Elmer A. Sperry

Elmer Ambrose Sperry founded the Sperry Gyroscope Company.

Sperry started out as an electric automobile manufacturer. At one point he drove John D. Rockefeller around Cleveland and was advised that he should look into gasoline power. He also visited the 1900 Exposition universelle and demonstrated an automobile there.

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Patents whose inventor or applicant is Elmer A. Sperry

• Patent US-1914-1274622 (English title: Speed and Direction Indicator for Aircraft, Filing date: 1914-05-12)
• Patent US-1914-1368226 (English title: Aeroplane-stabilizer, Filing date: 1914-07-17)
• Patent US-1918-1418335 (English title: Automatic pilot for aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-11-19)

Publications by or about Elmer A. Sperry

• American Society of Aeronautic Engineers, 1915, The American Society of Aeronautic Engineers appoints Henry A. Wise Wood and Elmer A. Sperry as its representatives for Advisory Board (Simple title: The American Society of Aeronautic Engineers appoints Henry A. Wise Wood and Elmer A. Sperry as its representatives for Advisory Board, Journal: Aerial Age)
• Hughes, 1971, Elmer Sperry (Simple title: Elmer Sperry)
• Hughes, 1971, Elmer Sperry (Simple title: Elmer Sperry)

Patents whose inventor or applicant is Elmer Ambrose Sperry

• Patent US-1911-1279471 (English title: Gyroscopic Compass, Filing date: 1911-06-21)
• Patent DE-1911-288818 (English title: Device for correcting readings from a gyro-compass, Filing date: 1911-07-07)
• Patent GB-1913-2294 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Gyroscopic Apparatus, Filing date: 1913-01-28)
• Patent US-1914-1360694 (English title: Navigational Apparatus, Filing date: 1914-11-13)
• Patent GB-1915-10377 (English title: Automatic Means for Stabilising Aircraft, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1914-1368226 • Patent GB-1913-2294, Filing date: 1915-07-16)

References

Names	Elmer A. Sperry; Elmer Ambrose Sperry; Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Sr.
Birth date	October 12, 1860
Death date	June 16, 1930
Countries	US
Locations	New York
Occupations	engineer, entrepreneur, founder
Tech areas	Gyroscope
Affiliations	Sperry Gyroscope Company
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