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Paper, 'On Fessell's [sic] gyroscope' by Charles Wheatstone

Reference number: AP/37/26

Date: 1854

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Wheatstone presents Fessel's gyroscope before the Royal Society, describing its construction and function. He shares details of a series of experiments undertaken with the gyroscope. Followed by a figure of the gyroscope.

Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments

Received 6 April 1854. Read 27 April 1854.

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On Fessel's gyroscope'.

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AP/37/26
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1854
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9 pages
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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Paper, 'On Fessell's [sic] gyroscope' by Charles Wheatstone, 1854, AP/37/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_37_26/paper-on-fessells-sic-gyroscope-by-charles-wheatstone, accessed on 19 January 2025

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