To the bow of the boat, forward of the beam.

Thermodynamic change of state of a system in which there is transfer of heat across the boundaries of the system. Compare to adiabatic process.

Safe Port

The energy lost from the movement of a fluid in a conduit (pipe) due to the disturbances created by the contact of the moving fluid with the surfaces of the conduit, or the additional pressure that a pump must provide to overcome the resistance to fluid f ...

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

Merchant seaman's name for his bed or mattress.

When an electrode reaches dynamic equilibrium in a solution, the rate of anodic dissolution balances the rate of cathodic plating. The rate at which either positive or negative charges are entering or leaving the surface at this point is known as the exch ...

A direct-vision nephoscope constructed in the following manner: A grid-work of bars is mounted horizontally on the end of a vertical column and made free to rotate about the vertical axis. The observer rotates the grid and adjusts his or her position unti ...

Geological Survey/Supply Vessel.

The government department responsible to the Treasury for the collection of direct taxes which.

A published rate that is never assessed because no freight moves under it.

Chemical reactions, typically associated with combustion processes; the balancing of chemical reactions by providing the exact proportions of reactant compounds to ensure a complete reaction; all the reactants are used up to produce a single set of produc ...

An emergency signal flare that will float down on a parachute after launch, hopefully improving its visibility.

A hygrometer which includes an arrangement for the time recording of atmospheric humidity.

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

High Pressure Turbine

London Institute of Shipping and Transport

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

Natural gas (methane) that has been compressed to a higher pressure gaseous state by a compressor; used in CNG vehicles.

Deck supported by pillars, fastened to pontoons. The pontoons are half submerged during operations. Kept in position by anchors (or by dynamic positioning). Normally equipped with its own propulsion machinery.