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Invention and Engineering

Harold Edgerton

Harold Edgerton
Harold Edgerton

Harold Eugene Edgerton (April 6, 1903 – January 4, 1990), also known as Papa Flash, was an American scientist and researcher, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is largely credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device. He also was deeply involved with the development of sonar and deep-sea photography, and his equipment was used in collaboration with Jacques Cousteau in searches for shipwrecks and even the Loch Ness Monster.

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Caledonian Railway 812 and 652 Classes.

Chicago and North Western 1385.

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