A manual of naval architecture. For the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, shipbuilders, shipowners, and yachtsmen (1889)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London, J. Murray · leaf 289
ch forms a diameter of the gymbal-ring B; thisis carried by a second gymbal-ring, C, tlie pivots of which reston the frame F ; and the whole is mounted in an outer frame,enabling it to be easily carried or placed in position. Supposethe pivots of the ring C to be placed athwartships in a ship,… … the ring C must move with the ship. But it is free to oscillateabout its pivots as the ship pitches. When the fly-wheel A is spinning rapidly and maintaining itsplane of rotation, it is practically uninfluenced by the motionsof the ship which so largely affect the pendulum ; and as its axisis…
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