A type of water heater that has no storage tank thus eliminating storage tank standby losses. Cold water travels through a pipe into the unit, and either a gas burner or an electric element heats the water only when needed.

The position of a flag when lowered halfway down.

Sort of large pulley with sheave and steel block found on a derrick

Said of cable when it extends vertically and taut from anchor to hawsepipe.

Someone who becomes an account holder with a building society in the hope that they will benefit.

The severe loss of ductility of a metal resulting from corrosive attack, usually inter,granular and often not visually apparent.

See gust and peak gust.

Sailors' term for an old ship that needed a lot of paint and repairs.

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Book in which is kept a reckoning of items of cargo received or discharged from a hatch or vessel.

(1) The ratio of the speeds of a chemical reaction at two temperatures differing by 10

An electrical inverter that inverts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity, and that uses another alternating current source, such as an electric power transmission and distribution network (grid), for voltage and frequency referenc ...

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Crude oils.

Sailing beyond a racing mark or buoy whereby you sail a greater distance

Same as mercury barometer.

The face value of currency, coins, and stocks and.

Release of merchandise by a bank to a buyer while the bank retains title to the merchandise. The goods are usually obtained for manufacturing or sales purposes. The buyer is obligated to maintain the goods (or the proceeds from their sales) distinct from ...

The drying of compressed gases other than air. Equipment size, choice of materials and other specifications may be decidedly different for drying gases other than air because of the specific properties of the gases. Properties include specific gravity, sp ...

A device where sunlight concentrated onto a absorber heats it to a high temperature, and the thermal radiation emitted by the absorber is used as the energy source for a photovoltaic cell that is designed to maximize conversion efficiency at the wavelengt ...