According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
GIMBALS
Noun
gimbals
plural of gimbal
Source: Wiktionary
Gim"bal, or; Gim"bals (, n. Etym: [See Gimmal, n.]
Definition: A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal.
– Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.
GIMBAL
Gim"bal, or; Gim"bals (, n. Etym: [See Gimmal, n.]
Definition: A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal.
– Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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