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GYROSCOPES: MONORAIL








EQUIPMENT

    redball.gif (326 bytes) Cart with Track-Pulley Wheels
   
redball.gif (326 bytes) Gyroscope
   
redball.gif (326 bytes) Wire
    redball.gif (326 bytes) Motor Tool Starter




NARRATIVE
            The cart with track-pulley wheels and a mounted gyroscope can be can be started by the Motor Tool Starter and placed on the wire between two rods inserted into the lecture table. If the wire is taut and the gyroscope very fast, it will ride down the wire without falling off.