Carriers' practice of dividing revenue received from through rates where joint hauls are involved. This is usually according to agreed formulae.

The practice of installing blow-in, loose-fill insulation at a lower density than is recommended to meet a specified R-Value.

Old expression for the engraving of the wind-rose on charts.

Difference between minimum and maximum pressures for an air compressor. Also called cut in-cut out or load-no load pressure range.

A unit for the quantity of electricity transported in 1 second by a current of 1 ampere.

To purchase enough of the available supply of a commodity or stock in order to manipulate its.

An untidy loose end of a rope (or rags).

A line used to control the tension along a sail's luff in order to maintain proper sail shape.

(1) A navigator shoots the sun by using a sextant to measure its altitude. (2) A sailing vessel shoots when she forges ahead to windward with her sails luffing.

A small projection of land.

The piece of board on which a man working aloft is swung.

A heating system in which steam or hot water for space heating or hot water is piped from a central boiler plant or electric power/heating plant to a cluster of buildings.

When a company fails to pay a dividend, holders of cumulative preference shares are entitled to.

Apparatus designed to measure the amount of precipitation falling in the form of snow. The device determines the weight of the snow or the volume of water after the snow melts.

Moisture contained in the soil above the water table, including water vapor which is present in the soil pores. In some cases this term refers strictly to the humidity contained in the root zone of plants.

To calculate your position using time, the position of celestial bodies, and mathematical tables. Position is determined by measuring the apparent altitude of one of these objects above the horizon using a sextant and recording the times of these sighting ...

Sideward force created by a spinning propeller.

A type of water heater in which heated water is stored within the tank. Hot water is released from the top of the tank when a hot water faucet is turned. This water is replaced with cold water that flows into the tank and down to just above the bottom pla ...

The compressor is started automatically, depending on demand. Control panel is energized with no "pre-start" cycle required, as pre-lubrication pump and buffer (seal) air are always "on". A state of pre-start exists. Steam turbine compressors are "slow-ro ...

Effective June 18, 1984, describes the law covering water transportation in the U.S. foreign trade.