Spinning Tops: The "Operatives' Lecture" of the British Association Meeting at Leeds, 6th September, 1890 |
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analyzer angle astronomers axis O A axis of rotation balanced gyrostat behaviour British Association centre of gravity centrifugal forces CHRISTINA G Cloth boards Crown 8vo curious CUTTS direction disc earth earth's axis ecliptic electric electro-magnetic equinoxes experiment explanation fact Faraday's Fcap fluid fly-wheel friction give glass gymbal gyrostat Fig hands hence hoop imagine inertia inside lecture magnetism matter moment of inertia moon moves horizontally nature nearly ning nomena NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE observe parallel path phenomena phenomenon plane of polarization pole star position Post 8vo precession precessional motion principal axes Professor projectile PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE quasi-rigidity rapid motion revolving rule SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING speed spherical spinning axis spinning body spinning tops spun sugar tends theory things Thomson tilting forces tion top or gyrostat top rises top spins true north unboiled unmis upright velocity of light vertical axis vibration wall sheet watch