The direction at right angles to a ship's heading or the line of her keel

A large heavy knot usually made in the end of a heaving line to aid in accurate throwing.

A colorless and odorless gaseous element. The lightest and apparently the most abundant chemical element in the universe. However, it is found only in trace quantities in the observable portion of our atmosphere, only about 0.00005 percent by volume of dr ...

Precipitation of white, opaque, spherical or conical ice particles that are crisp and easily crushed and that have diameters of 2 to 5 mm.

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

Anchor cable is caught around the fluke or an object is caught around the anchor .

A means to increase the thermal efficiency of a steam electric generating system by increasing temperatures and interposing a device, such as a gas turbine, between the heat source and the conventional steam-turbine generator to convert some of the additi ...

A mortgage which carries priority over any subsequent mortgages if the borrower goes into default.

An evaporation pan in which the evaporation is measured from water in a pan floating in a larger body of water.

Is a standardized method to determine the carbon formation characteristics of compressor lubricants.

The curved part of a ship's hull where the side and the flat bottom meet.

The ratio of solar radiation captured and transfered to the collector (heat transfer) fluid.

The production of energy by a system or appliance at a level less than its design or nominal capacity.

Is a key ratio used in.

The use of spending and taxation by the government in order to achieve its economic objectives. Put.

Molten slag; in the pulp and paper industry, the cooking chemicals tapped from the recovery boiler as molten material and dissolved in the smelt tank as green liquor.

The whole crew.

Czech Register of Shipping (class society)

To condition/cool air by dessication.

An optical device for concentrating light that is made of concentric rings that are faced at different angles so that light falling on any ring is focused to the same point.