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WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
« on: August 08, 2013, 04:35:36 PM »
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Ok, this has been absolutely killing me since yesterday.  I am talking about that model where you have a stationary ring, and inside that, is a slightly smaller ring that spins around, and inside that is another ring that spins around, and so on.  What is the thing's name?  The only picture I can find of something that resembels what I'm talking about is the alien machine thing in Carl Sagan's "Contact":
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For some reason, I am being murdered in my head because I can't figure this out.  It's kinda hard to get good results on Google when your only description is "ring with rings spinning inside".  HELP ME PLEASE!


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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2013, 04:41:48 PM »
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I think that's a gyroscope.

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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2013, 06:50:08 PM »
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Wow... I always thought gyroscopes were all these things:
Anyways, thank you very much for answering.  I may now sleep tonight.


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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2013, 07:27:31 PM »
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Yeah, that image Monorail posted is what I thought gyroscopes were also.



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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2013, 07:29:08 PM »
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