Traditionally a ship's bell is made of brass and has her name engraved on it. It is used for striking the bells which mark the passage of time (see Bells) and is also used as a fog signal as an audible warning of a ship's position.

Lifts temporary quarantine of a vessel; granted pratique by Health Officer.

The ratio of the actual amount of water evaporated into the atmosphere to the evaporative power. Also called relative evaporation.

Heavy Metal Scraps

To move cargo from one place to another.

An instrument which measures the instantaneous rate at which rain is falling on a given surface. Also called a rate-of-rainfall gauge.

Cargo, normally cars, shipped in pieces to be assembled at destination.

The power required to compress a gas isothermally through a specified range of pressures.

An architectural design invented by Buckminster Fuller with a regular polygonal structure based on radial symmetry.

A type of passive solar heating system where heat is collected in one area for use in another.

To make fast. To bend a sail, is to make it fast to the yard. To bend a cable, is to make it fast to the anchor. A bend, is a knot by which one rope is made fast to another.

A pension scheme in which an employee's pension is based on number of years of service and final.

That type of force that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of the same body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

Heat treatment carried out in steel to reduce internal stresses.

Disposition Unknown.

A gap unintentionally left uncovered while painting or varnishing.

Where the boat is pointed directly into the wind, sails luffing

One who is adept at splicing, knotting, and working with line and canvas.

An aviation weather forecast for a specific flight.

Water vapor content of the air. See absolute humidity, dew point, mixing ratio, relative humidity, specific humidity.