Inert Gas. Non reactive gas (Nitrogen, CO2) used to fill the tanks to prevent an accidental fire or explosion.

An instrument for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere. The two principle types are aneroid and mercurial.

The U.S. Customs' "Automated Manifest System."

A man employed in a vessel of war to take charge of a storeroom; as, boatswain's yeoman the man that has charge of the stores, of rigging, etc.

Bermuda (Flag)

A machine having a vertically mounted warping end on which a rope may be wound under power, but not stored.

Solar radiation that is not scattered by dust or water droplets.

A crystal that has a treelike branching pattern, being most evident in cast metals, slowly cooled through the solidification range.

A term for stowing cargo in a container.

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.

A river gauge in which a weight suspended on a wire is lowered to the water surface from a bridge or other overhead structure to measure the distance from a point of known elevation to the water surface.

An energy storage device composed of one or more electrolyte cells.

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.

An instrument designed to measure quantities of heat. Sometimes used in meteorology to measure solar radiation.

A coating consisting of' a compound of the surface metal, produced by chemical or electrochemical treatments of the metal. Examples include chromate coatings on zinc, cadmium, magnesium, and aluminum and oxide and phosphate coatings on steel. See also chr ...

Single-celled organisms, free-living or parasitic, that break down the wastes and bodies of dead organisms, making their components available for reuse by other organisms.

Saturday P.M.

Facility Engineering Management Support System.

Commodity Box Rate.

A building construction technique used to create a continuous air retarder that uses the drywall, gaskets, and caulking. Gaskets are used rather than caulking to seal the drywall at the top and bottom. Although it is an effective energy-saving technique, ...