Gyroscope
notes: label: Description
content: This instrument has a plaster ellipsoid that fits in a metal frame. The plaster is chipped and the screws joining the ellipsoid to the frame are missing. The dimensions depend on the position of the ellipsoid and the way the device is held.
label: Description
content: A mark on the frame reads: 127.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Department of Mathematics, The University of Michigan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0795.15
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0795.15
label: accession number
content: 1982.0795
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gyroscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.2 cm x 15.1 cm x 13 cm; 12 11/16 in x 5 15/16 in x 5 1/8 in