Gyrocompass

• Contributor: Universal Images Group North America LLC / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: EX6PJP
• File size: 5.3 MB (226.9 KB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 1600 x 1160 px | 27.1 x 19.6 cm | 10.7 x 7.7 inches | 150dpi
• Date taken: 1 January 2011
• Photographer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.

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The direction a gyrocompass points is independent of the magnetic field of the Earth and depends upon the properties of the gyroscope and upon the rotation of the Earth.

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