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

The specified amount a policyholder must bear before the insurers pay a claim. The inclusion of an.

Embrittlement of iron-chromium alloys (most notably austenitic stainless steels) caused by precipitation at grain boundaries of the hard, brittle intermetallic sigma phase during long periods of exposure to temperatures between approximately 560 and 980

Of equal or constant pressure, with respect to either space or time.

The temperature at which all three phases of a substance can exist in equilibrium. This temperature occurs at only one pressure. The triple-point of water is 273.16 K and is the basis of the Kelvin scale.

A platform and protective coaming setting high up on a mast, to accommodate the look-out aloft while the ship is at sea.

An elevated guardrail set up at the bow of a vessel. When erected at the stern, it is called a pushpit.

One complete turn of the line around a cleat, spar or another line.

Millions of cubic feet per 24 hour.

Spaces in which the continuous or prolonged presence of seafarers is necessary for normal operational periods.

If a pension pays less than this limit, the whole of the member's share of the pension fund can be.

A draft that matures either a certain number of days after acceptance or a certain number of days after the date of the draft.

To break into a conversation.

The practice of deferring capital gains tax liability on a gift by transferring the liability to.

The amount payable by the insured in return for indemnification against specified.

Are used with ejectors to convert weight of gas and/or water vapor handled to or from equivalent air.

The black line parallel with ship's keel marked on the inner surface of the bowl of a compass, indicating the compass direction of the ship's head.

The measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam. A vessel with a 0

Old term for waking a sailor asleep on watch by throwing a bucket of cold water over him.