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this time of the year. About noon in Lat. 49° 24' 01" N. & Long. 132° 47' 0" W. essay a sounding with a line composed of fine hemp twine and a weight of forty pounds. Owing to an imperfection in the line, it parted when 36 fathoms had run out. Replace the heavier weight with a six pound lead & sound as follows:______
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Run out Time 50 fms Time pr 100 fms Rate pr 100 fms Diff.
hr m sec min sec
Let go 10 05 0 05 0 -
64 fm's 05 33 05 33 -
m sec
164 06 58 06 58 01 25
sec
264 08 45 08 45 01 47 22
364 11 04 11 04 02 19 32
464 13 35 13 35 02 31 12
50 14 55
564 16 13 16 13 02 38 07
50 17 36
664 19 0 19 0 02 47 09
50 20 32
764 22 0 22 0 03 0 13
50 23 30
864 25 0 25 0 03 0 00
50 26 38
964 28 17 28 17 03 17 17
50 29 57
1064 31 38 31 38 03 21 04
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Run out Time pr 50 fms per 100 fms Rate pr 100 fms Diff.
hr m sec
50 10 33 17
m sec m sec sec
1164 35 0 35 0 03 22 01
50 36 48
1264 38 30 38 30 03 30 08
50 40 17
1364 42 10 42 10 03 40 10
50 44 04
1464 45 55 45 55 03 45 05
50 47 52
1564 49 54 49 54 03 59 14
50 52 03
1664 54 10 54 10 04 16 17
No bottom reached. On hauling in, 330 fathoms being a little larger than the rest came in safely, the rest parted near the end of the fine line.
This line was not originally intended be hauled in, but it seems evident that the second size would serve in most cases to sound with and probably to recover the lead. It was ordinary twine such as is sold by stationers for tying up parcels.____________
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