The distance between frames.

A positive displacement type compressor.

Of, relating to, or using air. Moved by air pressure. Filled with compressed air.

To ascertain the proper course to be steered to make the desired point or port. Shark's mouth

Shippers load and count. All three clauses are used as needed on the bill of lading to exclude the carrier from liability when the cargo is loaded by the shipper.

A floatation device shaped like a U and thrown to people in the water in emergencies.

Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat.

Is the saturation pressure at the critical temperature. It is the highest vapor pressure that the liquid can exert.

The joining of two timbers by beveling the edges so the same thickness is maintained throughout the length of the joint.

Specialty compressed air treatment meeting OSHA Grade D breathing air requirements.

Is the reversal of flow within a dynamic compressor that takes place when the capacity being handled is reduced to a point where insufficient pressure is being generated to maintain flow. Also known as surge.

Very small wooden pail having one stave prolonged to form a handle. Used as a bailer in a boat.

Are lines that supply equipment from sub headers.

In spray painting applications, spray equipment which delivers material at a low pressure of no more than 10 PSI (at the air cap), however, with greater volume of air.

The interaction between the stages of a centrifugal compressor. When a multi-stage compressor is designed, each stage can operate at only one point its characteristic curve. The point is determine by the design conditions of temperature, flow and pressur ...

To bring a sailing vessel to a stop with her sails still set. This can be accomplished on a square rigged ship by bracing the yards aback on her foremast; on fore-and-aft rigged boats it is done by bringing her head into the wind so that the sails are no ...

To bind together in order to increase tension or to prevent from blowing loose.

The pressure containing stationary element that encloses the rotor and associated internal components of a compressor, including integral inlet and discharge connections.

The westerly distance in an arc from Aries, measured as an angle at the pole or as the intercepted arc of the equinoctial between the hour angle of Aries and the hour angle of the body.

(0.2+0.02 log10(Vc)) Vc (4d/3D)2, for passenger ships the following formula is added: 1.25 (GT+10000)/10000 (N1+(N2/10)), where Vc is the volume of cargo holds, D is the distance between ship's bottom and the uppermost deck, d is the draught N1 is the num ...