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Tonight, we\u2019ll read the opening to the humorous short story \u201cAn Experiment in Gyro-Hats\u201d written by Ellis Parker Butler and published in 1910.\n\nButler was a prolific American writer, although his writing was mostly a part-time endeavor for him as he was also a banker. Butler was also known as an always-present force in the New York City literary scene.\nA gyroscope is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation. It is a spinning disc in which the axis of rotation is free to assume any orientation by itself.\n\nWhile in this story a gyroscope is used in a hat, real life applications include the Hubble telescope, submarines, and smartphones.\n\n\u2014 read by V \u2014\nSign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices