flotation

When a ship capsizes, or a plane crashes into the sea, people are left with whatever flotation devices they have on hand.

The scientist behind this experiment was the extremely eccentric J C Lilly, inventor of the flotation tank and prophet of inter-species communication, who had also turned monkeys into wireheads.

The company didn’t disclose the size of the flotation, but Reuters has reported it is seeking to raise up to $2 billion.

The capital came ahead of the company’s expected IPO, so its then-new valuation helped provide a measuring stick for where its eventual flotation could price.

Because they’re so wide, flotation sizes typically only fit modified trucks.

That side now has to be repaired and fitted with flotation devices that will eventually help the wreck float to the surface.

But this mercury flotation, as applied to the Crossley telescope, is a delusion, as I think Mr. Crossley had already found.

The iron helm, jack-boots, and other accoutrements of a seventeenth century trooper were not calculated to assist flotation.

He knew very well what Osterman referred to by "Flotation of company," and also who was the "desirable party" he spoke of.

Leadville stocks are never on the exchange, and “flotation” and “promotion” have been almost unknown.

Then the reading of the scale at the line of flotation, added to the number on the weight, gives the reading required.