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A thin metal disc partially evacuated of air used to measure atmospheric pressure by measuring its expansion and contraction.

The ratio in percentage of the time that the equipment is in operation to the total working time.

A short oar. To scull, is to impel a boat by one oar at the stern.

Indexation is an allowance which reduces the taxable gain on an investment by increasing its base.

A rotation anemometer in which the axis of rotation is horizontal. The instrument has either flat vanes (as in the air meter) or helicoidal vanes (as in the propeller anemometer). The relation between wind speed and angular rotation is almost linear.

A type of inhibitor that appreciably changes the potential of u metal to a more noble (positive) value.

On square-rigged ships, a form of ceremonial salute to honor the visit of a high official. The yards were lined by men standing upon them, and there was also a man standing on the truck of each topgallant mast.

An electrical current that periodically reverses its direction. Standard in US and Canada is 60 cycles per second. Europe and other countries is 50 cycles per second.

The stress that will cause fracture in a creep test at a given time in a specified constant environment. Also called stress-rupture strength.

An instrument resulting from the combination of a thermograph and a hygrograph and furnishing, on the same chart, simultaneous time recording of ambient temperature and humidity.

A type of combustion heating appliance in which the combustion gases are vented to the outside, either with a fan (forced) or by natural convection.

Distress Signal (spoken word).

The greatest distance at which it is just possible to see and recognize with the unaided eye (1) in the daytime, a prominent dark object against the sky at the horizon, and (2) at night, a known, preferably unfocused, moderately intense light source.

Latin America Shipowners' Association

An instrument used for the measurement of the reflecting, power (the albedo) of a surface. A pyranometer adapted for the measurement of radiation reflected from the earth's surface is sometimes employed as an albedometer.

Pure Car Truck Carrier

Waste Heat Water-Tube Boiler Survey

A common type of terrestrial scintillation; shimmering over a hot surface (such as a roadway) on a quiet, cloudless. summer day.