内容简介：
An Unabridged Reprinting Of The 1909 Edition, To Include All Figures: Behavior Of Ordinary Spinning Tops, Tops Containing Liquid, Celts, The Gyroscopic Top, The Gyroscope - Rotation About A Fixed Axis - Representation Of Angular Velocity, Precession - Discussion Of The Phenomena Described In The Introductory Chapter (Rise And Fall Of The Top, Behavior Of A Top Containing Liquid, The Gyroscopic Top, Effect Of Reactions In The Mounting Of A Gyroscope, Explanation Of The Behavior Of Celts) - The Starting Of Precession, Oscillations Of The Gyroscope (Conservation Of Angular Momentum, Illustrations, Summary Of Results, Increase Of Precession Of A Dying Top, Inertia, Dipping Of A Gyroscope At The Start Of Precession, Oscillations, Summary Of Results, Principle Of Energy Applied To A Rising Top, Principle Of Energy Applied To A Dying Top, Energy Lost In Heat, Electrical Analogy) - Practical Applications (The Steering Of A Torpedo, Steadying Vessels At Sea, Brennan's Monorail) - Steady Motion Of A Top - General Motion Of A Top - Moving Axes - Stability Of Rotation, Periods Of Oscillation - Miscellaneous Examples - Appendix - Answers To Examples - Answers To Questions