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Sonar survey fieldwork, Dover, English Channel - M. Klein, E. Van Reenan, Don Smith,1964

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1964-09-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: UK
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Martin Klein (left), Earl Van Reenan, and Don Smith (right) standing on ship's deck (MARY-LOU) with several sonar surveying instruments; in the background, the White Cliffs of Dover, UK. (CC) [ MK = holds mud penetrator; Don Smith = sparker; White Cliffs of Dover]


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thumbnail Klein, Martin
USA
Designed first commercially successful side-scan sonar instruments (Klein & Associates), 1960s
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thumbnail Edgerton, Harold Eugene
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1903-1990; electrical engineer; professor
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Van Reenan, Earl
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Smith, Donald L.
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