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

A windlass or capstan drum.

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

(IFA)A person qualified to give financial advice to clients on life assurance, pensions, funds, and.

Tanker, Specified Liquefied Gases.

A very strong sail used in stormy weather. It is loose footed, being attached to the mast, but not the boom. This helps prevent boarding waves from damaging the sail or the rigging.

Forming an adherent phosphate coating on a metal by immersion in a suitable aqueous phosphate solution. Also called phosphatizing. See also conversion coating.

Strong pieces of plank used with the wring-bolts.

One who earns his living by service at sea.

Contraction for radiosonde observation.

A rope attached to the clew of the foresail and rove through a block on the swinging boom. Used for guying the clews out when before the wind.

Competent Harbour Authority

A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions a ...

A beam which supports a deck.

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

A wave disturbance in airflow due to some barrier in the flow. i.e. a hill or mountain.

The names of battles or individual ship actions in which a warship has taken part, usually displayed in a prominent place on a ship as a source of pride in her name. Known as Battle Stars in the U.S. Navy.

Any meteorological instrument, such as a radiosonde, in which the recording apparatus is located at some distance from the measuring apparatus.

A wood-burning appliance for space and/or water heating and/or cooking.

A double block where the two sheaves lie in a plane one below the other, rather than alongside each other.