Elements of mechanics: treated by means of the differential and integral calculus (1887)
Peck, William G[uy], 1820-1892. [from old catalog] · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 237
re called, respectively, theparallelogram and the parallelopipedon of rotations. Application to the Gyroscope. 152. The gyroscope is an instrument used to illustratethe laws of rotary motion. It consists essentially of a heavywheel A, mounted uponan axle EC. This axleis attached, by means ofpivots,… … CURVILINEAR and rotary motion. 233 face to receive the pointed summit of a vertical standard G.It* a string be wrapped several times around the axle B C,and then rapidly unwound, so as to impart a rapid motionof rotation to the wheel A, in the direction indicated bythe arrow-head, it is observed…
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