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Definition of Elmer Ambrose Sperry
1. Noun. United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930).
Generic synonyms: Applied Scientist, Engineer, Technologist, Artificer, Discoverer, Inventor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Literary usage of Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monthly Bulletin of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1917)
"Biography: Elmer Ambrose Sperry. Includes advertising matter. Turner, Herbert Hall.
520.4 T86 A voyage in space; a course of six lectures "adapted to a ..."
2. The Gyroscope; References to Books and Magazine Articles by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1917)
"Biography: Elmer Ambrose Sperry. Includes advertising matter. Thomas, Thomas R.
Gyroscope and gyroscopic action in engineering practice. 1914. ..."
3. Our Navy in the War by Lawrence Perry (1918)
"Elmer Ambrose Sperry, founder of Sperry Electric Company, designer of electric
appliances and gyroscope stabilizer for ships and airplanes. ..."
4. Submarines: A List of References in the New York Public Library by New York Public Library, Mary Ethel Jameson (1918)
"Elmer Ambrose Sperry. port. (National cyclopaedia of American biography, New
York: JT White & Co., 1916, v. 15. p. 22-23.) »R-AGZ Biographical sketch. 1068. ..."
5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations by New York Public Library (1918)
"Elmer Ambrose Sperry. port. (National cyclopaedia of American biography, New
York: IT White & Co., 1916, v. 15, p. 22-23.) *R-AGZ Biographical sketch. 1068. ..."
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