Talk:Doc Edgerton

Correct milkdrop photo?

I took a look at the "milkdrop" photos. One is the mirror image of the other. Anyone know which is the 'correct' one? Bunthorne 17:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Official name of "multiflash" technique?

Does anybody know what is the offical (or most often used) name of this "multiflash" technique Edgerton invented (like here: [1])? The most often used term I found is "stroboscopic motion photography", but I'm now kinda stumped because I didn't find a wikipedia article about the technique. Any help? Thanks! Peter S. 16:35, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Photograph

There's no point in having a photograph on this page that wasn't taken by Edgerton, regardless of how close a connection there is. Dr. Deathface 09:18, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

   Check edit hx, etc: was the photo

• exploited in our strobe article(s), and/or in a more approp bio, or
• adequately considered for any other articles that might suitably be illustrated by, and might benefit from (i.e., be more relevantly useful to) an image, which could better explain, or render more concrete, the articles via its presence within them?

   Full disclosure:

i saw some of his photos (around a time when they may perhaps have relatively recently been declassified),

studied physics under a son of his, and

meditated with that son, one of my chem profs, and their respective spouses, and other students, in a Hicksite-Quaker meeting

(which may have qualified for some definitions of house church and),

(in any case) received some small kindnesses from then college pres. John W. Nason et ux.).
--JerzyA (talk) 22:41, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Flash?

It is great that he used stroboscopes, but what on Earth does this have to do with flash being associated with modern photography? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.11.122.193 (talk) 17:00, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Need photographs

We need a photo of Doc Edgerton himself, as well as a few of his most striking images, for example:

• Milk-drop "crown"
• Bird in flight
• Atomic explosion, microseconds after ignition
• Bullet cutting playing card
• Popping balloon

The challenge, of course, is finding copyright-cleared images. Reify-tech (talk) 14:24, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Great and Great-grand children

I am parking the list of descendants here. It did not help the article simply to have a list with no further information (and no citation either). Diff of addition of the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harold_Eugene_Edgerton&diff=356487014&oldid=354233717

Grandchildren: Nina Edgerton, Eric Edgerton, Sylvia Edgerton, Janice Dixon, William Dixon, Mary Anne Dixon and Ellen Dixon. Great-Grandchildren: Rebecca Key, Bryan Dixon, Emily Key, Rosemary Hubbard, Garrett Dixon, Richard Hubbard, Allison Dixon, Melina Edgerton, Travis Law, Jendy Edgerton, Benjamin Law, Julien Gascon Edgerton, Hannah Hubbard, Quinn Edgerton, Carl Gascon Edgerton, and Kaylee Law.

Officiallyover (talk) 21:42, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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Family birth dates

There's an inconsistency regarding the birth dates of his children. Mary Louise is written as April 21, 1931, while William Eugene and Robert Frank are listed as 8/9/1933 and 5/10/1935 respectively. As this is an American article one can assume the dates should be written August 9, 1933 and May 10, 1935. Elsewhere on the planet readers may assume the dates are 8 September 1933 and 5 October 1935.

Can someone with more family knowledge please write them so they can't be misinterpreted? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:1405:3F00:AD5C:2895:4F22:3BA5 (talk) 02:55, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism

Someone has inserted " just like Clara Oswald" in the preamble, following the "Papa Flash" nickname. 222.153.181.68 (talk) 11:06, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm just trying to tell people who don't know what a teacher is help them learn about the man in the thing RealClaraOswald (talk) 11:33, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

So, vandalism. 2605:A601:A0D0:F000:4D37:D9BD:7438:D71B (talk) 12:22, 25 August 2024 (UTC)