gyrostat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gyrostat
Example Sentences
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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
Change the sign of g for the case of the gyrostats spinning upright, one on the top of the other, and so realize the gyrostat on the top of a gyrostat described by Maxwell.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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 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
Then the gyrostat, mounted with its axis vertical on trunnions on a level with the fly-wheel, and resting on a wooden frame carried about by the professor!
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
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