Sperry may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
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Sperry, Iowa
Sperry is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in central Des Moines County, Iowa, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads north of the city of Burlington, Iowa, Burlington, the county seat of Des Moines Count ...
, community in Des Moines County
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Sperry, Missouri Sperry is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by are ...
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Sperry, Oklahoma
Sperry is a town in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,205 in the 2010 U. S. census, compared to 1,351 in 2000. It is primarily a bedroom community, since approximately 85 percent of the employed residents commute to work ...
, town in Tulsa County
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Sperry Chalet
Sperry Chalet is located about seven miles east of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The chalet was opened in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway and was a National Historic Landmark contributing property, being ...
, historic backcountry chalet, Glacier National Park, Montana
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Sperry Glacier
Sperry Glacier is a glacier on the north slopes of Gunsight Mountain west of the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Although many geologic features of Glacier National Park were formed during the much l ...
, located in Glacier National Park in the state of Montana
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William Miller Sperry Observatory or Sperry Observatory, an astronomical observatory owned by Union County College and operated by Amateur Astronomers, Incorporated on Union County College on their Cranford, New Jersey campus
Sperry Corporation
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Sperry Corporation
Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century. Sperry ceased to exist in 1986 following a prolonged hostile takeover bid engineered by Burroughs ...
, a former American equipment and electronics manufacturer (1910–1986)
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Sperry Gyroscope Company
Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century. Sperry ceased to exist in 1986 following a prolonged hostile takeover bid engineered by Burroughs ...
(1910–1933), founded by
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Elmer Ambrose Sperry Sr. (October 12, 1860 – June 16, 1930) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, most famous for construction, two years after Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, of the gyrocompass and as founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. H ...
***Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Company (1918–1924), founded by
Lawrence Sperry
Lawrence Burst Sperry (21 December 1892, Chicago, Illinois, United States – December 13, 1923, English Channel) was an aviation pioneer who invented the autopilot and the artificial horizon.
Biography
He was the third son of the gyrocompa ...
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Sperry Corporation
Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century. Sperry ceased to exist in 1986 following a prolonged hostile takeover bid engineered by Burroughs ...
, 1933–1955
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Sperry Rand
Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century. Sperry ceased to exist in 1986 following a prolonged hostile takeover bid engineered by Burroughs ...
, 1955–1978
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Sperry Corporation
Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century. Sperry ceased to exist in 1986 following a prolonged hostile takeover bid engineered by Burroughs ...
, 1978–1986
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Honeywell v. Sperry Rand'', a landmark U.S. federal court case that in April 1973 invalidated the 1964 patent for the ENIAC
Other uses
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Sperry (surname) Sperry is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), American author and illustrator
*Brett Sperry (contemporary), American video game designer
* Carlos A. Sperry, Democratic President of the West Virginia ...
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Sperry & Hutchinson, a brand of trading stamps
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Sperry Top-Sider
Sperry or Sperry Top-Sider is an American brand of boat shoe designed in 1935 by Paul A. Sperry. Sperrys, or Top-Siders, were the first boat shoes introduced into the boating and footwear markets. Today the Sperry brand is owned by Wolverine Wor ...
, a brand of boat shoes
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The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
''The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry'' is a 2008 Christian film, released to theaters on September 18, 2009. It was directed by Rich Christiano, and the majority of the film was filmed in Holley, New York, beginning August 18, 2007. Its world premier w ...
'', an American film released in 2009
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USS ''Charles S. Sperry'' (DD-697), a former US Navy destroyer
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USS ''Sperry'' (AS-12), Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy
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