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Mid-Twentieth Century Aluminum Gyroscope Compass Scientific Tool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Manually manipulated blue and silver anodized aluminum gyroscope composed of two gimbal rings, a central rotor, spine axle, frame and base (ca. late 1940s/early 1950s, USA). The rotor in this case is a cube representing azimuth - the angle between North, measured clockwise around the observer's horizon, and a celestial body (sun, moon). Hence, the presence of both "N" and "E" compass directions on the rotor. The gimbals denote "elevation" and "roll." Interesting piece which serves as both scientific tool and modernist decorative object...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Aluminum

Mid-Twentieth Century Aluminum Gyroscope Compass Scientific Tool
Mid-Twentieth Century Aluminum Gyroscope Compass Scientific Tool

Mid-Twentieth Century Aluminum Gyroscope Compass Scientific Tool

$750
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H 4.2 in W 2.3 in D 0.5 in
High Styles Twentieth-Century American Design, 1st Ed
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H 11 in W 11 in D 0.5 in
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Le Corbusier: Architect of the Twentieth Century by Kenneth Frampton
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H 11.25 in W 11.25 in D 1 in
Early Twentieth Century Alligator Stick / Umbrella Stand
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H 19.3 in W 10.24 in D 9.45 in
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H 6 in W 10 in D 10 in
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H 2 in W 7.9 in D 5.9 in

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