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High-speed photography, nuclear experiments - Raymond M. Swansen, [-] LeCompt, 1950s

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
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Raymond M. Swansen and [-] LeCompt (?) examine high-speed photographic equipment for micro-second documentation of nuclear experiments (tropical setting, 1950s). (CC)


HEE-SC-08353

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