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  • Absence of latitude error in AnschÜtz (1912) compass, 158
  • Absence of latitude error in Brown compass, 66
  • Action of excentric pin in Sperry compass, 55 et seq.
  • Air-blast pressure, Brown compass, 61
  • AnschÜtz (1910) compass—
  • Air-blast damping system, 42 et seq.
  • Damping curve, 50
  • Latitude error, cause of, 65
  • — — correction for, 67
  • — — value of, 68
  • Magnitude of directive force at equator, 23
  • Non-gyroscopic details, 138
  • Period of vibration of axle, 33, 37
  • Peripheral speed of wheel, 47
  • Quadrantal error, 96, 107, 120
  • Weight, diameter, and speed of wheel, 23
  • Weight of sensitive element, 30
  • Wheel tested to destruction, 140
  • AnschÜtz (1912) compass—
  • Absence of latitude error, 158
  • Directive force, value of, 125
  • Fourth gyro type, 128
  • Gyro-wheels, details of, 159
  • Non-gyroscopic details, 154
  • Oil damping system, 156
  • Quadrantal error, 107, 120, 126
  • Repeater compasses, 162
  • Temperature rise, 160
  • Weight, diameter, and speed of wheels, 123
  • Ballistic deflection and error, 81 et seq.
  • Ballistic deflection, dead-beat, 87
  • Ballistic deflection, tests by British Admiralty, 89
  • Ballistic gyro, Sperry compass, 111
  • Brown compass—
  • Absence of latitude error, 66
  • Air-blast pressure, 61
  • Compensator weights, 134
  • Damping bottles, 61
  • — system, 59 et seq.
  • Generation of directive force, 116
  • Magnitude of directive force at equator, 23
  • Non-gyroscopic details, 148
  • Oil control bottles, 113
  • On due west course, 117
  • Quadrantal error, 113, 126
  • Repeater compasses, 154, 162
  • Weight, diameter, and speed of wheel, 23
  • Weight of sensitive element, 30
  • Centrifugal forces during quadrantal rolling, 130 et seq.
  • Clock, gyroscopic, 35 et seq.
  • Weight, diameter, and speed of gyro-wheel, 23, 123
  • Weight of sensitive element, 30

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