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The cone-shaped shield at the top of the smokestack.

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Touching or fast to the bottom.

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The pressure of a system or device measured from absolute zero.

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UNF

Thread - Unified national fine.

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A cylindrical navigation buoy painted green and having an odd number used in the United States as a navigational aid. At night they may have a green light.

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Supported or transported by air.

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A condition within the letter of credit which restricts its negotiation to a named bank.

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A person authorized to transact business for and in the name of another person or company. Types of agent are:(1) brokers,(2) commission merchants,(3) resident buyers,(4) sales agents,5) manufacturer's representatives.

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(1) The last position on a chart, when a ship is leaving the land.(2) The number of nautical miles that one place is eastwards or westwards of another. (3)The easting or westing made by a vessel. The bearing of an object on the coast from which a vessel c ...

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A general term for a floating craft that carries passengers, cargo or both

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The line where the water comes to on the hull of a boat. Design waterline is where the waterline was designed to be, load waterline is the waterline when the boat is loaded, and the painted waterline is where the waterline was painted. Actual waterline is ...

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WMW

Welded Minimum Wall tubing

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Saluting

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Length of rope whose ends are joined together so that it forms a loop.

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Heat exchangers for cooling air or gas discharge from compressors. Designed to reduce the temperature and liquefy condensate vapors. Both air cooled and water cooled units are available.

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Hollow vessel of iron, steel or wood, that is filled with water and sunk under a vessel. When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of the camel lifts the ship. Very valuable aid to salvage operations.

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kPa

Kilopascal; a metric measure of pressure based on force per unit area. (1 kPa = 4.01 inches of water).

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The piston chamber in a compressor or actuator.

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A bill of lading term to provide surrender of the original bill of lading before freight is released; usually associated with a shipment covered under a letter of credit.

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The carbon left after evaporating an oil under controlled conditions.

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