gyrostat
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What's the matter with my home-made gyrostat and anemometer?
From Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England
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 Andrew Gray
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 Andrew Gray
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 Andrew Gray
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 Andrew Gray
