A fracture, usually of' polycrystalline metal, in which most of the grains have failed by cleavage, resulting in bright reflecting facets. It is associated with low-energy brittle fracture.

Book in which is kept a reckoning of items of cargo received or discharged from a hatch or vessel.

Solid fuels made from primarily wood sawdust that is compacted under high pressure to form small (about the size of rabbit feed) pellets for use in a pellet stove.

A line attached to the boom to prevent it from accidentally gybing.

A lit navigational aid such as a lighthouse that can be used at night or in poor visibility.

A valve used to mix heated water with cold in a heating system to provide a desired water temperature for end use.

A generic term for an electrical conductor.

A boat that is comfortable in rough weather.

This is an insurance policy purchased by a seller to provide protection against non-payment by a buyer due to insolvency or political/economic turmoil in the buyers country.

A coating process, similar to gas carburizing and carbonitriding, whereby a reactant atmosphere gas is fed into a processing chamber where it decomposes at the surface of the workpiece, liberating one material for either absorption by, or accumulation on ...

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The electromotive force generated in a circuit containing two dissimilar metals when one junction is at a temperature different from that of the other. see also thermocouple.

A list of metals and alloys arranged according to their relative corrosion potentials in a given environment. Compare with electromotive series.

When the wind shifts toward the bow. Opposite of lifted.

This is a national organization dedicated to representing the interests of cooperative electric utilities and the consumers they serve. Members come from the 46 states that have an electric distribution cooperative.

The raising of new money by a company in order to pay off existing debt. more

Bell used for striking the half hours of each watch.

Filled with water but afloat.

A halo phenomenon consisting of a horizontal circle passing through the moon, corresponding to the parhelic circle through the sun. Produced by reflection of moonlight from ice crystals.

The maximum repeated stress that can he endured by a metal without failure under definite conditions of corrosion and fatigue and for a specific number of stress cycles and a specified period of time.