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Sonar pinger, CALYPSO - Albert Falco, 1954

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: France
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Albert Falco manipulates a so-called "tick-tick" sonar pinger to locate a camera's distance fromt eh sea floor, on board CALYPSO in 1954. (CC)


HEE-SC-06108

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thumbnail Edgerton, Harold Eugene
American
1903-1990; electrical engineer; professor
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Falco, Albert
France
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