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Ken Shirriff on Nostr: To avoid friction, the gyroscopes were gas-bearing gyroscopes. The rotor (pink) spun ...

To avoid friction, the gyroscopes were gas-bearing gyroscopes. The rotor (pink) spun at high speed, floating above a fixed ball (blue) on a film of hydrogen. The induction motor (green) spun the rotor. Capacitive pickups (purple) detected motion along two axes. 6/N

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