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  • Optical astronomy from the earth and moon : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Summer Scientific Meeting, San Diego, California, 13-15 July 1993 / edited by Diane M. Pyper and Ronald J. Angione.

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    • San Francisco : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSE 95-352Offsite
  • Reflecting telescope optics / R.N. Wilson.

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    • New York : Springer Verlag, 1996-
    • 1996-present
    • 2 Items
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    Text JSL 96-43 v. 1Offsite
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    Text JSL 96-43 v. 2Offsite
  • The scientific papers of William Parsons, third earl of Rosse, 1800-1867, collected and republished by the Hon. Sir Charles Parsons ...

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    • [Bradford, London, Printed by P. Lund, Humphries & co. ltd.] 1926.
    • 1926
    • 1 Item
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    Text OMV+ (Rosse, W. P. Scientific papers)Offsite
  • De grote spiegelkijkers van Roelofs en Rienks; een episode uit de geschiedenis der Leidse en Utrechtse sterrewachten (1821-1846)

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    • Leiden, Universitaire Pers Leiden, 1951.
    • 1951
    • 1 Item
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    Text OPL (Bilt, J. van. der. Grote spiegelkijkers van Roelofs en Rienks)Offsite
  • Bouw je eigen sterrekijker. De constructie van sterrekijkers en spiegeltelescopen voor amateurs.

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    • Zutphen, W.J. Thieme, 1951.
    • 1951
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Alders, J. C. Bouw je eigen sterrekijker) 1951Offsite
  • Amateur telescope making. Albert G. Ingalls, editor ... With a foreword by Dr. Harlow Shapley ...

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    • [New York] Scientific American publishing co., 1928.
    • 1928
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Amateur telescope making. 1928)Offsite
  • Amateur telescope making. Albert G. Ingalls, editor ... With contributions by Russell W. Porter ... Prof. Charles S. Hastings ... [and others] ... With a forward by Dr. Harlow Shapley ...

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    • [New York] Scientific American publishing co., 1933.
    • 1933
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Amateur telescope making. 1933)Offsite
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  • Amateur telescope making, advanced; a sequel to Amateur telescope making. Albert G. Ingalls, editor ... with contributions by numerous authorities.

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    • [New York] Munn and co., 1937.
    • 1937
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Amateur telescope making, advanced. 1937)Offsite
  • Amateur telescope making, advanced; a sequel to Amateur telescope making; Albert G. Ingalls, editor. A collection of contributions to amateur precision optics by numerous authorities.

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    • [New York] Scientific American, Inc., 1949.
    • 1949
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Amateur telescope making, advanced. 1949)Offsite
  • On the construction of a silvered glass telescope, fifteen and a half inches in aperture, and its use in celestial photography, by Henry Draper. (Reprinted from vol xiv, "Smithsonian contributions to knowledge," 1864); and, On the modern reflecting telescope and the making and testing of optical mirrors, by George W. Ritchey.

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    • Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1904.
    • 1904
    • 1 Item

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    Text ONL+ (Draper, H. On the construction of a silvered glass telescope)Offsite
  • Amateur telescope mirror making [by] Myron N. Emerson.

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    • New York, Carlton Press [1969]
    • 1969
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Emerson, M. N. Amateur telescope mirror making) 1969Offsite
  • Photographic giants of Palomar; drawings by R.W. Porter.

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    • Los Angeles, Print. by Westernlore Press [1947]
    • 1947
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Fassero, J. S. Photographic giants of Palomar) 1947Offsite
  • Das spiegelteleskop in der astronomie : Geschichtliche Darstellung der wissenschaftlichen Wertung und technischen Herstellung der Spiegelteleskope sowie leichtfassliche Anleitung zur Selbstherstellung kleinerer Spiegelteleskope für Liebhaberastronomen / von Eugen von Krudy.

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    • Leipzig : J.A. Barth, 1930.
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Krudy, E. von. Spiegelteleskop in der Astronomie) 1930Offsite
  • Constructing an astronomical telescope.

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    • London [1947]
    • 1947
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Matthewson, G. Constructing an astronomical telescope. 1947) 1947Offsite
  • Constructing an astronomical telescope.

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    • London, Blackie [1955]
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Matthewson, G. Constructing an astronomical telescope. 1955) 1955Offsite
  • Die Selbstherstellung eines Spiegelteleskops, von Prof. Dr. A. Miethe...

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    • Stuttgart, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, 1921.
    • 1921
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Miethe, A. Selbstherstellung eines Spiegelteleskops) 1921Offsite
  • Das Fernrohr für jedermann; wie baue ich mir ein Spiegel-Teleskop? Eine gründliche Anleitung zum Bau eines leistungsfähigen astronomischen Fernrohrs. Mit einem Geleitwort von William Brunner

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    • Zürich, Rascher, 1949.
    • 1949
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Rohr, H. Fernrohr fur jedermann) 1949Offsite
  • Making your own telescope.

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    • Cambridge, Mass., Sky Pub. Corp. [1947]
    • 1947
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Thompson, A. J. Making your own telescope) 1947Offsite
  • Reflecting telescope making, also extraordinary cometic experiences, the great daylight comet of 1910, the total solar eclipse of 1927, by Rev. Charles L. Tweedale.

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    • London, T. W. Laurie, ltd., 1942.
    • 1942
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Tweedale, C. L. Reflecting telescope making) 1942Offsite
  • The McDonald telescope; commemorating the dedication and the formal opening of the McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas, May fifth, 1939.

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    • [Cleveland, Printed by the Caxton Company, c1939]
    • 1939
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Warner & Swasey company. McDonald telescope) 1939Offsite
  • The glass giant of Palomar, by David O. Woodbury; with 50 drawings by the author, sketches by Russell W. Porter.

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    • New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939.
    • 1939
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Woodbury, D. O. Glass giant of Palomar) 1939Offsite
  • Palomar, the world's largest telescope; with an introd. by Ira S. Bowen, illustrated by Milford Zornes.

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    • New York, MacMillan [1952]
    • 1952
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (Wright, H. Palomar, the world's largest telescope) 1952Offsite
  • Das moderne spiegelteleskop in der astronomie. Leichtfassliche technische anleitung zur herstellung parabolischer spiegelflächen und deren prüfungsmethoden nebst gescichte der spiegelteleskope und deren hohe bedeutung und zukunft in der modernen astronomie ...

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    • Leipzig, E.H. Mayer, 1919.
    • 1919
    • 1 Item
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    Text OMX p.v. 51 no. 1-5Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The home-made telescope, by Wilbur F. Decker, M. E.

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    • Minneapolis, Minn., The Perine Book Company [c1935]
    • 1935
    • 1 Item
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    Text OMX p.v. 57 no. 1-7Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Telescopic objectives and mirrors: their preparation and testing.

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    • London, Wm. Clowes & Sons [s.d.]
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    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL p.v. 2, no. 1 no. 1-31Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Description of a 10 1/4 inch equatorial silvered glass reflector, made by Mr. John Browning for the Observatory at O'Gyalla, Hungary.

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    • n.p. [1875]
    • 1875
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    Text ONL p.v. 2, no. 1 no. 1-31Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Concepts and analysis for precision segmented reflector and feed support structures [microform] / Richard K. Miller, Mark W. Thomson and John M. Hedgepeth.

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    • Hampton, Va. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, [1990]
    • 1990
  • Absolute specular reflectometer with an autocollimator telescope and auxiliary mirrors [microform] / Tie Ming Wang, Kenneth L. Eckerle, Jack J. Hsia.

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    • Gaithersburg, MD : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1990.
    • 1990
  • Lute primary mirror [microform] : materials and design study report / [prepared by Greg Ruthven].

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    • Danbury, CT : Hughes Danbury Optical Systems, Inc. ; [Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service, distributor, 1993]
    • 1993
  • LUTE primary mirror study [microform] : final report.

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    • [Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala.] : Marshall Space Flight Center, [1993]
    • 1993
  • New core design for use with precision composite reflectors [microform] / inventors, Christopher C. Porter, Paul J. Jacoy, Wesley P. Schmitigal.

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    • [Pasadena, CA] : Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; [Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration] ; [Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Center, distributor, 1990]
    • 1990
  • Wavefront error sensing [microform] / Eldred F. Tubbs.

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    • Pasadena, Calif. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology ; [Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service, distributor, 1986]
    • 1986
  • Reflecting telescope optics / R.N. Wilson.

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    • Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2004-
    • 2004-present
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSL 04-45 v. 1Offsite
  • Wide-angle flat field telescope [microform].

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    • [Greenbelt, Md. : NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1985]
    • 1985
  • Preliminary design approach for large high precision segmented reflectors [microform] / Martin M. Mikulas, Jr., Timothy J. Collins, and John M. Hedgepeth.

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    • Hampton, Va. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center ; [Springfiled, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1990]
    • 1990
    • 1 Resource

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    http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS69096
  • Detection of extrasolar planets by the large deployable reflector [microform] / David J. Hollenbach and Takamasa Takahashi.

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    • Moffett Field, Calif. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, [1984]
    • 1984
  • Standard handbook for telescope making / Neale E. Howard.

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    • New York : Harper & Row, c1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSE 10-502Offsite
  • The perfect machine : building the Palomar telescope / Ronald Florence.

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    • New York : HarperCollins, c1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSE 13-6 Offsite
  • Calendar of the Rosse papers / edited by A.P.W. Malcomson.

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    • Dublin : Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 09-726Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Preparation of mirrors for astronomical telescopes / by George McHardie.

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    • London, Glasgow : Blackie & Son, 1937.
    • 1937
    • 1 Item
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    Text ONL (McHardie, G. Preparation of mirrors for astronomical telescopes)Offsite
  • On the construction of a silvered glass telescope [electronic resource] : fifteen and a half inches in aperture, and its use in celestial photography / by Henry Draper.

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    • Washington : Smithsonian Institution, 1864
    • 1864
    • 1 Resource

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    http://ncco.galegroup.com/gdc/ncco/MonographsDetailsPage/MonographsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&prodId=NCCO&action=1&activityType=BasicSearch&javax.portlet.action=viewPortletAction&documentId=GALE%7CAKXHYD140887807&dviSelectedPage=1&userGroupName=nypl
  • Directions for making the best composition for the metals of reflecting telescopes [electronic resource] : and the method of casting, grinding, polishing, and giving them the true parabolic figure. By the Rev'd John Edwards, B.A.

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    • [London] : Published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude, [1787?]
    • 1787
    • 1 Resource

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  • A discourse on the invention and improvements of the reflecting telescope. [electronic resource] : Delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, November 30, 1777. By Sir John Pringle, Baronet, President. Published at their request.

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    • London : printed for the Royal Society, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
    • 1778
    • 1 Resource

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  • Description of a forty-feet reflecting telescope. [electronic resource] : By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From The philosophical transactions.

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    • [London, 1795]
    • 1795
    • 1 Resource

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  • An essay on a new construction, of the reflecting telescope, which by means of a scale of magnifying powers, is made on universal perspective. Performing The Office Of I. Of a common Reflecting Telescope. II. Engyscope, for shewing all near Objects. III. A Megalascope, for all the larger Sort of small Objects. IV. A Microscope, for small Objects. V. A Helioscope for making the Sun's Image by Reflection only. VI. A Helioscope by Reflection and Refraction. Vii. A Solar-Disk Microscope. Viii. A Catadioptric Microscope [electronic resource].

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    • London : printed for, and sold by B. Martin, NO. 171, Fleet-Street, [1775?]
    • 1775
    • 1 Resource

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  • Proposals for making a large reflecting telescope, by Francis Hauksbee [electronic resource].

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    • [London, 1715?]
    • 1715
    • 1 Resource

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  • The method of calculating the magnifying power of a reflecting telescope, [electronic resource] : illustrated by example. With a general table of all the Magnifying Powers of 12 such Telescopes, from 4 to 100 Inches focal Distance of the Great Speculum.

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    • [London, s.n., 1771]
    • 1771
    • 1 Resource

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  • A letter most humbly addressed to Doctor Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, & F.R.S. on the discovery of a new reflecting telescope. [electronic resource] : By Samuel Francis, Philomath.

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    • London : printed for, and sold by, the author, No. 5, Old Cavendish-Street, [1798?]
    • 1798
    • 1 Resource

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  • Dr. Gregory's Elements of catoptrics and dioptrics. [electronic resource] : Translated from the Latin original, with a large supplement, by William Browne, M. D. To which is added, An Appendix, By J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S. containing, An Account of the Reflecting Telescopes; and of the Inventors, Improvers, and Imitators of them, till they were brought to Perfection by John Hadley, Esq; Vice-President of the Royal Society. With Original Letters which passed between Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. James Gregory, relating thereunto. Now First Published.

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    • London : printed for E. Curll, in Rose-Street, Covent-Garden, MDCCXXXV. [1735]
    • 1735
    • 1 Resource

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  • The tower telescope of the Mount Wilson solar observatory / by George E. Hale.

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    • [Chicago], [1908]
    • 1908-1908
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    Text OMX p.v. 7 no. 1-24Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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