GIMBAL  , a See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• DEVICE

device for See also:

• HANGING

hanging some See also:

• OBJECT

object so that it should keep a See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal and See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant position, while the See also:

• BODY

body from which it is suspended is in See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion, so that the motion of the supporting body is not communicated to it . It is thus used particularly for the suspension of compasses or chronometers and lamps at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and usually consists of a See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring freely moving on an See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis, within which the object swings on an axis at right angles to the ring . The word is derived from the O . Fr. gemel, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. gemellus, diminutive of geminus, a twin, and appears also in gimmel or jimbel and as gemel, especially as a See also:

• TERM

term for a ring formed of two hoops linked together and capable of separation, used in the 16th and 17th centuries as See also:

• BETROTHAL (A.S. treowth, " truth ")

betrothal and keepsake rings . They sometimes were made of three or more hoops linked together .