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I am an engineer. I am after the facts, only the facts,\" said Edgerton. A noted photographer, Harold \"Doc\" Eugene Edgerton was best known as an electrical engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who invented the strobe light in the 1930s and patented the stroboscope—a high-powered repeatable flash—in 1949. These devices stop the appearance of motion and, when combined with photography, appear to \"freeze time\" and capture events which the unaided eye cannot see—such as when a bullet explodes through the flesh of an apple. Edgerton’s ability to take split-second images with precision and beauty revolutionized the art of photography and also impacted <BR>how photography was used for scientific experimentation, <BR>for military surveillance, and by the film industry.</P></SPAN>","remarks":"Photo Rotation Oct 2016"}],"datebegin":1964,"sortnumber":"1987   20x    7","published_date":"2026-03-31 02:14:57.084820","objectid":16663,"dimensions":"image: 35.7 x 45.7 cm (14 1/16 x 18 in.)\r\nsheet: 40.7 x 50.7 cm (16 x 19 15/16 in.)","on_view":false}