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Biography: Harold Edgerton 1903 Harold Eugene Edgerton was born April 6th in Fremont, Nebraska. Son of Mary Nettie (Coe) and Frank Eugene Edgerton first of three children. Over the next dozen years, the Edgerton family moved four times, finally settling in Aurora, Nebraska. 1915-21 Attended junior and senior high school in Aurora. Learns photography from an uncle and sets up a dark room in his home. 1920-25 Works summers at the Nebraska Power and Light Company. Develops an interest in electrical generation and in 1921 enrolls at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. 1925 Receives B.S. in electrical engineering from UNL. 1925-26 Works for another electric company this time in Schenectady, New York. Again continues his study on the turbines that produce electrical generation. 1926 Enters the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In his graduate studies uses the strobe light to study whirling rotor engines. By controlling the frequency of...

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