Elmer Ambrose Sperry
(1860-1930)
American mechanical engineer
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry Sr. (October 12, 1860 – June 16, 1930) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, most famous for construction, 2 years after Herman Anschütz-Kaempfe, of the gyrocompass and as founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. He was known as the "father of modern navigation technology."
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12 October 1860 Cincinnatus, New York
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| Died |
16 June 1930 (aged 69) Brooklyn, New York
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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