An obsolete historical term denoting a form of stress-corrosion cracking most frequently encountered in carbon steels or iron-chromium-nickel alloys that are exposed to concentrated hydroxide solutions at temperatures of 200 to 250

Motorcar Ferry.

A device that cuts off the flow of hot or cold air to or from a room as controlled by a thermostat.

A general term for instruments designed to measure the speed or force of the wind.

Trans Alaska Pipeline Service

An instrument for collecting liquid water from the atmosphere.

Captain Of The Port

(1) Hardening suitable a = b alloys (most often certain copper or titanium alloys) by solution treating and quenching to develop a martensite-like structure. (2) In ferrous alloys, hardening by austenitizing and then cooling at a rate such that a substant ...

To drive before a gale, with no sail, or only enough to keep the vessel ahead of the sea. Also, low, thin clouds that fly swiftly before the wind.

The weight of an element or group of elements oxidized or reduced at 100~ efficiency by the passage of a unit quantity of electricity. Usually expressed as grams per coulomb.

The distribution of shares to applicants in a new issue. Applicants may get all the shares they.

Bar charts have a wide variety of applications and in the financial markets are used by technical.

Government-Furnished Property

The weight by which a shipment is less than the minimum weight.

A powerfully oxidizing allotropic form of the element oxygen. The ozone molecule contains three atoms (O3). Ozone gas is decidedly blue, and both liquid and solid ozone are an opaque blue-black color, similar to that of ink.

Institute of Internatioanl Container Lessors

A subtle, diumal component of the wind velocity leading to a diumal shift of the wind or turning of the wind with the sun, produced bv the east-to-west progression of daytime surface heating.

U.S. classification society which certifies seagoing vessels for compliance to standardized rules regarding construction and maintenance.

Is a compact, low mass unit giving smooth, non-vibrating power. Several types include vane, piston, percussion and turbine type motors

Angled frames in the extreme forward or aft ends of a ship which form the sharp ends of the vessel's hull.