gyrostat

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The gyrostat is now replaced on its pivots in the frame, with its axis vertical, and moved about as it was before.

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

Figure 15 shows one form of gyrostat mounted on a horizontal frame, held in the hands of an experimenter.

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

But now remove the gyrostat from the frame, and set the wheel in rotation.

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

If the fly-wheel be not in rotation, the experimenter can carry the arrangement about, and the fly-wheel and case move with it as if the gyrostat were merely216 an ordinary rigid body.

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