The Gyroscopic Compass - A Non-Mathematical Treatment
Year: 1920 Language: english Author: Thomas Wightman Chalmers Genre: Manual Publisher: Constable & Co. Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages + text layer Pages count: 194 Description: In the early years of twentieth century sudden advances in naval architecture, particularly in warship construction, and especially the building of submarines, have resulted in the magnetic compass becoming less useful for accurate navigation, primarily because of the upsetting influence exercised upon it by masses of steel or iron in its neighbourhood. At the same time, reliable and accurate gyro-compasses began to be developed and built in Germany, UK, USA, Italy, and France, not only for the navy, but also for the merchant marine. The book was written in the belief that many readers would welcome a clear and full, non-mathematical exposition of the gyroscopic compass, its theory and practical construction. The author gives an account of the working of the gyro-compass and describes the forms assumed by the device in practice; he illustrates the theory without going into any unnecessary detail on the constructional side, and without assuming the reader possesses a mathematical knowledge. In fact, mathematical formulae hardly even appear in the book, that remains useful and interesting today.
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The Gyroscopic Compass - A Non-Mathematical Treatment
Language: english
Author: Thomas Wightman Chalmers
Genre: Manual
Publisher: Constable & Co.
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages + text layer
Pages count: 194
Description: In the early years of twentieth century sudden advances in naval architecture, particularly in warship construction, and especially the building of submarines, have resulted in the magnetic compass becoming less useful for accurate navigation, primarily because of the upsetting influence exercised upon it by masses of steel or iron in its neighbourhood. At the same time, reliable and accurate gyro-compasses began to be developed and built in Germany, UK, USA, Italy, and France, not only for the navy, but also for the merchant marine. The book was written in the belief that many readers would welcome a clear and full, non-mathematical exposition of the gyroscopic compass, its theory and practical construction. The author gives an account of the working of the gyro-compass and describes the forms assumed by the device in practice; he illustrates the theory without going into any unnecessary detail on the constructional side, and without assuming the reader possesses a mathematical knowledge. In fact, mathematical formulae hardly even appear in the book, that remains useful and interesting today.
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