Apparatus using the combined simultaneous action of a bimetallic thermometer and a hair hygrometer to move a needle in front of a divided scale. fts construction permits dew point variations to be indicated approximately.

Single Decker

An electrolytic cell, the electromotive force of which is due to a difference in air (oxygen) concentration at one electrode as compared with that at another electrode of the same material; an oxygen concentration cell (a cell resulting from a potential d ...

See Koschmieder's law.

A term used by value investors to describe the issue of shares in a company at a price below the per.

United States Coast Guard

Newly Independent States

The shaft speed specified for the ship's acceptance on initial delivery, or after being modified, as applicable

West European Confederation of Maritime Technology Societies

A light line with a weight on the end used for heaving from ship to shore (or ship to ship) when coming alongside. A heavier cable or hawser is attached which can then be hauled over using the heaving line.

To sail large, with wind about four points abaft beam.

In the UK the assured is a person (or people) who has entered into a life assurance contract with a.

Distilled Water or Drill Water.

Ship equipped with her own cranes.

See 'acid.

A compound of iron and carbon, known chemically as iron carbide and having the approximate chemical formula Fe3C. It is characterized by an orthorhombic crystal structure. When it occurs as a phase in steel, the chemical composition will be altered by the ...

In situations where a person owes money to a creditor, and the creditor is not prepared to accept a.

European Court of Justice.

The number of cycles per second between the limits of a frequency band.

A building construction technique used to create a continuous air retarder that uses the drywall, gaskets, and caulking. Gaskets are used rather than caulking to seal the drywall at the top and bottom. Although it is an effective energy-saving technique, ...