The Formation of a Drop of Liquid

Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903-1990)

Date

1982
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Dye coupler print
Dimensions

Image: 9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

print verso:
u.l. in red pencil: 10.873
u.r. in ink: 60/sec.
taped to c., typed on paper: THE FORMATION OF A DROP OF LIQUID photographed by stroboscopic light at \ 60 flashes/sec. The
camera was moved so that the pictures are displaced \ in space as well as in time. Of special interest is the string of liquid which joins
the drop to the parent liquid. Note especially the \ formation of the small drops by the break-up action of the thread of \ liquid. The
ocillations of the large drop are graphically displayed in \ the sequence photography. (HAROLD EDGERTON and PETER MUI, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
signed and dated l.r. in ink: Harold Edgerton \ MIT 1982
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kayafas, Concord, Massachusetts
Accession Number

P1991.32.4
Copyright

© Estate of Harold E. Edgerton, courtesy Palm Press, Inc.

Location: Off view

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