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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
Featured terms
Crankshaft deflections
Change in distance between crank webs, measured during one rotation of the crankshaft. Crankshaft deflections are an indirect indication of the crankshaft loading condition.
Chock
A guide for a mooring line, or steel towing wire which enables the line to pass through a ship bulwark or other barrier.
FERRIES
The term “ferry” originally described a vessel carrying passengers or cargo on short trips across rivers or harbours or coastwise to inland.