The Gyroscopic Compass
by T. W. Chalmers
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About this eBook
- Author
- Chalmers, T. W. (Thomas Wightman), 1884-1954
- Title
- The Gyroscopic Compass: A Non-Mathematical Treatment
- Credits
- Produced by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- VK: Naval science: Navigation, Merchant marine
- Subject
- Gyro compass
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 57200
- Release Date
- May 22, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE GYROSCOPIC COMPASS A NON-MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.THE GYROSCOPIC COMPASS: A NON-MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- 6.CHAPTER II ELEMENTARY GYROSCOPIC PHENOMENA
- 7.CHAPTER III THE GYROSCOPE AND THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH
- 8.CHAPTER IV DAMPING THE VIBRATIONS OF THE GYRO-COMPASS
- 9.CHAPTER V THE DAMPING SYSTEM OF THE ANSCHÜTZ (1910) COMPASS
- 10.CHAPTER VI THE DAMPING SYSTEM OF THE SPERRY COMPASS
- 11.CHAPTER VII THE DAMPING SYSTEM OF THE BROWN COMPASS
- 12.CHAPTER VIII THE LATITUDE ERROR
- 13.CHAPTER IX THE NORTH STEAMING ERROR
- 14.CHAPTER X THE BALLISTIC DEFLECTION
- 15.CHAPTER XI THE QUADRANTAL ERROR
- 16.CHAPTER XII THE ELIMINATION OF THE QUADRANTAL ERROR
- 17.CHAPTER XIII CENTRIFUGAL FORCES DURING QUADRANTAL ROLLING
- 18.CHAPTER XIV THE ANSCHÜTZ (1910) COMPASS
- 19.CHAPTER XV THE SPERRY COMPASS
- 20.CHAPTER XVI THE BROWN COMPASS
- 21.CHAPTER XVII THE ANSCHÜTZ (1912) COMPASS
- 22.INDEX
- 23.FOOTNOTES
- 24.Transcriber’s Notes
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