| Elmer Sperry: Inventor and Engineer Contributor(s): Hughes, Thomas Parke (Preface by), Hughes, Thomas Parke (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801847567 ISBN-13: 9780801847561 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $40.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1993 Annotation: "Awarded the Dexter Prize of the Society for the History of Technology." "Superb... In this careful study of a single inventor, Hughes has done more to demonstrate the questionable' nature of traditional accounts of invention than all of the theoretical arguments of the past few years combined."-- "Technology and Culture." Softshell Books. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Science | History |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 71110373 |
| Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 8.24" W x 11.2" (1.83 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A major Amercan inventor who obtained more than 350 patents during his lifetime, Elmer Sperry contributed greatly to the momentous technological changes that occured 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 processess. Characteristic of his various inventions were feedback controls that have made automation a fact of life. Richly illustrated with 149 photographs and line drawings, the first full-length biography now returns to print in a paperback edition. |