HAROLD ‘DOC’ EDGERTON

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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

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Bullet Through Apple - 1964

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Milk Drop Coronet - 1957

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Cycloid Demonstration (Wheel with Square)

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Bullet through Apple

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Cranberry Juice Dropping Into Milk

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Fly Fisherman

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