From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   Christopher Howard wrote:   
   > I'm doing a little educational project (not homework) to model with   
   > differential equations some of the physics of the swing carousel. E.g.,   
   > the angle of the seat cable with respect to time under the influences of   
   > centrifugal force and gravity. I was wondering if somebody knew of a   
   > book or report dealing specifically with this subject, or a little more   
   > generally the modeling of objects attached to a spinning object.   
   >   
   When I was a physics undergrad *the* book on  the dynamics of rotating   
   objects was Sommerfeld's "Theorie des Kreisels".   
      
   It seems that Springer has an English translation.   
      
      
   William Hyde   
      
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