The fitting which connects the boom to the mast.

A type of heating appliance similar to a fireplace, but much more efficient and clean burning. They are made of masonry and have long channels through which combustion gases give up their heat to the heavy mass of the stove, which releases the heat slowly ...

The highest operating pressure the system or component is designed to withstand.

A galvanic cell resulting from inhomogeneities between areas on a metal surface in an electrolyte. The inhomogeneities may be of physical or chemical nature in either the metal or its environment.

A document, which legally transfers ownership of property from one party to another, most commonly.

An irrevocable letter issued for a specific amount; renews itself for the same amount over a given period.

Surface discoloration of a metal caused by formation of a thin film of corrosion product.

Material Safety Data sheets. Detailed Information about the dangerous products carried.

An assurance policy usually taken out on two lives, typically husband and wife. Under this type of.

Revenue Ton

(IFA)A person qualified to give financial advice to clients on life assurance, pensions, funds, and.

A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration of the commodity shipped to allow the a ...

One thousand kilowatt-hours or 1 million watt-hours.

Current that flows through the earth from an anodic to a cathodic area of a continuous metallic structure. Usually used only where the areas are separated by considerable distance and where the current results from concentration-cell action.

Pertaining to the current resulting from the coupling of dissimilar electrodes in an electrolyte

A device used to measure total incident solar radiation (direct beam, diffuse, and reflected radiation) per unit time per unit area.

A rope attached to the clew of the foresail and rove through a block on the swinging boom. Used for guying the clews out when before the wind.

That portion of the atmosphere which is above the lower troposphere. Generally applied to levels above 850 mb.

A wood-burning appliance for space and/or water heating and/or cooking.

Forming an adherent phosphate coating on a metal by immersion in a suitable aqueous phosphate solution. Also called phosphatizing. See also conversion coating.