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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
1860-1930
American electrical engineer who invented the gyrostabilizer, used to control ships, airplanes, and torpedoes, and developed other gyroscopic compasses and devices such ...
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Sperry, Elmer Ambrose (1860–1930)
Elmer Ambrose Sperry was born near Cortland, New York, on October 12, 1860. Sperry, whose mostly absent father was a far...
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The technical achievements of Elmer A. Sperry (1860-1930) made him one of the most prolific and capable inventors in American history. Like other successful inventors, he knew how to mix finance, engi...
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Sperry was always interested in machinery, inventing at age six a horseradish grater for his aunt. Later he studied machinery at various shops in his hometown of Cortland, New York, and made informal ...
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Sperry, Elmer Ambrose (1860–1930)
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