Marine Gyro Compasses for Ships' Officers

Marine Gyro Compasses for Ships' Officers
Author: A. Frost
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1982
Genre: Transportation
ISBN:

The ideal reference for this subject. Discusses how & why gyros work, control & damping gyro compass errors & correction, & more.

Marine Gyro-Compasses and Automatic Pilots

Marine Gyro-Compasses and Automatic Pilots
Author: W. Burger
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2016-06-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483180654

Marine Gyro-Compasses and Automatic Pilots: A Handbook for Merchant Navy Officers, Volume One: Gyro Compasses is manual for the various types of compass utilized in naval navigation. The text details the apparent motion of fixed objects, and then proceeds to discussing the principles of free gyroscopes. Next, the selection tackles controlled gyroscopes and gyroscopic compasses. The text also covers errors and corrections, along with the comparison of gyroscopic and magnetic compasses. The subsequent chapters talk about the different types of gyro compasses, such as Sperry Gyro-Compass Mark E. XIV, The Brown Gyro-Compass Types A and B, Arma-Brown Compass, and The Marine Gyrosyn Compass. The book will be of great use to student and professional maritime navigators.

The Sperry Gyro-Compass

The Sperry Gyro-Compass
Author: Sperry Gyroscope Company
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This book is a pamphlet for the public, intended to introduce them to a new product made by the Sperry Corporation: The gyrocompass. It is a type of non-magnetic compass which is based on a fast-spinning disc and the rotation of the Earth (or another planetary body if used elsewhere in the universe) to find geographical direction automatically. The use of a gyrocompass is one of the seven fundamental ways to determine the heading of a vehicle.

Gyroscopic Compasses

Gyroscopic Compasses
Author: United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1926
Genre: Gyro compass
ISBN:

Ship Stabilizers

Ship Stabilizers
Author: W. Burger
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 148318093X

Ship Stabilizers: The Design and Operation in Correcting the Rolling of Ships presents the working principles and operation of various types of gyrocompasses and automatic pilots. This book discusses the fundamental principles of synchro systems and servomechanisms. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the problem of the reduction of rolling. This text then explores the means of resisting rolling, which have been used or are still being used, including bilge keels, oscillating weights, anti-rolling tanks, gyroscopic stabilizers, and tilting fin systems. Other chapters consider the anti-rolling tanks that are divided into three types, including diversified tanks, free surface tanks, and U-tube tanks. This book discusses as well the small oscillations of a vessel in still water, which are simple harmonic in character. The final chapter deals with the stabilizing gear for smaller ships. This book is a valuable resource for marine engineers and naval architects.