<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 28, 2016, at 3:10 AM, kops-and-robs via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; " class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">My father said it was a tool, maybe a type of drill? I can't remember, unfortunately. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Sarah</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div>A set of gimbals (rotating supports) are used to support a compass on a goat so that it remains horizontal no matter how much and in which direction the boat is rocking.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbal" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbal</a></div></body></html>