whirling table

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whirling table - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whirling \Whirl"ing\,
     a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Whirling table.
     (a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more
         revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other
         attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of
         centrifugal force, and the like.
     (b) A potter's wheel.
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