Maurer, Edward R. (Edward Rose), b. 1869 · New York : John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 263
s the spin-axis, Z, is a lever rigidly fastened to the axle BB by means ofwhich the gyrostat can be made to precess about BB. Imagine the car to bestanding or travelling in an upright position, the gyrostat spinning, and a manstanding on the car so that he may grasp and operate the lever. Now… … to the rail; hence (see the stated rule) the spin-axis begins to set itself parallelto the rail, that is it precesses about BB. The axle BB exerts (righting)reactions on the car but if the man will hurry the precession, the (heavy,rapidly spinning) gyrostat will rise against the tilting forces and…
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