Gyroscope
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
Gyroscope - 85 mm (height); 55 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664386
Summary
A gyroscope, made of steel. The axis which carries the flywheel has a threaded screw securing it at top and bottom. Just below the top screw, the axis has a hole through which the driving string would be attached. The flywheel has a copper coloured rim and red, blue and silver circular decoration. The tripod on which the gyroscope would be placed and balanced is made of galvanised wire which has, at the top, a base on which there is an indentation appropriate for the tower end of the axis. Total number of items is 2.