Excerpt from The GyroscopeThe theory of rotary motion is not simple, nor is it yet complete. Not all inventors have understood the reason for their devices, and not all mathematicians have had a clear conception of the theory, as evidenced by the un necessary complication oi their treatments.Attempts have been made to explain gyroscopic action without mathematics, or at least without the Calculus. It is hardly necessary to say that all such attempts are futile. It is impossible to explain the actions of a gyroscope with out mathematics, and it is impossible to understand them without such knowledge.Many students are afraid of what is called the higher mathematics, and are permitted to avoid them in our higher institutions of learning. Mathematics, in its broadest sense.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.