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Claim 1

A RATE GYROSCOPE THAT COMPRISES: (A) A HOUSING, (B) BEARINGS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING TO SUPPORT A ROTATABLE MEMBER, (C) SAID BEARINGS ENABLING SAID MEMBER TO ROTATE ABOUT A PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS, (D) AN ELECTRIC MOTOR DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING THE ROTOR THEREOF CONNECTED TO SAID MEMBER TO ROTATE SAID MEMBER ABOUT SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS, (E) A GENERALLY SPHERICAL RECESS WITHIN SAID MEMBER, (F) A HEAVY, ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE LIQUID DISPOSED WITH SAID RECESS, (G) SAID LIQUID ONLY PARTIALLY FILLING SAID RECESS, (H) SAID LIQUID RESPONDING TO ROTATION OF SAID MEMBER ABOUT SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS TO FORM AN ANNULUS WITHIN SAID RECESS, (I) SAID LIQUID RESPONDING TO ROTATION OF SAID MEMBER ABOUT SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS TO TEND TO ROTATE ABOUT SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS, (J) SAID MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO SERVE AS AN OUTER ROTOR FOR SAID GYROSCOPE, (K) SAID LIQUID BEING ADAPTED TO SERVE AS AN INNER ROTOR FOR SAID GYROSCOPE, (L) SAID LIQUID BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE ABOUT SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS AS LONG AS SAID MEMBER ROTATES ABOUT SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS AND TENDING TO CONTINUE TO ROTATE ABOUT SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS WHEN SAID MEMBER IS SHIFTED TO ROTATE ABOUT A FURTHER AXIS WHICH IS ANGULARLY DISPLACED FROM SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS, (M) A MAGNETIC CORE ROTATABLE WITH SAID MEMBER, (N) A WINDING ROTATABLE WITH SAID MAGNETIC CORE AND WITH SAID MEMBER, (O) SAID MAGNETIC CORE AND SAID WINDING CONSTITUTING THE MAGNETIC CORE AND THE SECONDARY WINDING OF A TRANSFORMER OF WHICH SAID LIQUID IS A ONE TURN PRIMARY WINDING, (P) A ROTARY TRANSFORMER HAVING THE PRIMARY WINDING THEREOF CONNECTED TO THE FIRST SAID WINDING AND HAVING THE SECONDARY WINDING THEREOF CONNECTIBLE TO PHASE SENSITIVE DETECTORS, (Q) A PERMANENT MAGNET ROTATABLE WITH SAID MEMBER AND HAVING THE POLES THEREOF DIRECTING MAGNETIC FLUX LINES THROUGH SAID RECESS, (R) A REFERENCE GENERATOR DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING THE ROTOR THEREOF CONNECTED TO AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID MEMBER, (S) SAID REFERENCE GENERATOR HAVING THE OUTPUT THEREOF CONNECTIBLE TO SAID PHASE SENSITIVE DETECTORS, (T) SAID LIQUID BEING ADAPTED, WHENEVER SAID MEMBER AND SAID LIQUID ARE ROTATING ABOUT SAID PREDETERMINED SPIN AXIS, TO CUT SUBSTANTIALLY NO FLUX LINES FROM SAID PERMANENT MAGNET BUT BEING ADAPTED, WHEN SAID MEMBER ROTATES ABOUT SAID FURTHER AXIS, TO SINUSOIDALLY CUT FLUX LINES FROM SAID PERMANENT MAGNET, (U) SAID LIQUID SERVING THE FUNCTION OF THE ROTOR OF A SIGNAL GENERATOR AND ALSO SERVING THE FUNCTION OF A ONE TURN PRIMARY WINDING OF A TRANSFORMER, THEREBY ENABLING SAID MAGNETIC CORE AND THE FIRST SAID WINDING TO APPLY A SINUSOIDAL SIGNAL TO THE PRIMARY WINDING OF SAID ROTARY TRANSFORMER, (V) SAID ROTARY TRANSFORMER ENABLING SAID SECOND WINDING THEREOF TO SUPPLY A SINUSOIDAL SIGNAL TO SAID PHASE SENSITIVE DETECTORS, (W) SAID REFERENCE GENERATOR PROVIDING A TWO PHASE SIGNAL TO SAID PHASE SENSITIVE DETECTORS, WHEREBY THE DIRECTION OF SHIFT OF SAID MEMBER CAN BE DETECTED, (X) THE RATE OF SHIFT OF SAID MEMBER DETERMINING THE AMPLITUDE OF THE SINUSOIDAL CUTTING OF SAID FLUX LINES FROM SAID PERMANENT MAGNET BY SAID LIQUID, WHEREBY SAID GYROSCOPE AN SENSE THE RATE OF SHIFTING OF SAID MEMBER, (Y) SAID MAGNETIC CORE HAVING AN E-SHAPED PORTION AND AN I-SHAPED CAP, (Z) THE MIDDLE ARM OF SAID E-SHAPED PORTION OF SAID MAGNETIC CORE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID RECESS AND THROUGH SAID ANNULUS FORMED BY SAID LIQUID, (AA) THE FIRST SAID WINDING HAVING ONE PORTION THEREOF TELESCOPED OVER SAID MIDDLE ARM OF SAID E-SHAPED PORTION OF SAID MAGNETIC CORE AND BEING ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID RECESS, (AB) THE FIRST SAID WINDING HAVING ANOTHER PORTION THEREOF TELESCOPED OVER SAID MIDDLE ARM OF SAID ESHAPED PORTION OF SAID MAGNETIC CORE AND BEING ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID RECESS, AND (AC) CYLINDRICAL SHIELDS THAT SHIELD AND ENCLOSE PORTIONS OF SAID MEMBER.