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Accession Number:
ADA221595
Title:
The Anatomy of the Gyroscope. Part 3
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
Report Date:
1990-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
298.0
Abstract:
Partial Contents Definitions and antecedents of the gyroscope discovery--Bohnenbergers machine, Johnsons 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.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
