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Auteur:	Hughes, Thomas Parker
Titel:	Elmer Sperry Inventor and Engineer
Uitgever:	Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:	9780801847561
Serie:	Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 49.35
Verschijningsdatum:	26-11-1993
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Engineering: general
Geogr.gebied:	USA
Dewey code:	620.0092

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	368
Hoogte mm.:	254
Breedte mm.:	197
Gewicht gr.:	862

Inhoud:

This is a biography of a major American inventor. Elmer Sperry contributed greatly to the technological changes occurring between 1880 and 1930. Characteristic of his various inventions were feedback controls which have made automation a fact of life.