Records, 1915-1924.

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Records, 1915-1924.

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The Lawrence Sperry correspondence describes the development of the aerial torpedo and the involvement of the U.S. Navy's Air Service with the project. The records show that during the early 1920s Elmer Sperry signed over all right to the drift indicator, air distace recorder, airspeed indicator, and air compass to his son's company.

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Sperry Gyroscope Company, inc.

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Elmer Sperry (1860-1930) founded the Sperry Gyroscope Company in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1910 in order to develop, manufacture, and market his gyrocompass, ship stabilizer, and high-intensity searchlight. During the months that followed, Sperry worked closely with Admiral David W. Taylor of the U.S. Navy to perfect these inventions. In 1911 the first gyrocompass was installed on the battleship DELAWARE. Despite some problems associated with its installation, by 1915 it had been adopted a...

Sperry, Zula G. d. 1930.

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

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Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Company.

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In 1915 Elmer Sperry's son, Lawrence, was put in charge of the Sperry Gyroscope Company's aviation department. Two years later, Lawrence founded his own company, the Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Company, to develop and market the airplane stabilizer, aerial torpedo, and automatic pilot. Lawrence Sperry was a daring test pilot and his exploits, particularly at the 1916 Paris air show, provided both his company and Sperry Gyroscope with valuable publicity. In 1924 Lawrence Sperry died in an airplane a...