A year later, 1852, Foucault also invented the "GYROSCOPE," a flywheel device that pivoted freely about its center of gravity. In rapid motion its axis indicates fixed direction in space.
	This experiment quickly reported in the United States- a translation of the report in French "Comptes Rendu."

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