PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE GYROSCOPIC COMPASS: A NON-MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II ELEMENTARY GYROSCOPIC PHENOMENA
CHAPTER III THE GYROSCOPE AND THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH
CHAPTER IV DAMPING THE VIBRATIONS OF THE GYRO-COMPASS
CHAPTER V THE DAMPING SYSTEM OF THE ANSCHuTZ (1910) COMPASS
CHAPTER VI THE DAMPING SYSTEM OF THE SPERRY COMPASS
CHAPTER VII THE DAMPING SYSTEM OF THE BROWN COMPASS
CHAPTER VIII THE LATITUDE ERROR
CHAPTER IX THE NORTH STEAMING ERROR
CHAPTER X THE BALLISTIC DEFLECTION
CHAPTER XI THE QUADRANTAL ERROR
CHAPTER XII THE ELIMINATION OF THE QUADRANTAL ERROR
CHAPTER XIII CENTRIFUGAL FORCES DURING QUADRANTAL ROLLING
CHAPTER XIV THE ANSCHuTZ (1910) COMPASS
CHAPTER XV THE SPERRY COMPASS
CHAPTER XVI THE BROWN COMPASS
CHAPTER XVII THE ANSCHuTZ (1912) COMPASS
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber's Notes
THE ENGINEER SERIES
THE GYROSCOPIC COMPASS
A NON-MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT
BY
T. W. CHALMERS, B.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E. (On the Editorial Staff of “The Engineer”)
ILLUSTRATED
LONDON CONSTABLE & COMPANY, LTD. 10 ORANGE STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE. W.C. 1920
Printed in Great Britain
