Besides the physical equipment necessary such as the inclining
weights, pendulums, small boat, etc., the following are necessary
and should be provided by or made available to the person in charge
of the inclining:
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.1 engineering scales for measuring pendulum deflections
(rules should be subdivided sufficiently to achieve the desired accuracy);
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.2 sharp pencils for marking pendulum deflections;
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.3 chalk for marking the various positions of
the inclining weights;
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.4 a sufficiently long measuring tape for measuring
the movement of the weights and locating different items on board;
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.5 a sufficiently long sounding tape for sounding
tanks and taking freeboard readings;
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.6 one or more well maintained specific gravity
hydrometers with range sufficient to cover 0.999 to 1.030, to measure
the specific gravity of the water in which the ship is floating (a
hydrometer for measuring specific gravity of less than 1.000 may be
needed in some locations);
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.7 other hydrometers as necessary to measure the
specific gravity of any liquids on board;
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.8 graph paper to plot inclining moments versus
tangents;
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.9 a straight edge to draw the measured waterline
on the lines drawing;
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.10 a pad of paper to record data;
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.11 an explosion proof testing device to check
for sufficient oxygen and absence of lethal gases in tanks and other
closed spaces such as voids and cofferdams;
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.12 a thermometer; and
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.13 draught tubes (if necessary).