gyrostat

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The gyrostat is now replaced on its pivots in the frame, with its axis vertical, and moved about as it was before.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

What's the matter with my home-made gyrostat and anemometer?

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan

But now remove the gyrostat from the frame, and set the wheel in rotation.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

Then the gyrostat, mounted with its axis vertical on trunnions on a level with the fly-wheel, and resting on a wooden frame carried about by the professor!

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

Round the case in the plane of the wheel is a projecting rim sharpened to an edge, on which the gyrostat can be supported in other experiments.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew