whirling table

plural whirling tables

1. datedhistoricalAn apparatus fitted with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, etc., for illustrating physical laws and phenomena, such as centrifugal force.

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   In this centrifugal balance, as in all apparatus of its type, the precise speed at which the whirling table is propelled is unimportant for the reasons already given. It is, however, necessary that the velocity should be steady, i.e., the whirling table should not be undergoing acceleration when the experiment is made.

   1906, Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, Chapter 10

2. datedhistoricalA potter's wheel.