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100	1		_aPerry, John, _d1850-1920
245	1	0	_aSpinning Tops : _bThe "Operatives' Lecture" of the British Association Meeting at Leeds, 6th September, 1890
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2010
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2010-11-09
508			_aProduced by Chris Curnow, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_a"Spinning Tops" by John Perry is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the mechanics and principles behind spinning bodies, particularly tops and gyrostats, exploring their behavior and the implications for understanding physical phenomena like gravity, rotation, and precession. At the start of the lecture, Perry sets the stage with an anecdote about a classroom discussion regarding the British Association meeting, leading into the importance of studying spinning tops in science. He emphasizes how understanding the behavior of tops can relate to broader concepts in mechanics and dynamics, such as the Earth's rotation and the principles governing stability and motion. Through engaging experiments and challenges to conventional thought, Perry illustrates the complexities and wonders of rotating bodies and their relevance to various scientific fields. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aTops
653			_aGyroscopes
653			_aGyro compass
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34268
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