Bar gauge (similar to the acronym "psig")

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A term used on the London Stock Exchange to describe a share purchase or sale. The term does not.

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A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that certain conditions were agreed between the.

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

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(1) A cargo carrying vessel, usually without an engine, towed or pushed by a tug. Small barges for carrying cargo between ship and shore are known as lighters. (2) Also a term in sail racing - a boat which forces its way illegally between another contesta ...

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Flat-bottomed boat designed to carry cargo on inland waterways,usually without engines or crew accommodations. Barges can be lashed together and either pushed or pulled by tugs, carrying cargo of 60,000 tons or more. Small barges for carrying cargo betwee ...

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A way of loading cargo into large barges and then in turn loading the barges into a ship.

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The record of a barograph.

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A continuous-recording barometer.

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An instrument used to keep a record of atmospheric pressure, such as on a paper drum.

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An instrument for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere. The two principle types are aneroid and mercurial.

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An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure in inches or millibars of mercury

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Is the absolute atmospheric pressure existing at any given point in the atmosphere. It is the weight of a unit column of gas directly above the point of measurement. It varies with altitude, moisture and weather conditions.

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Same as atmospheric pressure.

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Atmospheric pressure as measured by a barometer.

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A pressure-operated switching device used in a radiosonde. In operation, the expansion of an aneroid capsule causes an electrical contact to scan a radiosonde commutator composed of conductors separated by insulators.

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An instrument that automatically records pressure and temperature.

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A sailing ship with three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

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Sailing vessel with three or more masts. Square rigged on foremast, fore and aft rigged on all others.

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Negligence or fraud on the part of the Master or crew resulting in a loss to the owners.

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