A pneumatic device with a rotary output. Typically of a vane or rack-and-pinion construction.

Pipe lines to a compartment for smothering a fire by steam or by a chemical.

Joining the ends of two lines without increasing the thickness over the length of the splice, so that the splice will pass freely through a block.

Is any gas or gas mixture that contains no water vapor and/or in which all of the constituents are substantially above their respective saturated vapor pressures at the existing temperature.

A trailer or semi-trailer with no sides and with the floor of the unit close to the ground.

Long bars or bolts with a padlock on the end, on which iron shackles could slide, which were used on board ship to confine the legs of prisoners.

A pillar or handhold on a boat - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.

To take in the slack and secure the standing rigging.

Space booked by shipper or charterer on a vessel but not used

On a square-rigged ship, the act of lowering a spar or yard to the deck.

Maintenance performed after a machine has failed to return it to an operating state.

A transportation arrangement in which truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to a destination. Also known as Rail Pigs.

The horsepower calculated from compressor-indicator diagrams. Applied only to displacement type compressors.

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.

Fresh water mixed with sea water, having a density between 1,000 and 1,026 kg/cm3

Part of the standing rigging that helps to support the mast laterally by running from the top of the mast to the side of the boat. Sailboats usually have one or more shrouds on each side of the mast. Some people call them side stays

A schooner with a square rigged sail on the forward mast.

A name usually given to a State body having control or regulation of public utilities.

Flat bottomed vessel with a shallow draught.

The measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam. A vessel with a 0