Every company has an 'accounting reference date'. This is a date which it chooses itself, and.

A small pier that projects from a larger pier.

Both a noun and a verb to describe the exterior surface of building elements (walls, floors, ceilings, etc.) and furniture, and the process of applying it.

Free In Out and Spout-Trimmed.

Classifications of fires developed by the National Fire Protection Association.

The state of the weather with respect to its effect upon the kindling and spreading of forest fires.

A graphical aid used in fire weather forecasting to calculate the degree of forest-fire danger (or burning index). Commonly in the form of a circular slide rule, the firedanger meter relates numerical indices of (a) the seasonal stage of foliage, (b) the ...

The ability of a building construction assembly (partition, wall, floor, etc.) to resist the passage of fire. The rating is expressed in hours.

A wood or gas burning appliance that is primarily used to provide ambiance to a room. Conventional, masonry fireplaces without energy saving features, often take more heat from a space than they put into it.

A wood or gas burning heating appliance that fits into the opening or protrudes on to the hearth of a conventional fireplace.

A wall to prevent the spread of fire; usually made of non-combustible material.

The amount of BTU's/hour or kW's produced by a heating system from the burning of a fuel.

A capacity measurement equal to one-fourth of a barrel.

An offer which is not conditional in any way.

Programs or instructions which are stored in readonly memory.

Old snow that has become granular and compacted as a result of melting and refreezing.

The first closing date is one of the milestones in the process by which one company takes over.

A joint-life insurance policy which pays money to a surviving partner on the first partner's.

States that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form to another. First Law efficiency measures the fraction of energy supplied to a device or process that it delivers in its output. Also called the law of conservation of energ ...

The amount of work done on or by a system is equal to the amount of energy transferred to or from the system.