gyrostat

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What's the matter with my home-made gyrostat and anemometer?

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan

A gyrostat consists of a disk or wheel with a massive rim, which revolves within a case or framework, by which the whole arrangement can be moved about, or supported, without interfering with the wheel.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

Round the case in the plane of the wheel is a projecting rim sharpened to an edge, on which the gyrostat can be supported in other experiments.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

Each of these is divided in the middle for the insertion of a gyrostat, the axis of which is pivoted on the adjacent ends of the two halves of the rod.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

If, however, he turns round the other way, the gyrostat immediately turns on its pivots so as to point the other end of the axis up.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew