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Re:Keeping a Lab Notebook [pdf] (2013) by aalam on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:42AM (#28327697)
For a good historical example, see Linus Pauling’s notebooks (with page numbers and dates): http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/coll/pauling/rnb/

The blog by biologist Dr. Colin Purrington also has advice for maintaining a notebook (discussing why, backups, and what to note down): https://colinpurrington.com/tips/lab-notebooks/

Re:Keeping a Lab Notebook [pdf] (2013) by ajot on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:57AM (#28327864)
I came here to add Purrington's blog. But I would also add that you should look at older versions in the Wayback Machine, it used to have a little more depth and images depicting things (e.g., a paper chromatography test of different inks).