A barometer which measures atmospheric pressure using one or a series of aneroid capsules. Also called holosteric barometer.

International Hydrographic Bureau

Any process whereby a base metal or alloy is either (1) coated with another metal or alloy and heated to a sufficient temperature in a suitable environment or (2) exposed to a gaseous or liquid medium containing the other metal or alloy, thus causing diff ...

Recreational Boating Safety.

The fitting in the bottom of the boat in which the bottom or heel if the mast sits.

A written statement signed on oath and witnessed by a commissioner for oaths, usually a qualified.

Costs which affect a company's profit (or loss) which are not associated with normal activities and.

If Used, Half Time Actually to Count

An electronic communications or direction finding system which uses Very High Frequency radio waves. VHF radios are the most common communications radio carried on boats, but their range is usually limited to line of sight between the transmitting and rec ...

(1) Injection of air or water under high pressure through a tube to the anode area for the purpose of purging the annular space and possibly correcting high resistance caused by gas blocking. (2) In connection with boilers or cooling towers, the process o ...

See 'allocation.

The direct sailing line in which a racing mark or buoy can be fetched while sailing the desired course

The value of atmospheric pressure to which the scale of a pressure altimeter is set so as to indicate airport elevation. The altimeter setting is included as part of an aviation weather observation.

A device that cools air by removing moisture from it.

Embrittlement of alloy steels caused by holding within or cooling slowly through a temperature range just below the transformation range. Embrittlement is the result of the segregation at grain boundaries of impurities such as arsenic, antimony, phosphoru ...

A temperature scale with the ice point at 273 degrees and boiling point of water at 373 degrees. It is intended to approximate the Kelvin temperature scale with sufficient accuracy for many sciences, notably meteorology.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A method of making silicon chips that results in low power consumption by the circuits.

A sea which is traveling in the opposite direction to that of the boat

A sighting taken for celestial navigation at noon, when the sun is at its highest point in the sky.

A heat exchanger coil in which a fluid such as water is circulated and a fan blows air over the coil to distribute heat or cool air to the different rooms.