Gyroscope
The video discusses the tragic sinking of the warship HMS Victory in 1744 in the English Channel, resulting in the loss of all 1100 crew members.
Sea captain and inventor John Cers was on board to demonstrate his creation, the whirling horizontal speculum, a navigational instrument that indicated a fixed horizontal plane despite the ship's movement.
Cers' instrument marked the first use of stabilized gun sights and bomb sights, leading to advancements in gyroscopic technology.
During World War II, gyroscopic technology advanced with the development of inertial navigation systems (INS) using gyroscopes and accelerometers to calculate the position, orientation, and velocity of moving objects without external references.
INS technology played a crucial role in creating autopilots and improving navigational mechanisms for aircraft and rockets.
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