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Velocity of light demonstration, MIT Cambridge, MA) - Mary Ricco, 1957
Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Cambridge, MA
Measurements: 2" x 2"
HEE-SC-00272
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Cambridge, MA
Measurements: 2" x 2"
MIT student Mary Ricco, at an MIT open house event in 1957 featurig a velocity of light demonstration, stands next to a control panel of a Type 513 D cathode-ray oscilloscope. (CC)
HEE-SC-00272