The Sperry Gyro-Compass

About this eBook

Author

Sperry Gyroscope Company

Credits

Produced by deaurider, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

Subject

Gyro compass

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52053

Release Date

May 12, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Sper­ry Gyro-Com­pass, by The Sper­ry Gyroscope Co.
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Putting the Earth to Work
5. 5.How the Earth’s Rotation Is Utilized
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.How a Compass is Used
8. 8.Untitled
9. 9.The Ideal Compass — Comparison of the Magnetic Compass with the Sperry Gyro-Compass — True North — The Magnetic Compass — The Sper­ry Gyro-Com­pass
10. 10.Freedom From Calculation — Freedom From Compensation
11. 11.Freedom From Checking Deviation — Influences Due to Magnetism of the Ship
12. 12.Influences Due to Cargo — Influences Due to Temperature Changes
13. 13.Influences Due to Roll and Pitch of the Ship — The Magnetic Compass — The Sperry Gyro-Compass
14. 14.Warning of Unreliability
15. 15.Advantages Attending the Use of the Sperry Gyro-Compass
16. 16.Untitled
17. 17.Untitled
18. 18.The Sperry Gyro-Compass Equipment — The Master Compass
19. 19.Untitled
20. 20.Untitled
21. 21.Untitled
22. 22.The Repeaters
23. 23.Untitled
24. 24.Untitled
25. 25.Compass Control-Panel — Motor-Generator — Stor­age Bat­tery
26. 26.Untitled
27. 27.Untitled
28. 28.Untitled
29. 29.Sperry Recording Compass
30. 30.Operation — Care
31. 31.Untitled
32. 32.Untitled
33. 33.Untitled
34. 34.Sperry Service — Work­man­ship
35. 35.Testing — Packing — The Sperry Service Organization
36. 36.Service Given to the World’s Navies by the Gyro-Compass
37. 37.Untitled
38. 38.Untitled
39. 39.Untitled
40. 40.Untitled
41. 41.Untitled

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