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Sonar pinger instrument, MIT (Cambridge, MA) - Harold E. Edgerton, Philippe Cousteau, 1963

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1963-09-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Cambridge, MA
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Philippe Cousteau and an unidentified woman hold up a sonar pinger towfish (Type SP-8 S/N 4), while Harold E. Edgerton looks on, at a dressy event in 1963; likely at MIT. (CC)


HEE-SC-01194

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Cousteau, Philippe
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1903-1990; electrical engineer; professor
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thumbnail Edgerton, Harold Eugene
American
1903-1990; electrical engineer; professor
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