The temperature of the air as measured by a standard thermometer.

A solar collector in which the absorber is contained in a sealed glass tube, thereby providing for relatively high temperature heat gain.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's least favourite part of the economy - also known as the cash.

A 1792 trade agreement banding the original 24 brokers in New York together into an investment.

Is a process taking place under constant volume. To raise the pressure from state 1 to state 2, heat must be added. The pressure change is proportional to the change in temperature.

A person whose business is to act as an agent on behalf of the shipper. A freight forwarder frequently makes the booking reservation.

A filter element so full of contaminants that no longer can pass rated flow without excessive pressure differential.

A metal pin by which the plating and other parts of iron and steel vessels are joined. Rivets are known by their heads, such as: Flush, pan, snap, plug, tap, countersunk, mushroom, and swollen neck.

A method of controlling a wind turbine's speed by varying the orientation, or pitch, of the blades, and thereby altering its aerodynamics and efficiency.

Allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be transported in bond through the U.S. to be exported from another port, without paying duty.

A market in which prices are rising and in which investor confidence in the continuation of rising.

An itemized list of goods shipped to a buyer, stating quantities, prices, shipping charges, etc.

An indicator which signals the difference in pressure between any two points of a system or a component.

A knot used to form a knob in the end of a line to prevent the end from running through a block or other narrow space.

The alternate rise and fall of the bow of a vessel proceeding through waves.

An agreement made in Bretton Woods, USA in 1944 which established a post war fixed currency rate.

Latin for 'let the buyer beware'. This implies a buyer must ensure that goods about to be.

A bonus declared by life companies when maturity of a with profits policy or death of the assured.

modulated radiosonde-A radiosonde which transmits the indications of the meteorological sensing elements in the form of pulses spaced in time. The meteorological data are evaluated from the intervals between the pulses. Also called timeinterval radiosonde ...

This property is the ratio of the specific weight of air or gas to that of dry air at the same pressure and temperature.