A ship designed to carry all types of general cargo, or "dry cargo."

The strokes on the ship's bell to mark the passage of time. The passage of time in each watch is marked by the bell every half-hour.

Extra bits added on to a derivatives instrument or securities issue with the intention of.

Place where cargo is transferred to another carrier.

A term used in the automotive industry to describe the corrosion of vehicle body parts due to the collection of road salts and debris on ledges and in pockets that are kept moist by weather and washing. Also called deposit corrosion or attack.

To make fast. To bend a sail, is to make it fast to the yard. To bend a cable, is to make it fast to the anchor. A bend, is a knot by which one rope is made fast to another.

The inherent characteristic of a material to inhibit the transfer of energy. In electrical conductors, electrical resistance results in the generation of heat. Electrical resistance is measured in Ohms. The heat transfer resistance properties of insulatio ...

The value of a business to a purchaser over and above its net asset value. It reflects the value.

Rank intermediate between officer and rating, and in charge of ratings; more or less equivalent to the rank of sergeant.

The direction toward which the wind is blowing; with the wind.

Fellow of The Nautical Institute

A calorimetric radiation instrument of historic interest used for the measurement of outgoing heat radiation from the earth during an interval of time. The time integration is performed by allowing the radiation to fall on an uninsulated vessel containing ...

A heat engine of the reciprocating (piston) where the working gas and a heat source are independent. The working gas is compressed in one region of the engine and transferred to another region where it is expanded. The expanded gas is then returned to the ...

A group of coating or welding processes in which finely divided metallic or nonmetallic materials are deposited in a molten or semimolten condition to form a coating. The coating material may be in the form of powder, ceramic rod, wire, or molten material ...

Components subordinate to the compressor.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Transistor-Transistor Logic.

A water heater that uses electricity to move heat from one place to another instead of generating heat directly.

Instrument which measures and records the amount of evaporation over time.

The point where the bottom and the sides of a ship join.