The mariners' handbook; a convenient reference book for navigators, yachtsmen, and seamen of all classes (1906)
International Correspondence Schools, Roden, Ernest Konrad, 1866-, International Correspondence Schools. Pocketbook · Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co. · leaf 268
spinning gyroscope moves the rudders andsteers it back. If we wish to run the torpedo for a shortdistance and then cause it to turn, as in Fig. 3, the gyro-scope is turned into the plane of the final course that wewish to make the torpedo take up, and connect the ruddersin such a way (by means of… … The details of the Obrymechanism are secret and,of course, complicated, andthe device is not yet en-tirely perfected. There isno doubt,, however, of itsentire practicability, and itwill probably be in usewithin a very short time. Sinlcing Gear.— If aloaded torpedo misses itsmark and fails to…
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