Upload
barry-cooper
View
222
Download
3
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
HAROLD ‘DOC’ EDGERTON
By: Andrew Joneshttp://www.visualphotos.com/photo/1x3744720/harold_edgerton_portrait_of_harold_eugene_edgerton_1903-1990_american_electrical_engineer_and__9M3350.jpg
Harold ‘Doc’ Edgerton
Born April 6, 1903 and died on January 4, 1990
Went to MIT for Undergraduate and Graduate School
Studying Electrical Engineering
His love for Electrical Engineering is what led to his development of the strobe light and studies in the field of high speed photography
Pioneer of high speed photography
The technology that he developed crossed into many areas including military surveillance photography
Over the years he made cameras that could take pictures faster than ever before
This revolutionized sports photography and modern photography
Pigeons in Flight
http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/galleries/iconic#hee-nc-65002
Bullet Through Apple - 1964
http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/galleries/iconic#hee-nc-64002
Milk Drop Coronet - 1957
http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/?s=hee-nc-57001#hee-nc-57001
Cycloid Demonstration (Wheel with Square)
http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/galleries/iconic#hee-nc-87063
Bullet through Apple
http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/galleries/iconic#hee-nc-78128
Cranberry Juice Dropping Into Milk
http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/galleries/iconic#hee-nc-60005
Fly Fisherman
http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/galleries/iconic#hee-nc-52007