Patent records and laboratory notebooks, 1882-1933.

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Patent records and laboratory notebooks, 1882-1933.

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The Elmer Sperry papers contain a complete record of his published patents (1882-1933). The collection also includes his laboratory notebooks from 1882-1929. These notebooks can be used to trace the evolution of Elmer Sperry's approach to arc lighting, street railways, electrochemistry, gyroscopic technology, internal combustion engines, and the technological problems he encountered with each of these projects.

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Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930

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Elmer A. Sperry was born on October 12, 1860, in Cortland, N.Y. He attended the local elementary schools and then enrolled in Cornell University. At Cornell he developed an interest in electrical engineering and began working with a group of Syracuse industrialists in order to construct an arc lighting system. By 1882 Sperry was recognized as being one of America's electrical pioneers. He is primarily known as for his work with feedback devices and servomechanisms and as the founder in 1910 of t...

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...