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A schematic flow sheet showing all controls involved with the system.

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(1) The portion of an anchor that digs securely into the bottom, holding the boat in place. (2) The two triangular parts which make up a whale's tail.

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The compartment at the bow of the vessel

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A rail fastened along the inside of the bulwarks of a vessel and pierced to hold belaying pins

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Are the connections between the headers and the work station.

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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.

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Compartment in which clothing for issue to crew is stowed.

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Sufficient movement through the water to allow the boat to be controlled and steered by the rudder.

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A filter assembly in which the inlet, outlet and filter element axes are in a straight line.

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Abbreviation for "Standard Transportation Commodity Code."

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A private ship operating under license from a government against the merchant shipping of an enemy.

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The weight shown in a waybill and freight bill, i.e, the invoiced weight.

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An adiabatic compression with no increase in entropy; a reversible-adiabatic compression.

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On larger sailing vessels, the space between the foremast and mainmast where spare spars were stored.

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The short aftermost raised deck of a vessel.

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A small boat designed to be rowed by use of its oars. Some dinghies are rowboats.

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A breakwater used as a landing pier.

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The meridian from which longitude is measured eastwards or westwards. The longitude of the prime meridian, passing through Greenwich, England, is 0

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Is the total gas pressure (static plus velocity) at the discharge port of the compressor. Velocity pressure is considered only with dynamic compressors.

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The pressure measured in a flowing stream (liquid or gas) in such a manner that no effect on the measurement is produced by the velocity of the stream.

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