Organisation Sperry Gyroscope Company (1910 - )

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1910
Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Summary

The Sperry Gyroscope Company was founded by Elmer Ambrose Sperry in Brooklyn, New York in 1910 to manufacture navigation equipment, chiefly his own inventions, such as the marine gyrostabiliser and the gyrocompass.

Sperry also served on a number of US committees on mines, torpedoes and aids to navigation.

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Newspaper Articles

  • 'Elmer Sperry Dies; Famous Inventor', The New York Times, 17 June 1930. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Elmer Sperry Dies; Famous Inventor', The New York Times, 17 June 1930.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby