Talk:Spinning top

I know there is a mathematical shape (for an object of uniform density) which optimizes the equation of the energy wasted in uprighting the top and stored momentum and final tendency toward precession, so as to extend the time of rotation furthest. I don't have details though, so I am posting this here, in the hope that someone knows more. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick (spinning furiously :)

I just reverted the anon's edit because, although I cannot read a word of Hebrew, the edit did not make sense. The current article has:

• נס גרול היה שס (hebrew is read right to left)

Reading right to left I could recognise each of the letters 'starting' each word: נ (Nun), ג (Gimel), ה (Hey), ש (Shin).

The edit by User:82.80.10.108 changed the last (left-most) two characters to read:

נס גדול היה פה(hebrew is read right to left)

This could be correct for all I know, but now I cannot see the ש (Shin) character in the complete phrase.

If I'm wrong just revert it back. -Wikibob | Talk 15:41, 2004 Nov 25 (UTC)

i was curious about the origins of the dradle, and i got redirected here... doesn't dradle deserve its own article. 24.81.143.138 02:13, 1 August 2005 (UTC) [reply ]

I think dreidel definitely should have its own article. I'm suprised that it never has. Dyfsunctional 19:09, 8 December 2005 (UTC) [reply ]

I agree, so I think I'm going to separate them. Aldous Hooplah 00:13, 6 April 2006 (UTC) [reply ]

Shouldn't the Hebrew for dreidle be added:- i.e סביבון

It says that toy tops have been found in archeological sites, but doesn't say where or from when... any clues? ---Ransom

Isent a Levitron a type of top? it was in the tops section 5hrs. ago. Jonathan482 09:41, 20 November 2006 (UTC) [reply ]

A perinola is a hollow cap of wood attached to a stick with a ring around it by a string. The aim is to get the hat to fall on the stick without touching it, only holding the stick part. It's very, very common in Venezuela. Where did this six sided top thing come from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PedroFromHell (talk • contribs) 23:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC) [reply ]

From Argentina 190.138.8.74 (talk) 04:31, 13 December 2007 (UTC) [reply ]

It seems to me that the article's main picture ought to show a spinning top, that being what tops do. Any opinions on if I take a picture of a spinning top and set that as the main picture? SnappingTurtle (talk) 07:23, 28 December 2007 (UTC) [reply ]

Is there a special type of top that is spun/thrown with string as opposed to the finger and thumb thumb-spun ones with handles? Are these considered different varieties, or is a distinction not made? TheHYPO (talk) 13:19, 10 March 2008 (UTC)March 2009 spinning tops where made into better shapes[reply ]

I was quite disappointed to see that there was no physics discussion! 199.76.145.99 (talk) 21:36, 9 February 2012 (UTC) the reason for no physics discussion is because there no good explanation for how spinning top works. there is new discovery regarding how spinning top works please use the link below to see what is the discovery about. the principle investigator still working on the article. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BjXPm6C1KBw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[reply ]

I propose changing the name of this article. The word 'Top' on is own is insufficinet ot explain the objects generally refered to as 'spinning tops'. The point of the toy is to spin. If you remove spinning from the title it is unclear what is being referred to. The word 'top' on it's own can refer to many different things. 'Spinning top' is unambiguous. simonthebold (talk) 14:15, 8 September 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

See http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/top - not even mentioned as a noun.

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