Ferns Edit. In most ferns, gametophyte is a photosynthetic free living organism called a prothallus. For example, in the leptosporangiate fern Dryopteris, the gametophyte is a free-living, autotrophic prothallus that produces gametes and maintains the sporophyte during its early multicellular development.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a gyro stabilized center tracking vehicle, of reduced complexity in which the gyro Spin axis is maintained in its normal position by forces reacting against the earth, and in which these forces are minimized by torquing the gyro frame about its pivot axis.nother object of the invention is to provide a gyro stabilized center-tracking trail vehicle in which a gravity sensitive mass applies a torque to the gyro frame in a direction to erect the vehicle upon tilt from a vertical or plumb line attitude.
This principle was adapted by Max Schuler in 1921 to build the first surveying gyro. In 1949, the gyro-theodolite-at that time called a meridian pointer or meridian indicator - was first used by the Clausthal Mining Academy underground. Several years later it was improved with the addition of autocollimation telescopes.