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Gantry: | Hoisting equipment consisting of vertical sides connected by a horizontal beam mounted high enough to provide a clear lift for an object below. Lift is usually provided by a chain hoist and often a gantry can be constructed of two scaffolding towers connected by a beam.
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Glassine: | A dense, slick-surfaced translucent paper resistant to the passage of air and dirt; used as a wrapping material or for separation sheets (Nauert 1979).
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Gross weight: | For shipping purposes, the combined weight of the objects to be shipped, the packing materials, and the packing box. See also:
net weight, tare weight (Nauert 1979).
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Guillotines: | See contour bracing.
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Hand-carry: | A packed object that can be carried by one person and is transported on or under an aircraft passenger seat or in a passenger vehicle.
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Hand signals: | Standardized and universal hand gestures developed by riggers to ensure proper operation without verbal communication. Proper use is critical in rigging.
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Harass: | In the definition of "take" in the Endangered Species Act, means an act that actually kills or injures wildlife. Such act may include significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding, Or sheltering.
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Herbarium: | A collection of dried plant specimens, usually mounted and systematically arranged for reference; a place that houses such a collection (Rose and de Torres 1992).
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Hitch: | A method of temporarily connecting by loop, hook, or noose, an object to be moved to a lifting device such as a crane or gantry. Examples are single bitch, bridle hitch, basket hitch, and choker hitches.
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Hoist: | (1) A common piece of equipment used for lifting objects; (2) the process of moving an object.
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HVAC: | The acronym used to refer to heating ventilation and air conditioning systems.
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Hygroscopic material: | A material capable of absorbing moisture (Nauert 1979)
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Hygrothermograph: | An instrument that measures and records temperature and relative humidity changes (Nauert 1979).
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Import: | To land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, whether or not such landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning of the tariff laws of the United States. Import shipment: The shipment of an object or a group of objects into the country (Nauert 1979).
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Impounded shipment: | Objects in transit without proper permits or licenses, which are seized by customs on arrival at an airport.
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Incidental taking: | Any taking otherwise prohibited, if such taking is incidental to, and not the purpose of, the carrying out of an otherwise lawful activity.
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Incoming loan: | An object borrowed by an institution. It is an incoming loan from the perspective of the borrowing institution; such a loan could be an outgoing loan to the lending institution (Nauert 1979).
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Indefinite loans: | Loans that have no set duration.
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Inert materials: | Materials that are devoid of active properties and unable or unlikely to form compounds.
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Insurance claim: | A formal, written demand to Ml insurance company for reimbursement for loss of or damage to an insured object (Nauert 1979).
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Integrated Pest Management: | The section.
integration, and implementation of pest management methods based on predicted economic, ecological, and sociological consequences. A decision making process that helps one decide if a treatment is necessary and appropriate, where the treatment should be administered, when treatment should be applied, and what strategies should be integrated for immediate and long-term results (National Park Service 1990).
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