The situation of a vessel when listed over by the wind to such an extent that she does not recover.
Articles which are taken apart to reduce the cubic footage displaced or to make a better shipping unit and are to be re-assembled.
The unit of speed in the nautical system; one nautical mile per hour. It is equal to 1.1508 statute miles per hour or 0.5144 meters per second.
An instrument for determining the dust content of a sample of air. Also spelled conimeter.
An instrument which indicates the presence of dust particles in the atmosphere. Also spelled coniscope.
A basic equation in daytime visual range theory, relating the apparent luminance of a distant black object, the apparent luminance of the background sky above the horizon, and the extinction coefficient of the atmosphere, or the air layer near the ground. ...
A wood-pulping process in which sodium sulfate is used in the caustic soda pulp-digestion liquor. Also called kraft pulping or sulfate pulping.
An inert gas. An element found in the atmosphere to the extent of only 0.000114 percent by volume. Its molecular weight is 83.7.