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High-speed photography - Gjon Mili, 1937

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1982-09
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Measurements: 2" x 2"

High-speed dance action photograph taken in New York by Gjon Mili and Harold E. Edgerton using multiple argon lamps in 1937; published as Fig. 6-1 in Edgerton's 1976 book "Electronic Flash, Strobe". Black-and-white reproduction. (CC)


HEE-SC-07044

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