Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading

A disturbance of surface water by conflicting current or by winds.

One which blows across a boat's side

The use of two or more different fuels (e.g. wood and coal) simultaneously in the same combustion chamber of a power plant.

The process of degrading organic material (biomass) by microorganisms in aerobic conditions.

When the temperature of the hydrothermal liquids is over 350 F (177 C), flash-steam technology is generally employed. In these systems, most of the liquid is flashed to steam. The steam is separated from the remaining liquid and used to drive a turbine ge ...

The standard atmosphere is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 760 mm high with a density of 13,595 g/cm

A metallic coating obtained bydipping the base metal into a molten metal.

Resin formed by condensation of polybasic and monobasic acids with polyhydric alcohols.

A thermometer, invented by James Six in 1782, which simultaneously indicates the maximum and minimum temperatures attained during a given interval of time. A U-tube min/max thermometer

A pressure below that of the existing atmospheric pressure taken as a zero reference.

The flow of electrical energy (electricity) in a conductor, measured in amperes.

The force per unit area acting on the surface of a solid boundary parallel to the flow.

To coil flat down on deck, each fake outside the other, beginning in the middle and all close together.

Money paid by life insurance companies to policyholders based on endowment policies and.

A U-shaped fitting closed with a pin across the open ends, the pin sometimes being threaded at one end and sometimes held in place with a cotter pin, and used to secure sails to lines or fittings, lines to fittings, fittings to fittings, anchors to chain, ...

A unit of pressure which directly expresses the force exerted by the atmosphere. Equal to 1000 dynes/cm2 or 100 pascals.

A mechanical barometer used to measure air pressure for warnings of changing weather.

The low effective temperature of the sky on a clear night.

(1) An arbitrarily defined temperature that lies within the temperature range in which metal fracture characteristics (as usually determined by tests of notched specimens) change rapidly, such as from primarily fibrous (shear) to primarily crystalline (cl ...