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Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, 1936-1939. Hardcover. Quarto (approx. 12 x 9 inches), custom-bound in blue textured cloth with gold lettering on front. A complete run of The Sperryscope, Volume 8, comprising twelve quarterly issues from December 1936 (No. 1) through October 1939 (No. 12). Richly illustrated with black and white photographs, these journals highlight Sperry's cutting-edge developments in navigation, aeronautics, and military technology during the final years leading up to World War II. In very good condition with light scuffing to edges of covers. Green ink mark along bottom edge of text block. Binding tight. "File Copy - Honolulu Office" stamped on front free end paper along with address. Otherwise pages are unmarked. Profusely illustrated with in black and white. Notable articles include: H.M.S Worcester, Evolution at Douglas, The Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand, International Ice Patrol, United Introduces the "Mainliner", Long Distance Air Racing, And Now - a New Compass for the Merchant Marine, Progress from Inspiration [Lindberg article], Routine Delivery - Hawaii Fliers Set Record, R.M.M V. Stirling Castle, Philante - A New 1,612-ton Motor Yacht for Mr. T.O.M Sopwith, The Glamour of Flight, Coronation Naval Review, Lockheed Speaks, The New Orient Liner Orcades, Sperry Searchlights at Catalina, Centenary of Peninsular & Oriental, Construction at Boeing, U.S. Army Corps Completes Brilliant Round Trip Flight to Buenos Aires, Seagoing Hopper Dredge Goethals, Martin Ocean Transport, Aviation in Australia; From Motor Yacht to Stratoliner, Steering Control in 1938, Fleet Problem Nineteen - US Navy holds annual maneuvers in Pacific, Ellery W. Niles [Mine planter], GHQ Air Corps Maneuvers, 80 Years of Progress - Shaw Savile and Albion Line, Pioneers in New Zealand Service, A White Viking [Stockholm liner], New Zealand Flight, International Marine Congress, Sperry Outposts in the West, The QSTS Queen Elizabeth, Air Defense Maneuvers at Fort Brag, The World's Long Distance Record - A Splendid Achievement by R.A.F. Machines, The Wright Brothers as I Knew Them - Col. F. P. Lahm, The Trans-Canada Air Line, Philadelphia 1876 - New York 1939, New Panama Railroad liner, Navy Day at the New York World's Fair, The Separation Of "Mercury" from "Maia", the M.S. "Oranje", An Appreciation of the Miles Monarch, A European Interlude, British Airways Ltd., To Egypt on a Mail Bag,
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