamie, Alaska, in 1881-'82-'83, for determining the absolute magnetic declination, together with the computation and a recapitulation of results. - Appendix No. 4. Observations made at Uglaamie, Alaska, in 1881-'82-'83, for determining the absolute magnetic horizontal intensity, together with the computation and a recapitulation of results. - Appendix No. 5. Observations made at Uglaamie, Alaska, in 1881, 1882, and 1883 for determing the magnetic dip and the magnetic intensity by means of the dipping needle, together with the computation and a recapitulation of results. - Appendix No. 6. Memorandum respecting magnetically disturbed and undisturbed days at Uglaamie, Alaska, 1882-'83. - Pt. VII. Tides. - Pt. VIII. Miscellaneous observations. - 1. A report on the ground current observations made at Uglaamie, Alaska. - 2. Thickness of ice. - Index.
Location:
AWI Archive
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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