{"id":205,"date":"2013-10-15T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/spinning-tops\/"},"modified":"2013-10-15T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T12:47:40","slug":"spinning-tops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/spinning-tops\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning tops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Spinning tops<\/strong><br \/>\nMost kids before computers would remember getting dizzy watching a spinning top. A top, or spinning top, is a toy that can be spun on an axis, balancing on a point. This motion is produced by holding the axis firmly while pulling a string. An internal weight then rotates, producing an overall circular motion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1596\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1596\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1596\" title=\"Spinning_Top\" alt=\"Spinning top toy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintage Tin Spinning tops<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>Typically the top will at first wobble until the shape of the tip and its interaction with the surface force it upright. After spinning upright for an extended period, the angular momentum, and therefore the gyroscopic effect will gradually lessen, leading to ever increasing precession, finally causing the top to topple in a frequently violent last thrash.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Tops of the sixties and seventies would often have a mechanism in them to enable the spin to happen due to pushing a gear action in the central column of the top. Many had an additional wind noise harmonising at certain points of the spin.<\/p>\n<p>The action of a top relies on the gyroscopic effect for its operation.<br \/>\nSpinning tops came in all sorts of sizes and made of all sorts of substances, but for my childhood i love the tin ones that made the harmonising noises and upset everyone around you, wicked boy that I am!<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/spinning-tops\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spinning top toy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spinning_Top.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Spinning tops Most kids before computers would remember getting dizzy watching a spinning top. 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