Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument which consists of a rapidly rotated gyrostat mounted on knife-edges by an axis perpendicular to its axis of rotation and pointing east and west.
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The vertical gyroscope was perfected by Gilbert (1878) into his barogyroscope, while the horizontal gyroscope was lately introduced on warships as an astronomical compass.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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