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Harold E. Edgerton
Harold E. Edgerton
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WILSON P ROFESSOR HAROLD E EDGERTON of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the inventor of high-speed photography, the man whose genius transformed the strobe light from a laboratory curiosity into an important too!
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Needing to determine the exact position of the armature of the synchronomous motor he was studying, Professor Edgerton rigged a mercury vapor lamp so that it wouIct flash at the same speed as the rotating armature. He succeeded in taking excellent pictures of less than ten microseconds duration.
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Edgerton to develop an underwater camera for Jacques Cousteau, the MIT professor began a collaboration with the famous French explorer that continued for many years. Cousteau's crew called Edgerton Papa Flash.
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His memberships included the Academy of Applied Science, Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, and Boston Camera Club (honorary)
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. I greatly miss my beloved Grandpa Edgerton, like those who were also touched by his warmth during his life."
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