A treatise on gyrostatics and rotational motion . rostatic theory [to be givenlater], are both stabilised by spin of thegyrostat. With rapid spin in the direction of forwardmotion of the wheels, the gyrostat, as alreadydescribed, imitates the human rider, and tiltingaction causes the machine to turn to the right or left as the case may be. In all these bicycle tops thegyrostat not only detects butsets about correcting any ten-dency of the bicycle to capsize. 26. Experiment: Walkinggyrostat. Another entirelynovel experiment is shown inthe figure. A box is suspendedby two arms of equal lengthfro
A treatise on gyrostatics and rotational motion . rostatic theory [to be givenlater], are both stabilised by spin of thegyrostat. With rapid spin in the direction of forwardmotion of the wheels, the gyrostat, as alreadydescribed, imitates the human rider, and tiltingaction causes the machine to turn to the right or left as the case may be. In all these bicycle tops thegyrostat not only detects butsets about correcting any ten-dency of the bicycle to capsize. 26. Experiment: Walkinggyrostat. Another entirelynovel experiment is shown inthe figure. A box is suspendedby two arms of equal lengthfrom two horizontally stretchedwires. The wires are carriedby a frame mounted on twotrunnions mounted on woodenuprights as shown in the dia-gram, which however displayonly one end of the arrange-ment of wires and wires are convenientlymade about 12 or 14 feet lone-and strung npon them arc tworings, to which the arms attached to the box are hooked. Fitted within thebox is a gyrostat with its axis horizontal and in the plane of the Walking gi rostat. INTKODIKTOKV :;i For the experiment the gyrostat is takes out and spun rapidly, andreplaced in the box. When the frame is oscillated to and fro on thetrunnions, the box proceeds hand over band along the wires, as if it wereendowed with life. It will lie seen t the tilting of tile frame to and fro thrOWS the weight of the gyrostat and box alternately on each of the arms. The illustrationshows the weight of the box thrown on the arm I!: since Y is lowerthan X. The resulting precessional motion of the gyrostat (which issupposed to be spinning counter-clockwise as viewed by the reader) causesthe arm A to move forward to A. At this instant the wire frame is tiltedso that the weight is thrown on the arm A, when the arm B swingsforward, and so on. At the start of the motion the spin is great andthe precession small, and the box has a slow and Stately motion. Asthe spin falls ott the precession, and consequently the rat
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