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Velocity of light demonstration, MIT open house (Cambridge, MA) - 1957

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1957
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Cambridge, MA
Measurements: 2" x 2"

People look at displays at an MIT Open House event in 1957, featuring a velocity of light demonstration. (CC)


HEE-SC-00316

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thumbnail Edgerton, Harold Eugene
American
1903-1990; electrical engineer; professor
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thumbnail MIT Open House
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