Quote of the day
To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.
Harold Eugene Edgerton

Born: April 6, 1903
Died: January 4, 1990 (aged 86)
Bio: Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton also known as Papa Flash was 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.
Known for:
- Electronic flash, strobe (1970)
- Sonar images (1986)






