Elmer Sperry : inventor and engineer / Thomas Parke Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Thomas Parke, author.

Contributor:

Lino-Tech Incorporated, compositer.

Universal Lithographers, Inc, printer.

L.H. Jenkins, Inc., binder.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930.

Sperry, Elmer Ambrose.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (autograph, January 1974) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xvii, 348 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 26 cm

Manufacture:

Richmond, VA : L.H. Jenkins, Inc.

Other Title:

[Richmond]? : Universal Lithographers, Inc.

[Richmond?] : Lino-Tech Incorporated

Place of Publication:

Baltimore and London : The Johns Hopkins Press, 1971.

Summary:

"A major American inventor who obtained over 350 patents during his lifetime, Elmer Sperry contributed greatly to the momentous technological changes that occurred between 1880 and 1930. Best known for the Sperry gyrocompass and automatic pilot, his inventions included arc-light systems, mining machinery, electric automobiles and streetcars, and electrochemical processes ..."--Jacket.

Contents:

I. The cultivation of an inventor

II. Chicago: The maturing of an inventor

III. The inventor-entrepreneur

IV. The Gyrostabilizer: A very powerful fulcrum in space

V. Harnessing the rotation of the earth: The Gyrocompass

VI. Organized experimentation and development: The Sperry Gyroscope Company

VII. A beast of burden obsessed with motion: Stabilizing the airplane

VIII. Brainmill for the military

IX. The assumption of leadership: The Naval consulting board and the Aerial Torpedo

X. Fulfillment and legacy

Appendix A. Elmer Sperry patent applications maturing as patents

Appendix B. Engineering and scientific papers of Elmer Sperry.

Notes:

"Designed by Arlene Sheer. Composed in Baskerville text and display by Lino-Tech Incorporated. Printed on Warren 1854 Regular by Universal Lithographers, Inc. Bound in Columbia Bolton BNV-3370 by L. H. Jenkins, Inc."--page 348.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342).

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Rare copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Penn Libraries Rare copy has dustjacket.

Contains:

Johns Hopkins Press, publisher.

ISBN:

0801811333

OCLC:

163135