A building that is elongated in the east-west direction, with the majority of the windows on the south side. The area of the windows is generally limited to about 7% of the total floor area. A sun-tempered design has no added thermal mass beyond what is a ...

The tender of one lot of cargo at one time from one shipper to one consignee on one bill of lading.

The space provided for stowage of provisions or other materials.

The physical exposure of an instrument. The effect of immediate environment upon the representativeness of the measurements obtained by meteorological instruments is considerable and not always correctable. The purpose of the instrument shelter is to prov ...

An automatic or manual valve that causes the flow to be by passed.

The wooden bit in the stem of a whaling boat around which the harpoon line was controlled.

Lowest altitude in the atmosphere over a given location at which the air temperature is 0

An instrument for measuring the intensity of light or the relative intensity of a pair of lights. Also called an illuminometer. If the instrument is designed to measure the intensity of light as a function of wavelength, it is called a spectrophotometer. ...

Kept in a neat seaman-like manner.

(1) An engine. (2) The act of using an engine to move a boat.

Stocks or shares which do not record owner's names and for which the companies do not keep a.

Nickname for the New York Stock.

British standard pipe parallel.

The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.

Speed or velocity of current (2) The leeway, or movement of the boat, when not under power, or when being pushed sideways while under power

The carrier issuing transportation documents or publishing a tariff.

The fluid entering a component.

Pounds per square inch, differential.

Any conventional barometer fitted with an extended scale so that atmospheric pressure measurements may be made at both high and low altitudes.

Precipitation composed of white or translucent ice crystals, chiefly in complex branched hexagonal forms.