See calorie.

A registered trademark name for houses built with tires, aluminum cans, and earth.

Small staysail located between the foremast and mainmast.

A keel that is narrow and deeper than a full keel.

River and Estoarial Water Service.

The use of devices to limit or prevent the release of pollution into the atmosphere.

A Sunshine recorder of the type in which the time scale is supplied by the motion of the sun. The instrument, which is pointed at the celestial pole, consists of a hemispherical mirror mounted externally on the optical axis of a camera. The lens of the ca ...

The first law states that energy can not be created or destroyed; the second law states that when a free exchange of heat occurs between two materials, the heat always moves from the warmer to the cooler material.

A term used for a wind energy conversion device that produces electricity; typically having one, two, or three blades.

Merchant Marines Document (USCG)

A small crane that projects over the side of the boat to raise or lower objects (such as smaller boats) from or to the water.

Reserve Capacity: RC The number of minutes it takes to discharge a battery to 10.5 volts by 25-amp discharge at 80°F.

Defect in the action of an aneroid barometer resulting in a sluggish adjustment of the index toward the correct reading when the barometer is subjected to a large and rapid change in pressure.

States that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form to another. First Law efficiency measures the fraction of energy supplied to a device or process that it delivers in its output. Also called the law of conservation of energ ...

The merchant ships on the official registers of any nation.

Project IDentification.

Thin strips of wood put around the hatches, to keep the tarpaulin down. Also put upon rigging to keep it from chafing. A large batten widened at the end, and put upon rigging, is called a scotchman.

The traded value of an asset agreed by seller and.

Kilo or metric ton. 1,000 Kilos or 2,204.6 pounds.

The transfer of heat through matter or space by means of electromagnetic waves.