Sperry
Elmer Ambrose, 1860–1930, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
Roger Wolcott, 1913–94, U.S. neurobiologist: Nobel Prize 1981.
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How to use Sperry in a sentence
In 1905, Elmer Sperry invented his gyroscopic compass which is unaffected by terrestrial magnetism and points to the true north.
Invention | Bradley A. FiskeAdmiral Sperry, though not imposing or impressive in any way, seemed pleasant and keen, and was tall.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesFor at the corner of Sperry Street he was met by a messenger who knew him.
The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins AdamsThe financial success was due very largely to the State treasurer, Mrs. Austin Sperry.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) | Ida Husted HarperIn this very town of Cheltenham a young poet, named Sperry, who betrayed freethink-ing tendencies, had been called upon to recant.
The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England | George Jacob Holyoake
Scientific definitions for Sperry
[ spĕr′ē ]
American neurobiologist who pioneered the behavioral investigation of split-brain animals and humans, establishing that each hemisphere of the brain controls specific higher functions. He shared with American neurophysiologist David H. Hubel and Swedish neurophysiologist Torsten N. Wiesel the 1981 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
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