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1.) Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Over one day ago | Mon May 19 3:07:00 PDT 2008
Still today the gyrocompass is used. That's why I consider it the best invention ever invented. The gyrocompass has passed the test of time and is the best compass today and it is all thanks to Elmer Ambrose Sperry.
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2.) Let's Invent the Baby's Name
Over one day ago | Sat Jun 28 12:20:00 PDT 2008
Elmer Ambrose Sperry - gyroscope-guided automatic pilot Emile Berliner - gramophone Erik Wallenburg - Tetra Pak Erna Schneider Hoover - computerized telephone switching system Ferdinand von Zeppelin - rigid airship ...
From Inventing Matilda
3.) Where do they get their company names?
Over one day ago | Sat Aug 30 5:19:00 PDT 2008
Sperry ? company founded by Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860?1930), originally as Sperry Gyroscope Company. Sperry took over Univac, and eventually was itself taken over by Burroughs. The merged companies became Unisys, ...
From chaplain
4.) List of inventors
Over one day ago | Sun Apr 6 1:18:00 PDT 2008
Elmer Ambrose Sperry, (1860-1930), USA ? gyroscope-guided automatic pilot George Stephenson, (1781-1848), England ? steam locomotive Simon Stevin, (1548-1620), Netherlands ? land yacht Aurel Stodola, (1859-1942), Slovakia - gas turbines ...
From billionnaires
5.) Auto questions: how disc brakes work
Over one day ago | Tue Mar 13 2:09:00 PDT 2007
Invented in 1898 by Elmer Ambrose Sperry of Cleveland, Ohio and used extensively thereafter in Europe, the disc brake didn?t catch on with manufacturers in the United States until 1973. After that, disc brakes have become the most ...
From MTec
6.) inventors-inventions
Over one day ago | Sat Jan 27 23:13:00 PST 2007
... Aurel Stodola, (1859-1942), Slovakia ? gas turbines; Elmer Ambrose Sperry, (1860?1930), USA ? gyroscope-guided automatic pilot; Reverend Dr Robert Stirling (1790-1878), Scotland ? Inventor of the Stirling engine; Levi Strauss, ...
From prelims 2007
7.) Feedback
Over one day ago | Sat Sep 1 9:58:00 PDT 2007
Elmer Ambrose Sperry of the Sperry Corporation designed the first autopilot in 1912. Nicolas Minorsky published a theoretical analysis of automatic ship steering in 1922 and described the PID controller. Internal combustion engines of ...
From ArunPrasat26
8.) Shaping the World-The White Technologoical Revolution.Part 1
Over one day ago | Tue Jan 23 3:35:00 PST 2007
Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860-1930), patented more than 400 inventions including: the electric-arc light; electric streetcars; improvements to electric motors; the gyrocompass; the gyropilot for steering ships; the automatic gyropilot for ...
From Jollyjumper
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