Kearsarge (1880): links, questions, comments, coordination, ...

[bohara]

I have finished transcribing June and will now start on July.

[Michael]

[Randi]

[bohara]

I have finished transcribing July and will now start on August.

I love the Alt-1, Alt-O, Alt-P, and Alt-U Soft Keys!! They definitely make transcribing go much easier and faster (and as Michael mentioned, more accurately).

[Randi]

If you find something interesting and/or amusing in the log, please share it here.

[bohara]

Will do!

[pommystuart]

I have finished transcribing July and will now start on August.

I love the Alt-1, Alt-O, Alt-P, and Alt-U Soft Keys!! They definitely make transcribing go much easier and faster (and as Michael mentioned, more accurately).

Don't forget Alt3 to copy down to the end of the hour block.

[bohara]

Thanks, pommystuart! I had forgotten about Alt-3. I'll be able to use that quite often with wind directions and cloud types.

[bohara]

On the sea temperature data for Aug. 26, 1880, I noticed four entries that were 65-5, 69-5, 66-5, and 67-5. I transcribed and saved them with the hyphens, but did the log keeper use hyphens instead of periods? In the future should I transcribe those as 65.5, 69.5, 66.5, and 67.5?

Thanks!

[Michael]

I would interpret those as decimals. You will have noticed by now that the log writers have a rather free and easy spirit when it comes to matters like neatness, spelling, consistency and accuracy.