{"product_id":"elmer-sperry-inventor-and-engineer-9780801847561","title":"Elmer Sperry: Inventor and Engineer","description":"\u003cp\u003eAwarded the Dexter Prize of the Society for the History of Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Parker Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.24w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801847561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas P. Hughes \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of the history of modern science and technology at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His books include \u003ci\u003eChanging Attitudes toward American Technology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNetworks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136288534643,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3f02c790-556c-4897-80d7-6c447443317b.jpg?v=1654262653","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/elmer-sperry-inventor-and-engineer-9780801847561","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}