| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | Introduction | 1 |
| II. | Elementary Gyroscopic Phenomena | 4 |
| III. | The Gyroscope and the Rotation of the Earth | 15 |
| IV. | Damping the Vibrations of the Gyro-Compass | 29 |
| V. | The Damping System of the Anschütz (1910) Compass | 42 |
| VI. | The Damping System of the Sperry Compass | 52 |
| VII. | The Damping System of the Brown Compass | 59 |
| VIII. | The Latitude Error | 65 |
| IX. | The North Steaming Error | 71 |
| X. | The Ballistic Deflection | 81 |
| XI. | The Quadrantal Error | 91 |
| XII. | The Elimination of the Quadrantal Error | 107 |
| XIII. | Centrifugal Forces during Quadrantal Rolling | 130 |
| XIV. | The Anschütz (1910) Compass | 138 |
| XV. | The Sperry Compass | 142 |
| XVI. | The Brown Compass | 148 |
| XVII. | The Anschütz (1912) Compass | 154 |
| Index | 165 |