Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site pur-phy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!pucc-j!pucc-h!pur-phy!piner From: piner@pur-phy.UUCP (Richard Piner) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: Need classroom demonstration gyroscope Message-ID: <1984@pur-phy.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Apr-86 03:46:23 EST Article-I.D.: pur-phy.1984 Posted: Fri Apr 4 03:46:23 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Apr-86 12:50:17 EST References: <562@kepler.UUCP> Reply-To: piner@pur-phy.UUCP (Piner) Distribution: net Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., IN Lines: 14 In article <562@kepler.UUCP> mojo@kepler.UUCP (Morris Jones) writes: >When I was in junior high, my science teacher demonstrated gyroscopic >forces using what was essentially a bicycle wheel with a pair of >handgrips attached to the axle. Many other friends from widely >scattered parts of the country have told me they were instructed >with a similar device. > >Do you know where I could find one of these? Simple, Sargent-Welch,Skokie,IL,312-677-0600. Catalog # 0975. Price $75. The price is a couple of years old, so it may have gone up. Richard Piner piner@pur-phy.UUCP