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    Elmer Ambrose Sperry Sr. (October 12, 1860 – June 16, 1930) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, most famous for construction, two years after Hermann...
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    The company was founded by Elmer Ambrose Sperry. The company was founded in 1910 by Elmer Ambrose Sperry as the Sperry Gyroscope Company, to manufacture...
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  • of the Sperry Corporation still in business. Sperry Marine is one of the oldest manufacturers of gyrocompasses. Its founder, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, was working...
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    by Mrs. Helen Sperry Lea, daughter of Elmer Ambrose Sperry; and commissioned on 1 May 1942, Captain Robert H. Smith in command. Sperry completed trials...
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  • Sperry Rail Service (reporting mark SRSX) is a rail inspection company founded in 1928 by Elmer Ambrose Sperry. The company was the first in the world...
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  • Ambrose Sperry Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Company (1918–1924), founded by Lawrence Sperry Sperry Corporation, 1933–1955 Sperry Rand, 1955–1978 Sperry Corporation...
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    the artificial horizon. Sperry was the third son of the gyrocompass co-inventor, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, and his wife Zula. Sperry invented the first autopilot...
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  • Evans Sperry (1854–1930), American architect Lawrence Sperry (1892–c. 1923), American aviation pioneer, son of Elmer Ambrose Sperry Lewis Sperry (1848–1922)...
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    been replaced in film studios with other types of lights. In 1915, Elmer Ambrose Sperry began manufacturing his invention of a high-intensity carbon arc...
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    company Ford had worked closely with Elmer Ambrose Sperry holding the position of Chief Engineer of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. In 1930 the company...
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