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Hague A. and Iddings J. P. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRYSTALLIZATION IN THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF WASHOE NEV., WITH NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT USGS Bull. #17 wraps with stamps, light dust soiling else vg copy, 44 pp.                                                                                             Price: $25.00                   (stock#USGSB17)

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#22  White C. A. 1885 ON NEW CRETACEOUS FOSSILS FROM CALIFORNIA USGS Bull. #22 no wraps, contents vg with 25 pp., 5 plts of fossils from Mendocino County and Todos Santos Bay regions.    Price: $20.00            (stock#USGSB22)

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#39  Upham W. 1887 THE UPPER BEACHES AND DELTAS OF THE GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ USGS Bull. #39 wps with torn lower corner and stamps, contents vg, pages unopened, untrimmed, 84 pp., 1 plt, 2 figs.    
                                                                                                                             Price: $25.00                  (stock#USGSB39)

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#47  Gooch F. A. and Whitfield J. E. 1888 ANALYSES OF WATERS IN THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE METHODS OF ANALYSES EMPLOYED archival wps, contents vg with 84 pp.,  2 figs and providing chemical analyses from all major geysers in Yellowstone Park.                 Price: $20.00                    (stock#USGSB47)

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#51  White C. A. 1889 ON INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST archival wraps contents vg, 102 pp, 14 plts of fossils, on Cretaceous molluscs.                                      Price: $25.00                         (stock#USGSB51)

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#52  Russell I. C. 1889 SUBAERIAL DECAY OF ROCKS AND ORIGIN OF THE RED COLOR OF CERTAIN FORMATIONS orig. wps with notations else vg copy, 65 pp. 5 plts, one of which is a fold out, of scenic views including Mount Mitchell North Carolina and Harpers Ferry West Virginia.     Price: $20.00         (stock#USGSB52)

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#63  Vogdes A. W. 1890 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PALEOZOIC CRUSTACEA FROM 1698 TO 1889 USGS Bull. #63 no wps, some wear, partly disbound or coming so, contents vg, 177 pp.   Price: $15.00           (stock#USGSB63)

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#93 Scudder S. H. 1892 SOME INSECTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST FROM FLORISSANT COLORADO USGS Bull. #93 no wps, in archival folder, contents with stain/soiling to upper outer corner else good, 35 pp., 3 plts. Scarce.                                                                                           Price: $25.00                          (stock#USGSB93)

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#98  White D. 1893 FLORA OF THE OUTLYING CARBONIFEROUS BASINS OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI USGS Bull. #98 wps with some wear, gentle corner bump, pages unopened, untrimmed, plates with tears/loss to outer page margins but not affecting the fossil plant engravings. With 139 pp., 5 plts, figs.   

                                                                                                           Price: $20.00                 (stock#USGSB98)

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#2  Williams, A. Jr. 1883 GOLD AND SILVER CONVERSION TABLES, GIVING THE COINING VALUES OF TROY OUNCES OF FINE METAL, AND THE WEIGHTS OF FINE METAL REPRESENTED BY GIVEN SUMS OF UNITED STATES MONEY no wps chipped, worn copy, 8 pp.                                                              Price: $10.00                                (stock#USGSB02)

#3  Williams H. S. 1883 ON THE FOSSIL FAUNAS OF THE UPPER DEVONIAN ALONG THE MERIDIAN OF 76  DEGREES 30', FROM TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK TO BRADFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA wps with short archival repairs, some wear, contents vg and overall a vg copy with 36 pp.                   Price: $20.00                               (stock#USGSB03)

#4  White C. A. 1884 ON MESOZOIC FOSSILS archival wraps, small chip to top margin of last page containing plate else contents good, 36 pp., 9 plates of fossils.                                             Price: $20.00                                (stock#USGSB04)

#5 Gannett H. 1884 A DICTIONARY OF ALTITUDES IN THE UNITED STATES brown cloth as issued, some external wear, contents vg, 325 pp.                                                                               Price: 20.00                                 (stock#USGSB05)

#6  J. W. Spencer 1884 ELEVATIONS IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA wps with light wear, corner fold crease else vg, 43 pp.                                                                                                       Price: $15.00                               (stock#USGSB06)

#8  Irving R. D. and Van Hise C. R. 1884 ON SECONDARY ENLARGEMENTS OF MINERAL FRAGMENTS IN CERTAIN ROCKS wps worn, spine with cloth archival tape, contents vg, clean. With 56 pp., 6 plts, 4 figs.                                                                                                                                                             Price: $20.00                             (stock#USGSB08)

#9  Clarke F. W. and Chatard T. M. 1884 A REPORT OF WORK DONE IN THE WASHINGTON LABORATORY DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1883-84 wps sunned, tape on spine, contents vg.            Price: $15.00                              (stock#USGSB09)

#11  Call R. E. and Gilbert . K. 1884 ON THE QUATERNARY AND RECENT MOLLUSCA OF THE GREAT BASIN WITH A DESCRIPTION OF NEW FORMS light stain and faded stamp to wp, contents clean, vg copy, pages unopened/untrimmed, 66 pp., 6 plts.                                                       Price: $20.00                               (stock#USGSB11)

#12  Dana E. D. 1884 A CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE THINOLITE OF LAKE LAHONTAN no wps else vg, 34 pp., plt. figs.                                                                                                      Price: $15.00                              (stock#USGSB12)

#14  Barus C. and Strouhal V. 1885 THE ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE IRON CARBURETS in orig. wps, a few small spot and stamp to wps, good copy with 238 pp. and 31 figs.      Price: $15.00               (stock#USGSB14)

#16  Clarke J. M. 1885 ON THE HIGHER DEVONIAN FAUNAS OF ONTARIO COUNTY NEW YORK no wps, removed from bound vol. of USGS bulletins, contents clean and vg with 80 pp., 3 plts of fossils incl. crustaceans and fishes.                                                                                                                                     Price: $25.00                             (stock#USGSB16)


#17  Hague A. and Iddings J. P. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRYSTALLIZATION IN THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF WASHOE NEV., WITH NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT USGS Bull. #17 wraps with stamps, light dust soiling else vg copy, 44 pp.                                                                                               Price: $25.00                             (stock#USGSB17)

#18  White C. A. 1885 ON MARINE EOCENE FRESH WATER MIOCENE AND OTHER FOSSIL MOLLUSCA OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA no wps else contents vg with 26 pp., 3 plts of fossils with a lot of content on the John Day fossil beds of Oregon.                                                                                                  Price: $20.00                             (stock#USGSB18)
      
#19  Becker G. F. 1885 NOTES ON THE STRATIGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA wps, spine with cloth tape else vg, 28 pp.                                                                                                                            Price: $20.00                             (stock#USGSB19)

#21  Willis B. 1885 THE LIGNITES OF THE GREAT SIOUX RESERVATION – A REPORT ON THE REGION  BETWEEN THE GRAND AND MOREAU RIVERS DAKOTA cloth with gilt spine title, top of spine frayed else vg copy, 16 pp, 5 plts and 4 figs. The fold out colored map is scarce.                                                  Price: $30.00                             (stock#USGSB21)

#22 White C. A. 1885 ON NEW CRETACEOUS FOSSILS FROM CALIFORNIA orig. wps coming loose with notations, else vg with 25 pp., 5 plts of fossils from Mendocino County and Todos Santos Bay regions.                                                                                                                                                                          Price: $20.00                            (stock#USGSB22)

#25 Barnes P. 1885 THE PRESENT TECHNICAL CONDITION OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES wps with chips, ex-lib, contents vg, 85 pp.                                                       Price: $15.00                             (stock#USGSB25)

#27  REPORT OF WORK DONE IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS MAINLY DURING  FISCAL YEAR 1884 – 1885 orig. wps, ex-lib. else vg copy with 80 pp. A scarce volume on minerals mineralogy and mineral analyses with papers including FAYALITE FROM YELLOWSTONE PARK ; SERPENTINE FROM NEWBURYPORT MASSACHUSETTS ; DACITE FROM WASHOE NEVADA ; RHYOLITE FROM WASHOE NEVADA ; LIGNITE FROM TURTLE MOUNTAINS DAKOTA ; COAL FROM ARIZONA WATER FROM SANTA FE NEW MEXICO ; WATER FROM SULPHER SPRINGS MONTANA; MINERALS FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. and much more.          Price: $15.00                         (stock#USGSB27)

#29 White C. A. 1886 ON THE FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN JURASSIC wps, ex-lib, vg, 41 pp., 4 plts.                                                                                                  Price: $20.00                             (stock#USGSB29)

#34  White C. A. 1886 ON THE RELATION OF THE LARAMIE MOLLUSCAN FAUNA TO  THAT OF THE SUCCEEDING FRESH WATER EOCENE AND OTHER GROUPS  orig. wps with some wear, contents clean with 52 pp., 5 plts.                                                                                                                                     Price:$20.00                              (stock#USGSB34)

#35  Barus C. and Strouhal V. 1886 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE IRON CARBURETS orig. wps with chipped margins and small label else vg copy with 62 pp., 10 figs.  
                                   Price: $15.00                             (stock#USGSB35)

#36 Barus C. 1886 SUBSIDENCE OF FINE SOLID PARTICLES IN LIQUIDS in orig. wps, some wear, contents vg, 54 pp., 4 figs. A rather scarce hydrology and sedimentology reference with implications for placers.                                                                                                                                                                      Price: $15.00                            (stock#USGSB36)

#37  Ward L. F. 1887 TYPES OF THE LARAMIE FLORA period label on wps, archival spine repair, contents vg, 354 pp. and 37 plts of fossils. Scarce.                                                                     Price: $25.00                            (stock#USGSB37)

#38  Diller J. S. 1887 PERIDOTITE OF ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY archival wps, a restored, somewhat worn copy with 29 pp., 1 plt, 8 figs.                                                                                      Price: $10.00                            (stock#USGSB38)

#40  Willis B. 1887 CHANGES IN RIVER COURSES IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY DUE TO GLACIATION red cloth Issue, vg, 10 pp., 4 plts that are maps.                                                                  Price: $25.00                           (stock#USGSB40)

#41 Williams, H. S. 1887 ON THE FOSSIL FAUNAS OF THE UPPER DEVONIAN THE GENESEE SECTION NEW YORK archival wps, ex-lib, some wear, contents vg with 123 pp., 4 plates of fossils.      Price: $25.00                (stock#USGSB41)

#42  Clarke F. W. 1887 REPORT OF THE WORK DONE IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS MAINLY DURING THE PHYSICAL YEAR 1885–1886 period notation on wps, some external wear, contents vg, with much on Litchfield Maine mineral deposits.                                                                              Price: $10.00                            (stock#USGSB42)

#44  Darton N. H. 1887 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1886 wps, light wear, vg, 35 pp.                                                                                                                                    Price: $10.00                            (stock#USGSB44)

#46 Penrose R. A. F. Jr. and Shaler N. S. 1888 NATURE AND ORIGIN OF DEPOSITS OF PHOSPHATE OF LIME wps loose, ex-lib, contents vg, 141 pp. 3 plts, 36 figs. A scarce classic on phosphate deposits.                                                                                                                                                                                    Price: $20.00                          (stock#USGSB46)

#47  Gooch F. A. and Whitfield J. E. 1888 ANALYSES OF WATERS IN THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE METHODS OF ANALYSES EMPLOYED archival wps, contents vg with 84 pp.,  2 figs and providing chemical analyses from all major geysers in Yellowstone Park.                Price: $20.00                           (stock#USGSB47)

#48  Woodward R. S. REFERENCE TO ITS DEPENDENCE ON SUPERFICIAL MASSES SYMMETRICALLY DISPOSED ABOUT A NORMAL TO THE EARTHS SURFACE orig. wps loose, else light+ wear, a few pp. with closed tears, repaired else vg copy with 88 pp. A scarce and early analytical reference on eustasy.   Price: $15.00              (stock#USGSB48)

#49  Woodward R. S. 1888 LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES OF CERTAIN POINTS IN MISSOURI KANSAS AND NEW MEXICO orig. wps, untrimmed, small label on wp else vg copy with light wear, 133 pp.                                                                                                                                                                             Price: $15.00                            (stock#USGSB49)

#50 Woodward R. S. 1889 FORMULAS AND TABLES TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAPS wps with chips, wear else light wear, vg, 124 pp.                                                                Price: $15.00                            (stock#USGSB50)

#51  White C. A. 1889 ON INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST archival wraps contents vg, 102 pp, 14 plts of fossils, on Cretaceous molluscs. 
                                                   Price: $25.00                            (stock#USGSB51)

#52  Russell I. C. 1889 SUBAERIAL DECAY OF ROCKS AND ORIGIN OF THE RED COLOR OF CERTAIN FORMATIONS orig. wps with notations else vg copy, 65 pp. 5 plts, one of which is a fold out, of scenic views including Mount Mitchell North Carolina and Harpers Ferry West Virginia.                                       Price: $20.00                          (stock#USGSB52)

#54  Barus  C. 1889 ON THE THERMO ELECTRIC MEASUREMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURES in orig. wps, some short marginal tears, wear/soiling to wps, contents vg with pages largely unopened/untrimmed. With 313 pp., 56 figs, 108 tables.                                                                                                          Price: $15.00                            (stock#USGSB54)

#55  Clarke F. W. 1889 REPORT OF WORK DONE IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS MAINLY DURING FISCAL YEAR 1886 – 1887 orig. wps, rear wp loose else vg copy with with 96 pp. with diverse mineral minerals and mineralogy content including FELDSPARS FROM DELAWARE; FELDSPARS FROM GREYLOCK MOUNTAIN MASSACHUSETTS; ROCKS FROM PIGEON POINT MINNESOTA; TRIASSIC SANDSTONE FROM MARYLAND; WATER FROM OWENS LAKE CALIFORNIA and more.                                             Price: $15.00                           (stock#USGSB55)

#56  Knowlton F. L. 1889 FOSSIL WOOD AND LIGNITE FROM THE POTOMAC FORMATION OF VIRGINIA orig. wps with some wear, chips, contents vg with 72 pp. and 6 plts on fossil wood from the Early Cretaceous Atlantic Coastal Plain strata of Virginia.                                                                                          Price: $20.00                          (stock#USGSB56)

#57 Hay R. 1890 A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS archival wps else vg copy, 49 pp., colored fold out geologic map of the Smokey River region and 19 figs.     Price: $25.00                          (stock#USGSB57)

#60  Clarke F. W. 1890 REPORT OF WORK DONE IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS MAINLY DURING FISCAL YEAR 1887-1888 orig. wps, minor chips to spine else vg, with 175 pp., 9 figures. Contains diverse mineral minerals and mineralogy content including WILLEMITE FROM FRANKLIN NEW JERSEY ; TRIPLITE FROM THE BLACK HILLS ; NATURAL SODA, ITS OCCURRENCE AND UTILIZATION (with a score of short articles on California and Nevada deposits) and much more.                                                                             Price: $15.00                         (stock#USGSB60)

#64  Clarke F. W. 1890 A REPORT OF WORK DONE IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, MAINLY DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1888-89 wps pasted on boards, leather spine crumbling, contents age toned, good only copy, 60 pp.                                                                                                                        Price: $10.00                         (stock#USGSB64)

#66 Diller J. S. 1890 ON A GROUP OF VOLCANIC ROCKS FROM THE TEWAN MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO AND ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PRIMARY QUARTZ IN CERTAIN BASALTS wps with older stamps, ex-lib, contents vg, 34 pp.                                                                                                                                        Price: $20.00                        (stock#USGSB66)

#68  Keeler J. E. 1890 EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA IN 1889 rear wp loose spine done with cloth archival tape, worn copy, contents good, 25 pp.                                                                          Price: $15.00                         (stock#USGSB68)

#69  Scudder S. H. 1890 A CLASSED AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOSSIL INSECTS wps pasted on boards which are soiled by dust, leather spine crumbly, contents good but paper age-toned. Overall good+ for contents. With 101 pp.                                                                                                            Price: $20.00                        (stock#USGSB69)

#70  Woodward R. S. 1890 REPORT OF ASTONOMICAL WORK OF 1889 AND 1890 orig. wps, vg copy, 79 pp.                                                                                                                                           Price: $10.00                         (stock#USGSB70)

#71  Scudder S. H. 1891 INDEX TO THE KNOWN FOSSIL INSECTS OF THE WORLD INCLUDING MYRIAPODS AND ARACHNIDS in cloth and ex-lib., binding and pages a bit brittle, but overall a good copy of a classic reference work on fossil insects, 744 pp.                                                                                    Price: $25.00                          (stock#USGSB71)

#72  Upham W. 1891 ALTITUDES BETWEEN LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS archival wps, contents vg, 229 pp.                                                                                                          Price: $15.00                          (stock#USGSB72)

#73  Barus C. 1891 THE VISCOSITY OF SOLIDS wps, vg, 138 pp., 6 plts 28 figs.    Price: $10.00              (stock#USGSB73)

#75  Darton N. H. 1891 RECORD OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1887 TO 1889 INCLUSIVE wps with tears/soiling, toning to contents else good, 173 pp.
                                                           Price: $10.00                          (stock#USGSB75)

#76  Gannett H. 1891 A DICTIONARY OF ALTITUDES IN THE UNITED STATES brown cloth, light+ external wear, contents vg, with 393 pp.                                                                                             Price: $25.00                      (stock#USGSB076)

#77 White C. A. 1891 THE TEXAS PERMIAN AND ITS MESOZOIC TYPES OF FOSSILS archival wps, contents vg, 51 pp., 4 plts.                                                                                                                Price: $20.00                (stock#USGSB77)

#78  Clarke F. W. 1891 REPORT OF WORK DONE IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, MAINLY DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1889-90 archival wps, contents vg with 31 pp., 9 figs.       Price: $10.00                      (stock#USGSB78)

#80  Williams H. S. 1891 CORRELATION PAPERS DEVONIAN AND CARBONIFEROUS cloth, some external wear, contents vg with 279 pp.                                                                               Price: $25.00                         (stock#USGSB80)

#83  Clark W. B. 1891 CORRELATION PAPERS EOCENE archival tape to spine, contents vg copy, 173 pp., 2 plts.                                                                                                                                      Price: $30.00                         (stock#USGSB83)

#84  Dall W. H. and Harris G. D. 1891 CORRELATION PAPERS  NEOCENE archival wps, vg copy with 349 pp., 3 plts, 43 figs.                                                                                                                Price: $30.00                         (stock#USGSB84)

#85  Russell I. C. 1892 CORRELATION PAPERS THE NEWARK SYSTEM no wps, spine with cloth tape, contents clean and vg, with 344 pp., 13 plts, 4 figs. One of the Triassic-Jurassic rift basin classic references.                                                                                                                                                                      Price: $40.00                        (stock#USGSB85)

#86  Van Hise C. R. 1892 CORRELATION PAPERS: ARCHAEN AND ALGONKIAN no wps  some wear, cloth tape on spine, contents vg 546 pp., 12 plts.
                                                              Price: $35.00                        (stock#USGSB86)

#90  Clarke F. W. 1892 REPORT OF WORK DONE IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, MAINLY DURING THE FISCAL YEARS 1890-91 wps with soiling, some wear, contents vg, 77 pp., 3 figs.                                                                                                                                                                                 Price: $10.00                         (stock#USGSB90)

#91  Darton N. H. 1891 RECORD OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1890 orig. wps, rear wp loose or coming so else vg copy, 88 pp.                                                                                              Price: $10.00                          (stock#USGSB91)
 
#92  Barus C. 1892 THE COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS orig. wps with foxing to margins, short tear, no loss to paper, of one page else contents clean vg copy, 90 pp., 19 plts.                                Price: $10.00                         (stock#USGSB92)

#93  Scudder S. H. 1892 SOME INSECTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST FROM FLORISSANT COLORADO USGS Bull. #93 no wps, in archival folder, contents with stain/soiling to upper outer corner else good, 35 pp., 3 plts. Scarce.                                                                                                                                                 Price: $25.00                        (stock#USGSB93)

#94  Barus C. 1892 THE MECHANISM OF SOLID VISCOSITY orig. wps with stamp, some wear, with 138 pp., 24 figs.                                                                                                                                 Price: $10.00                        (stock#USGSB94)

#95  Holden E. S. 1892 EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA IN 1890 AND 1891 orig. front wp, spine with cloth tape, ex-lib else good copy, 29 pp.                                                                                   Price: $15.00                        (stock#USGSB95)

#96  Barus C. 1892 THE VOLUME THERMODYNAMICS OF LIQUIDS wps with stamp, cloth tape over spine, contents good with 100 pp., 8 plts.                                                                                Price: $10.00                       (stock#USGSB96)

#98  White D. 1893 FLORA OF THE OUTLYING CARBONIFEROUS BASINS OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI archival wps, contents vg, 138 pp., 5 plts.                                                                            Price: $25.00                       (stock#USGSB98)

#99  Darton N. H. 1892 RECORD OF NORTH AMERICAN  GEOLOGY FOR 1891 wps with short tear, stamp, contents vg, untrimmed.                                                                                                      Price: $10.00                      (stock#USGSB099)

#100  Warman P. C. 1893 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (1879-1892), WITH THE LAWS GOVERNING THEIR PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION text block in two parts, pages largely untrimmed uncut, contents vg. Provides details of actual number and editions of all USGS publications printed up to publication date, as well as pagination and other data. 493 pp.          Price: $30.00                     (stock#USGSB100)

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