History of the Gyroscope

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  • Serson's Speculum

    GyroscopesThe "serson's speculum" sextant is tested and used for navigation on foggy days on the see. It used the light of the sun to find the true horizon. First gyroscope even if it is not called that.
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  • Anouncement

    GyroscopesSearson's Speculum is announced in "The Gentlemen's Magazine."
  • Johann Bohnenberger

    Johann Bohnenberger

    WikiIn 1817 Johann Bohnenberger invented the first gyroscope. At the time he refered to it as "the machine." It was basicly a rotating sphere.
  • Walter R. Johnson

    Walter R. Johnson

    JohnsonIn 1832 Walter R. Johnson created his own gyroscope that used a rotating disk instead of a sphere.
  • Edward Sang

    Edward Sang

    Gyroscopes Dr. Edward Sang of Scotland designs an experiment using a gyroscope and pitches the idea to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts.
  • Jean Bernard Leon Foucault

    Jean Bernard Leon Foucault

    Gyrosocpes Foucault first uses the name gyroscope and was credited with it's discovery.
  • Julius Plucker

    Julius Plucker

    gyroscopes Julius Plucker and Friedrick Fessle creat a gyroscope that used gravitational torque to allow it to rotate around a centered base.
  • Electricity

    Electricity

    Wiki The invention of the electric motor alowed the gyroscope to spin indefinantly which would lead to the invention of the "gyrocompass."

  • M. Obry

    Gyroscopes M. Obry's gyroscope pattent sold to the Whitehead Torpedo Works Fiume.
  • H. Anschütz-Kaempfe

    H. Anschütz-Kaempfe

    GyroscopeH. Anschütz-Kaempfe pattented a "gyrocompass" gor ships to use for navigation.

  • Herr Otto Schlick

    Gyrosopes Herr Otto Schlick carries out gyrostabalizer experiments on the "Sea Bar" torpedo boat.
  • Gyrocompass

    Gyrocompass

    Gyrosopes The "gyrocompass" patented by H. Anschutz Kaempfe is perfected.
  • Elmer A. Sperry

    Elmer A. Sperry

    Gyroscopes The first autopilot for aircrafts is built by Elmer A. Sperry using gyroscopes.

  • America

    Gyroscopes Sperry starts selling gyrocompasses in the U.S.

  • Gyrostabalizer

    Gyroscopes The Sperry corporation instals first gyrostabalizer to stop capsizing of ships.
  • Artificial horizon

    Artificial horizon

    Gyroscopes The first artificial horizon is built into an airplane.

  • Autopilot

    Gyroscopes Anschutz company installs first autopilot for ships.

  • Chandler

    Wiki The Chandler company developes a toy gyroscope that is powered by a string. The toy was produced by Chandler until 1982 when they were bought out by TEDCO who still makes the toy.

  • Fiber optics

    gyroscopes The first fibre optic gyroscope was invented.

  • Wii motion plus

    Wiki The Wii motion plus is released with a gyroscope and acceleramiter to help detect movement.