Tanker Sulphuric Acid.

1,000 board feet. One MBM equals 2,265 C.M.

The heat absorbed or released when a substance undergoes a change in temperature.

A phrase used by traders to describe the phenomenon of any stock - even the most rapidly falling one.

An instrument for measuring the pressure of gases and vapors. A mercury barometer is a type of manometer.

A distinctive fixed reference point that can be used for navigation.

A heat absorbing reaction or a reaction that requires heat.

The rate of heat production by a steady current in any part of an electrical circuit that is proportional to the resistance and to the square of the current, or, the internal energy of an ideal gas depends only on its temperature.

The eutectic of the iron-carbon system, the constituents of which are austenite and cementite. The austenite decomposes into ferrite and cementite on cooling below the temperature at which transformation of austenite to ferrite or ferrite plus cementite i ...

Air in motion relative to the surface of the earth. Almost exclusively used to denote the horizontal component.

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A platform with or without sides, on which a number of packages or pieces may be loaded to facilitate handling by a lift truck.

Noise of less than one second's duration which occurs as an isolated event, or as one of a series of events with a repeat it ion rate of less than 15 times per second .

(1) Producing a chromate conversion coating on magnesium for temporary protection or for a paint base. (2) The solution that produces the conversion coating.

Light, bulky articles.

Where a company provides an employee with a company motor car which is used privately in addition to.

A naval rank next below that of lieutenant-commander, which is next below that of captain (the equivalent of commander).

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A movement of electrons in an external circuit connecting an anode and cathode in a corrosion cell; the current flow is arbitrarily considered to be in an opposite direction to the electron flow.

The framework of timber, etc., on which a vessel is built, from which she is launched into the water.