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Records, 1910-1929.

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The records in Series IV of the Elmer Sperry papers were, for the most part, generated by the Sperry Gyroscope Company. They include Elmer Sperry's business and technical correspondence that describes the development and marketing of the company's aeronautical and marine instruments. Sperry's research files trace the history of the gyroscope beginning with its invention by Leon Foucault in 1854. His correspondence describes the state of gyroscopic technology and the patent situation as it existed in 1910.

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Gillmor, Reginald E., 1887-1960

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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Norden, Carl L. (Carl Lukas), 1880-1965

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United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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McIntree, William.

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World Engineering Conference (1929 : Tokyo, Japan).

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Foucault, Jean-Bernard-Leon, 1819-1868.

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Van Auken, William E.

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Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...

Doran, Charles F., 1971-....

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Sperry, Lawrence B. (Lawrence Burst), 1892-1924

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Fricke, Otto

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Taylor, D. W. 1864-1940.

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Takedo, Hideo, Admiral.

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