A gyrocompass 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...

A HRG gyrocompass is a compass and instrument of navigation. It is the latest[when?] generation of maintenance-free instruments. It uses a hemispherical...

A fibre optic gyrocompass is a compass and instrument of navigation. It is sometimes part of a ship's set of compasses, which also include a conventional...

indicators, and a rather more complicated device, the gyrocompass. The first functional gyrocompass was patented in 1904 by German inventor Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe...

principles are often also called compasses, i.e. the gyrocompass and GPS-compass. A gyrocompass is similar to a gyroscope. It is a non-magnetic compass...

wayfinding. The most direct method is using a compass (magnetic compass or gyrocompass), but indirect methods exist, based on the Sun path (unaided or by using...

often a historical magnetic north.[citation needed] If navigating by gyrocompass, the reference direction is true north, in which case the terms true...

gyroscope. Gyroscopic autopilot adjusts control surfaces of the aircraft. Gyrocompass This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gyroscopic...

between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer, gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments. It has...

referred to as an Earth sensor. Similar to the way that a terrestrial gyrocompass uses a pendulum to sense local gravity and force its gyro into alignment...

pendulum, for which he was awarded a Copley Medal by the Royal Society. The gyrocompass was patented in 1885 by Marinus Gerardus van den Bos in The Netherlands...

principle known as Schuler tuning which is fundamental to the operation of a gyrocompass or inertial guidance system that will be operated near the surface of...

famous for construction, two years after Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, of the gyrocompass and as founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. He was known as the "father...

echo sounder had not been in working condition for two months; and the gyrocompass... had a permanent error of three degrees west. The officer on watch...

first deployed by the U.S. Navy in 1938. Another Arma product was a gyrocompass based on technology originally developed by the German company Anschütz...

megaphones and other announcing equipment. They are responsible for the gyrocompass systems. Machinist's Mate MM (Nuclear) submarine (Weapons) submarine...

wayfinding. The most direct method is using a compass (magnetic compass or gyrocompass), but indirect methods exist, based on the Sun path (unaided or by using...

passengers: 270 cabin class, 287 tourist class, 416 third class Sensors and processing systems by 1930: wireless direction finding by 1934: gyrocompass...

gyrocompass at the same time as Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe was developing his. Eventually, the rivalry between these two inventors over the gyrocompass...

and steering. A helmsman relies upon visual references, a magnetic and gyrocompass, and a rudder angle indicator to steer a steady course. The mate or other...

took part in the Pearl Harbor attacks. Ensign Sakamaki's submarine's gyrocompass malfunctioned, causing the submarine to sail in circles at periscope...

the gyrocompass device is held in such a way that it remains aligned with the local plumb line. When the gyroscope wheel inside the gyrocompass device...

latitude or, for larger maritime vessels can be used to calculate any gyrocompass error that may exist. The other 57 selected stars have daily positions...

A hollow beryllium sphere used in a gyrocompass of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft...

North Pole by submarine, he became interested in the concept of the gyrocompass. In 1905 he founded, with Friedrich Treitschke, the company Anschütz...

overpressure NBC system and fire suppression system, and carries a GPK-59 gyrocompass. The original BMP-1 had a vulnerability in its mine protection scheme...

department's report of personnel at sick bay, excused from that day's duty. Gyrocompass Logbook "What is Binnacle? - Automotive dictionary and encyklopedia -...

Anschütz & Company in 1905 in Kiel, Germany, in order to produce the first gyrocompass for large ships, which entered service in 1907. The company expanded...

magnetic compasses and normal gyrocompasses become inaccurate. A special gyrocompass built by Sperry Rand was installed shortly before the journey. There...

over the long term, apart from changing magnetic disturbances, and the gyrocompass is accurate over the short term, even against acceleration and heeling...