See salt fog test.

Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

People aged 65 to 74 are entitled to an additional personal tax allowance provided total earnings.

A measure of the amount of energy lost during the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.

That portion of the polarization of a cell produced by concentration changes resulting from passage of' current through the electrolyte.

Cylindrical Water-Tube Boiler Survey.

The lowest level at which the wind becomes geostrophic in the theory of the Ekman spiral. Also called gradient wind level.

The part of a rotating element that counteracts any inherent thrust developed by the impellers.

The highest level of cube utilization that can be achieved when loading cargo into a container.

Floating Production and Storage

A type of photoelectric photometer used to measure high-altitude winds on the assumption that stellar scintillation is caused by atmospheric inhomogeneities being carried along by wind near the tropopause level.

Navy term meaning Officer of the deck.

An aluminum foil fabricated insulator with backings applied to provide a series of closed air spaces with highly reflective surfaces.

A type of pressure-plate anemometer in which the plate, restrained by a stiff spring, is held perpendicular to the wind. The wind-activated motion of the plate is measured electrically. The natural frequency of this system can be made high enough so that ...

The cost of trading in an asset or security which will vary according to the broker you use and.

A prisoner sold in the slave market. He was forced to serve in the war galleys, where he pulled on one of the oars.

A winch, frequently unpowered, having rope storage capacity and used for topping and lowering a derrick boom while the boom is unloaded and for supporting it while it is supporting a load.

A measure of the amount of light incident on a surface; measured in foot-candles or Lux.

Income usually relevant to two people (for example man and wife) which continues until the death of.

Additional thickness of planking on a wooden ship about her waterline to give the vessel more stability.