This edition had all images removed.
Title:
Spinning Tops
The "Operatives' Lecture" of the British Association Meeting at Leeds, 6th September, 1890
Credits:
Produced by Chris Curnow, Keith Edkins and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Spinning Tops" by John Perry is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the mechanics and principles behind spinning bodies, particularly tops and gyrostats, exploring their behavior and the implications for understanding physical phenomena like gravity, rotation, and precession. At the start of the lecture, Perry sets the stage with an anecdote about a classroom discussion regarding the British Association meeting, leading into the importance of studying spinning tops in science. He emphasizes how understanding the behavior of tops can relate to broader concepts in mechanics and dynamics, such as the Earth's rotation and the principles governing stability and motion. Through engaging experiments and challenges to conventional thought, Perry illustrates the complexities and wonders of rotating bodies and their relevance to various scientific fields. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 64.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Perry, John, 1850-1920
EBook No.: 34268
Published: Nov 9, 2010
Downloads: 113
Language: English
Subject: Tops
Subject: Gyroscopes
Subject: Gyro compass
LoCC: Science: Mathematics
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title:
Spinning Tops
The "Operatives' Lecture" of the British Association Meeting at Leeds, 6th September, 1890
Credits:
Produced by Chris Curnow, Keith Edkins and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Spinning Tops" by John Perry is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the mechanics and principles behind spinning bodies, particularly tops and gyrostats, exploring their behavior and the implications for understanding physical phenomena like gravity, rotation, and precession. At the start of the lecture, Perry sets the stage with an anecdote about a classroom discussion regarding the British Association meeting, leading into the importance of studying spinning tops in science. He emphasizes how understanding the behavior of tops can relate to broader concepts in mechanics and dynamics, such as the Earth's rotation and the principles governing stability and motion. Through engaging experiments and challenges to conventional thought, Perry illustrates the complexities and wonders of rotating bodies and their relevance to various scientific fields. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 64.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Perry, John, 1850-1920
EBook No.: 34268
Published: Nov 9, 2010
Downloads: 113
Language: English
Subject: Tops
Subject: Gyroscopes
Subject: Gyro compass
LoCC: Science: Mathematics
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.