Place where crew is accommodated.

Forming austenite by heating a ferrous alloy into the transformation range (partial austenitizing) or above the transformation range (complete austenitizing). When used without qualification, the term implies complete austenitizing.

A sunshine recorder of the type in which the time scale is supplied by the motion of the sun. It consists essentially of a spherical lens which bums an image of the sun upon a specialty prepared card.

A unit of heat originally defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of water through one degree centigrade (the gram-calorie or small calorie), but this proved to be insufficiently precise. The 15

A person trained and specialising in risk, statistics and finance who gives advice on insurance and.

Transmitted energy which is modulated in order to carry information. Usually, it is in the form of a radio- frequency sine wave, modulated either in amplitude or in frequency.

A medium-sized instrument shelter. It is a white louvered box with a flat double to of and is mounted four feet above the ground on a four-legged stand.

A cleat that attaches to the backstay over the cockpit, usually used for hanging a lantern

A notched support for the boom when the sail is not raised. Unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when boat is sailing.

To produce a zinc-iron alloy coating on iron or steel by keeping the coating molten after hot dip galvanizing until the zinc alloys completely with the base metal.

When a bill of lading is accepted or signed by a shipper or shipper's agent without protest, the shipper is said to acquiesce to the terms, giving a silent form of consent.

ACRONYM Actual cubic feet per minute.

Kilowatt

Water Line

A single inlet compressor with the impeller or impellers mounted on an extended shaft of the driver.

(1) The metal present in the largest proportion in an alloy; brass, for example, is a copper-base alloy. (2) An active metal that readily oxidizes, or that dissolves to form ions. (3) The metal to be brazed, cut, soldered, or welded. (4) After welding, th ...

Commodity Box Rate.

See hydrologic accounting.

Any small enclosed space in which unwanted items are stowed when clearing up decks.

Saturday P.M.