The part of the total carbon in steel or cast iron that is present in elemental form as graphite or temper carbon. Contrast with combined carbon.

The stress required to produce fracture in the plane of cross section, the conditions of loading being such that the directions of force and of resistance are parallel and opposite although their paths are offset a specified minimum amount. The maximum lo ...

Secretly, to remove spirit from a keg or cask by making a small hole and sucking through a straw. also called Suck the Monkey

Limit Service.

Partly Protected Water Service in Philippines.

An adsorption type material used in compressed air dryers. Industry standards are activated alumina, silica gel and molecular sieves.(2) A material used to desiccate (dry) or dehumidify air.

(1) State of anodically passivated metal characterized by a considerable increase of the corrosion current, in the; absence of pitting, when the potential is increased. (2) The noble region of potential where an electrode exhibits at higher than passive c ...

The wheel of the block over which the fall of the block is rove.

A hoisting apparatus consisting of a block and tackle rigged at the end of a beam.

An increase in hardness and strength caused by plastic deformation at temperatures below the recrystallization range.

A bearing 180

A fixed support for mounting maximum and minimum thermometers of the liquid-in-glass type. The support holds the thermometers at the correct operating attitude and also permits their rotation for resetting when desired.

Personal Protective Equipment

An aid to taking as astronomical sight with a sextant when the sea horizon is obscured through haze, fog, or darkness.

A free and mobile conduction electron or hole in a semiconductor.

To let go.

A device, or system of devices, that allows electrical current to flow through it and allows voltage to occur across positive and negative terminals.

Heavy latch by which doors, hatches, portholes, etc., are secured; verb - to latch

A plan which offers elderly people the opportunity of raising cash on their property. A.

Same as Aeolian.