Lanterna Rally

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Published: 1990

Total Pages: 298

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Partial Contents: Definitions and antecedents of the gyroscope; discovery--Bohnenberger's machine, Johnson's rotascope, and Gyroscopic suspension; Early appeal to gyroscopic forces and the early gyroscope-- Boomerangs and slings, Pulverising mill, and Early gyroscopic applications and the work of E.A. Sperry; Differentiating gyroscope; Integrating gyroscope; Free gyroscope; Vibrating gyroscope--Oscillogyro, Vibrating ring gyroscope, Vibrating bell gyroscope, Single reed gyroscope, Tuning fork gyroscope, and Crystal gyroscope; Interferometric gyroscope--Laser gyroscope, Maser gyroscope, Sagnac gyroscope, Mach-Zehner heterodyne gyroscope, and Nuclear gyroscope; Gyroscopic gears and gyroscopic transmissions--Types of devices, Approach to unidirectional torque, Torque converters, Transmissions, and Differential fluid coupler and hydro-kinetic couplings; Use of the gyroscope and gyroscopic forces in optical and related devices--Telescopes, Gunsights, Bombsights, Cameras, Panoramic sextants, Panoramic film viewer, Periscopes, Navigation aids, Rangefinders, Stabilization of image; and Special applications of the gyroscope--The gyroscope as a means of testing general relativity, The use of gyroscopes to provide stability, and Gyroscopic inertial drives.