High Speed Kerr Cell
Photograph Number 371-581A
5/16/1951

A Kerr-cell electro-optical shutter was developed at JPL as the first step in the design of a high-speed camera capable of shutter speeds up to 50,000 frames per second on 70-mm film.  R.B. Bowersox, shown in this photo, wrote several technical reports about the project, and in September 1965 he became the manager of Section 9, Instrument Development.  Contact the JPL Archives for more information.