The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademin, founded in 1919 by King Gustav V, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. The Academy is an independent organization, which promotes contact and exchange between business, research and government, in Sweden and internationally.
... to the force applied. This is why spinning gyro tops will not simply fall over, but start precessing around. (The precessing motion is perpendicular to the torque trying ...