Unlicensed members of the engine department who attend to a fully automated engine room.

A sliding fitting that attaches to a track allowing for the adjustment of blocks or other devices attached to the car.

The transmission of electricity through power lines.

A wood or gas burning appliance that is primarily used to provide ambiance to a room. Conventional, masonry fireplaces without energy saving features, often take more heat from a space than they put into it.

One thousand kilowatt-hours or 1 million watt-hours.

See salt fog test.

An expression describing a sailing ship set with every sail she can carry.

The highest operating pressure the system or component is designed to withstand.

The fitting which connects the boom to the mast.

A topsail on the main mast.

An instrument that shows changes in humidity.

Current that flows through the earth from an anodic to a cathodic area of a continuous metallic structure. Usually used only where the areas are separated by considerable distance and where the current results from concentration-cell action.

That portion of the atmosphere which is above the lower troposphere. Generally applied to levels above 850 mb.

Pertaining to the current resulting from the coupling of dissimilar electrodes in an electrolyte

A type of term assurance in which, following the death of the life assured, instalments, rather than.

The legal right for a creditor to seize the assets of a debtor to satisfy an outstanding.

A windlass or capstan drum.

An assurance policy usually taken out on two lives, typically husband and wife. Under this type of.

A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration of the commodity shipped to allow the a ...

A device used to measure total incident solar radiation (direct beam, diffuse, and reflected radiation) per unit time per unit area.