gyrocompass

The gyrocompass reading was point 7.08054; they were only minutes away.

My gyrocompass point is 8.45702, right at the edge of town.

"The tank's gyrocompass will give us a pretty close idea," Tom replied.

He stood with legs spread, clutching the wheel, his eyes on the gyrocompass.

A gyrocompass, on the other hand, is like a spinning top which always stays lined up in one direction.

Before the success of gyrocompass, several attempts had been made in Europe to use gyroscope instead.

The car was equipped with an electrically operated gyrocompass, of no use to him now.

In a gyrocompass, this tendency is used to emulate a magnetic compass.

The four went up the hill slope, guiding themselves by a gyrocompass powered from the boat.

By gyrocompass, Jeffrey saw the freighter was resuming her course south.

Some small artifacts were recovered, including the boat's gyrocompass.

He also was a pioneer of the gyrocompass, being the first to create a full theory of it.

The gyrocompass showed they were heading 070 now, east-northeast.

He leaned into the thrust, squinted at his gyrocompass, and slogged on.

New periscopes and a new gyrocompass were installed on U-4 later in the month.

Heller was fiddling with a control attached by cord to a gyrocompass.

Thanks a lot, Ryan thought angrily, watching the gyrocompass click through three-five-seven.

Fortunately, the gyrocompass was not affected and the plane continued its steady flight above the storm area.

This may use a fibre optic gyrocompass or a magnetometer.

Large ships typically rely on a gyrocompass, using the magnetic compass only as a backup.

Everything seemed secure enough, but he wished, neither for the first nor the last time, that he had a gyrocompass.

Periodically, the gyrocompass is checked against the magnetic compass to correct any error it might pick up.

Without resistance now, he brought the 747 back to level flight, looking at his gyrocompass for the proper heading. '

A gyrocompass is subject to certain errors.