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>I'm considering trying to build a setup making use of a rapidly
>flashing strobe bulb.  I've had some luck finding the bulbs (thanks to
>people on this list!), but haven't been able to find any references to
>books or kits detailing the construction of circuits for driving the
>bulbs.  I've found a few kits that operate in the range of 1 to 2
>flashes per second, but I'm looking for a much greater flash rate
>(probably from about 10-100 Hz).
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>Would anyone on this list happen be able to refer me to a source for
>either a kit or literature that would discuss the construction of such
>a circuit?
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>Any help will be enormously appreciated!
>
>Nate
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>Nate Osgood                     | ARPA: hacrat@catfish.lcs.mit.edu
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Hello, Nate....
I don't mean to embarass you...  At least not too much.... 
Dr Harold Edgerton was the formost American inventor of Strobe Lights and
related equipment.  I am not sure, but I think he died in the past year.
He had been a professor at MIT since the mid twenties I think.  His laboratory
was right below the great dome of the main building.  As a freshman, I was luck
y
enough to take a course in strobe technology from him in the late sixties.  If
his lab is still open and if other professors are still engaged in stroboscopic
research and teaching, you probably daily walk below the greatest resources in
the United States for your Strobe Light questions...  I really hope this is
still possible...
Good luck...  Ted...