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High-speed photography, light bulb - Ken Germeshausen, Harold E. Edgerton, 1934
Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1970-07-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Measurements: 2" x 2"
HEE-SC-08210
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1970-07-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Measurements: 2" x 2"
Ken Germeshausen (left) and Harold E. Edgerton conduct a high-speed photography experiment in which a light-bulb is smashed with a hammer; reproduction image of the front page of a 1934 article titled "Flash", from May issue of "American" (?), 1934. (CC)
HEE-SC-08210