Each taxpaying individual in the UK is entitled to an annual exemption of

Subcommittee on Stability Loadlines and Fishing Vessel Safety (IMO)

A barge equipped with tracks on which up to about 12 railroad cars are moved in harbors or inland waterways.

An absolute temperature scale. The kelvin unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction 1/273,16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. The triple point of water is the equilibrium temperature (0,01

Electromagnetic radiation lying within the wavelength interval to which the human eye is sensitive, the spectral interval from approximately 0.4 to 0.7 microns (4000 to 7000 angstroms). Bounded on the short-wavelength end by ultraviolet radiation and on t ...

The natural, convective movement of air or water due to differences in temperature. In solar passive design a thermosyphon collector can be constructed and attached to a house to deliver heat to the home by the continuous pattern of the convective loop (o ...

Conditions to which a device is subjected, not including the variable measured by the device. See normal operating conditions, reference operating conditions.

National Marine Electronics Association

The date on which a Bill of Exchange or Letter of Credit becomes due for payment.

Fuel gas with a heating value of between 200 and 300 Btu per cubic foot.

To let out a line or sail slowly; to slacken or relieve tension on a line; to take pressure off.

The direction, with respect to magnetic north, from which the wind is blowing. Distinguish from true wind direction.

Not Required.

Holes cut in a plate to make it lighter and yet not reduce its strength.

The total area drained by a river and its tributaries. Same as river basin.

Charterers when cancelling agreement sometimes quote 'doctrine of frustration' i.e. vessel is lost, extensive delays.

A device for converting a solid fuel to a gaseous fuel.

The measure of seasonal or annual efficiency of a heat pump operating in the heating mode. It takes into account the variations in temperature that can occur within a season and is the average number of Btu of heat delivered for every watt-hour of electri ...

When all the sails are shaking.

In thermodynamics, the integrating factor of the differential equation referred to as the first law of thermodynamics, In statistical mechanics, a measure of translational molecular kinetic energy (with three degrees of freedom). In general, the degree of ...