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It is commonly accepted that the conventional gyroscope, as an instrument for determining orientation, was inspired by a top, known to practically all ancient civilisation. When a top rotates, it preserves its vertical orientation even if the base is tilted.
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Apostolyuk, V. (2016). Introduction. In: Coriolis Vibratory Gyroscopes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22198-4_1
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