Temporarily placed longitudinal bulkheads used to prevent bulk cargo from shifting.

A knot with two half hitches loops - on the standing part of the line.

Low or medium Btu content gas, composed mainly of carbon monoxide, nitrogen(2), and hydrogen(2) made by the gasification of wood or coal.

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a trade was effected as an agency cross or a.

A language of "dots" and "dashes" used to send messages, either sound using radio waves, or light using a searchlight or Aldis lamp.

A book with a record of every occurrence and incident concerning the ship.

A schooner with a square rigged sail on the forward mast.

A closed rail freight car.

The amount of money that a business has at its disposal at any given time after paying out operating.

A mercury barometer arranged so that the position of the upper or lower meniscus may be measured photographically. In one design the image of the meniscus is formed on a rotating drum covered with sensitized paper so that a continuous record of pressure a ...

Frozen or partly frozen rain.

Fresh water mixed with sea water, having a density between 1,000 and 1,026 kg/cm3

See standard air.

Is a process taking place under constant temperature. To compress the gas from state 1 to state 2, heat must be removed to keep the temperature constant. The pressure change is reciprocal to the change in specific volume.

Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors.

Bank that opens a straight or negotiable letter of credit and assumes the obligation to pay the bank or beneficiary if the documents presented are in accordance with the terms of the letter of credit.

(DAX)The index for the largest 30 German companies quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

A knot formed by taking the strands of the end of a line and tucking them over and under each other to prevent them from unraveling.

All naval officers with the rank of rear admiral (or its equivalent) and above.