Gyroscope
notes: label: Description
content: Simple gyroscopes were used for amusement and scientific demonstration. This example belonged to the National Educational Museum, an organization formed in the late nineteenth century under the leadership of the United States Commissioner of Education. It came to the Smithsonian in 1910.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.261316
label: catalog number
content: 261316
label: accession number
content: 51116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gyroscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in; 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 9.8425 cm x 8.255 cm