Johann Gottlob Frederick von Bohnenberger was born on June 5, 1765, in Simmezheim, Germany. Frederick went to study mathematics and astronomy first to Zach and then to Göttingen. Since 1796 he was an assistant at the Tübingen observatory and from 1803 professor of mathematics and astronomy there. In 1811 Frederick von Bohnenberger published a book, the "Astronomy", which made him well known. From 1818 up to his death he was a chief inspector of munitions in Wuttenberg.
The construction and operation of the Bohnenberger's gyroscope are discussed in the 1856 first volume of Benjamin Pike, Jr.'s Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments: "Bohnenberger's Machine. This apparatus consists of three movable rings, ..., mounted on a stout base. The two inner rings are mounted on pivots; those on the smallest ring at right angles to the middle one; in the smallest ring is supported a metal ball, having a roller on one of its pivots; around the roller a string may be wound, and when pulled off a rapid rotary motion may be given to the ball. This motion may be given with the axis in any position required, and when communicated, the ring supporting the ball will resist considerable effort to alter its position, and whatever way the instrument may be turned, its axis will continue to maintain the position it had when set in motion, illustrating the inertia, or that property of matter which resists any change of state, whether of rest or motion."
The construction and operation of the Bohnenberger's gyroscope are discussed in the 1856 first volume of Benjamin Pike, Jr.'s Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments: "Bohnenberger's Machine. This apparatus consists of three movable rings, ..., mounted on a stout base. The two inner rings are mounted on pivots; those on the smallest ring at right angles to the middle one; in the smallest ring is supported a metal ball, having a roller on one of its pivots; around the roller a string may be wound, and when pulled off a rapid rotary motion may be given to the ball. This motion may be given with the axis in any position required, and when communicated, the ring supporting the ball will resist considerable effort to alter its position, and whatever way the instrument may be turned, its axis will continue to maintain the position it had when set in motion, illustrating the inertia, or that property of matter which resists any change of state, whether of rest or motion."
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System Engineering is both a technical and management process. It is a discipline that ties together all aspects of a program to assure that the individual parts assemblies, subsystems, support equipment and associated operational equipment will effectively function as intended in the operational environment. It also is a logical sequence of activities and decisions transforming an operational need into a description of system performance parameters as well as a preferred system configuration.
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