Ford Instrument Company
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The Ford Instrument Company was a U.S. corporation known for being the primary supplier of fire control Rangekeepers and analog computers for the United States Navy before and during World War II.
Ford Mk 1 Ballistic Computer. The name rangekeeper began to become inadequate to describe the increasingly complicated functions of rangekeeper. The Mk 1 Ballistic Computer was the first rangekeeper that was referred to as a computer. Note the three pistol grips in the foreground. Those fired the ship's guns.
Sperry Corporation
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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 host
Ford Instrument Company
…Ford Instrument Company. Prior to founding the company Ford had worked closely with Elmer Ambrose Sperry holding the position of Chief Engineer of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. In 1930 the company was purchased by North American Aviation for $3m, it would subsequently be spun off alone with other non-aviation concerns into…
Factory building, Brooklyn
M2 gun director 1932 in production
The Sperry Horizon, Sperry Gyroscope Co. Brooklyn N.Y.
Sperry Remington typewriter