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Sperry

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Noun

1. elmer ambrose sperry, sperry

United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930)

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Sperry

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1. 
Elmer Ambrose1860-1930; U.S. inventor, electrical engineer, & manufacturer
2. 
ˈRoger Wolcott (ˈwʊlkɑt ) ; woolˈkät) 1913-94; U.S. neurobiologist

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Sperry

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American neurobiologist. He shared a 1981 Nobel Prize for studies of the organization of the brain, especially the specialized functions of the left brain and right brain.
American engineer and inventor of numerous electrical devices, including the gyrocompass, a nonmagnetic navigational aid (1910).

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