What do you know about the gyroscope? Its behavior violates Newton’s laws—or so argued Eric Laithwaite in a 1974 lecture. Laithwaite was a highly respected Professor of Heavy Electrical Engineering at England’s Imperial College between 1964 and 1986 and Professor of Applied Electricity at the Royal Institution from 1967 to 1975.
So, do we believe this? His unorthodox view was immensely controversial then; his observations and findings totally ignored, moreover, rejected by the vast majority of modern-day physicists. His reputation was tarnished, and his career was stonewalled.
It is obvious to me that modern-day science lacks a complete understanding of how gyroscopes actually function. Without a doubt, videos of his experiments demonstrate that when a gyroscope precesses, it loses some of its inertial mass (weight). Moreover, when there is forced precession, there is then a lifting force.
It is evident that the reduction of weight or inertial mass is much more apparent with forced precession compared to intrinsic (nonforced) precession. I will acknowledge that numerous experiments have not demonstrated reduced inertial mass with pure precession. Alternately, I posit forced precession will definitely produce a reduction of inertial mass/weight. I write more about this concept in Chapter 5 of my book The Ether by Ramsey. However, before reading about gyroscopes in Chapter 5 a perusal of chapters 1 and 2 would be highly helpful for comprehension of the entire concept.
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