MIT Museum

Exhibition: Flashes of Inspiration: The Work of Harold Edgerton

A multi-media celebration of the life and work of MIT legend, Harold "Doc" Edgerton, including his development of the electronic strobe and his dedication to making the invisible visible. Opened in the MIT Museum's main galleries in 1999; closed March 2, 2009.

Related Objects

Quartz and vycor flash lamp 1983.088.019 Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier, Inc. date unknown View	Camera, type A-5a, with Raytheon control box, type D-5 IN-1596 Fairchild Aviation Corporation 1940s View	Sun Flash lamp house with quartz FT-17A flash lamp IN-2415 Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier, Inc. 1947 View
Motion picture camera NOT ACCURATE - THIS IS JUST A FILM HOLDER - THE CAMERA IS IN-1152 IN-0578 Ernemann-Werke AG date unknown View	Quartz and vycor flash lamp 1983.088.022 date unknown View	Sylvania type R4340 1983.088.048 View
Experimental magneto-optic shutter IN-1603 Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier, Inc. circa 1949 View	underwater spark light source IN-2434 View	Mercury pool stroboscope lamp 1983.088.055 circa 1935 View
Microflash model 549 trigger unit (model 551) 1998.012.002 Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier, Inc. circa 1961 View	Base for motion picture camera (IN-0578) NOT ACCURATE - THIS IS THE HIGH SPEED CAMERA IN-1152 date unknown View	Prototype of Strobotac flash IN-1599 General Radio Company circa 1939 View
Microflash, Model P509 IN-2238 General Radio Company circa 1957 View	Stroboscope, type 548, with mercury lamp IN-2430 General Radio Company circa 1935 View	Microflash model 549 electronic flash (model 550) 1998.012.001 Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier, Inc. circa 1961 View
Strobotron tube, type 1D21/SN4 IN-1706 Sylvania date unknown View	High speed 35mm motion picture camera IN-2411 date unknown c. 1939 View	underwater camera and flash IN-2943 Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier, Inc. View
Film container for camera (IN-0578) IN-0885 date unknown View	Special flash lamp 1983.088.002 date unknown View	GE FT-220 1983.088.037 View
First mercury strobe lamp made at MIT 1983.088.054 date unknown View	Voightlander camera 1987.030.002 date unknown View	Sonar pinger with transducer and recorder 1983.010.001 Edgerton, Harold Eugene after 1954 View
Special flash lamp 1983.088.004 date unknown View	Mazda FT-17-40 quartz/xenon flash lamp 1983.088.052 View