‎Physics‎

‎"ARRHENIUS, SVANTE.‎

‎Sol-Maskinen.‎

‎Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksells,1915. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In ""K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Årsbok, 1915"". Very fine and clean. Pp. 263-272‎

‎First edition.‎

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‎"ARAGO, DOMINIQUE- FRANCOIS et AUGUSTIN FRESNEL. - ESTABLISHING THAT LIGHT VIBRATES TRANSVERSELY.‎

‎Mémoire Sur l'Action que les rayons de lumière polarisés exercent les uns sur les autres.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1819. 8vo. No wrappers. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", Tome X, 2. Series, Cahier 3. Titlepage to vol. X. Pp. 241-336 (entire issue offered, Cahier 3). Arago and Fresnel's paper: pp. 288-306.‎

‎"ARNOWITT, R. (+) DESER, S. (+) MISNER, C.‎

‎Canonical Variables for General Relativity.‎

‎U.S.A., 1960. Royal8vo. Without wrappers (as issued). Offprint from ""The Physical Review"", Vol. 117, No. 6, March 15, 1960. Very fine and clean. Pp. 1595-1602‎

‎"ARSENJEVA-HEIL, A. (+) O. HEIL.‎

‎Eine neue Methode zur Erzeugung kurzer, ungedämpfter, elektromagnetischer Wellen großer Intensität. - [MODERN HIGH POWER LINEAR BEAM MICROWAVE ELECTRON TUBES]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1935. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 95, 1936. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, Extremities with light soiling. Pp. 752-62. [Entire volume: VIII, 818 pp.].‎

‎"AVOGADRO, A. (AMEDEO). - HIS FIRST PAPER.‎

‎Consideration on the State in wich a Stratum of nonconducting Matter must be, when interposed between Two Surfaces endued with opposite Electricities.‎

‎London, W. Nicholson, 1808. Contemp. hcalf, but clothbacked later. Corners bumped. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. In: ""A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. By William Nicholson. Vol. XXI. VIII,384,(8) pp. a. 10 engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Avogadro's paper: pp. 278-290. Internally clean.‎

‎First English edition of Avogadro's first printed paper (originally in Journal de Physique LXIII, 1806). It deals with electricity. ""He considered the state of a nonconductor placed between two oppositely charged elementary layers. If there was air between two charged bodies, it would become charged. In the later terminology of Faraday the claim could be made that Avogadro had some conception of the polarization of dielectrics."" (DSB).‎

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‎"BARLOW, PETER. - THE FIRST ""BARLOW LENS""‎

‎An account of a Series of experiments made with the view to the construction of an achromatic telescope with a fluid concave lens, instead of the usual lens of flint glass. In a letter adressed to Davies Gilbert.... Read January 17, 1828.‎

‎(London, Richard Taylor, 1828). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1828 - Part I. Pp. 105-112.‎

‎First appearance of the paper in which Barlow described his invention of the so-called first ""Barlow-Lens"".He constructed his first achromatic telescope lens by enclosing liquid carbon disulfide between two pieces of glass. The Barlow- lens has come into general use for increasing the eyepiece power of any optical instrument.‎

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‎"BARDEEN, J.(+) W. G.PFANN,‎

‎Effects of Electrical Forming on the Rectifying Barriers of n- and p-Germanium Transistors‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1950. Lex8vo. Entire volume offered in the original blue wrappers with previous owner´s stamps [C. Møller, Danish physician] to front wrapper. In ""The Physical Review"" Volume 77, February 1, No. 3, 1950. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 401-2. [Entire volume: Pp. 305-424].‎

‎First printing of Bardeen and Pfann's note on the effects of electrical forming. Bardeen recived the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the transistor.C. Møller was a Danish physician. He was the author of ""The Theory of Relativity"", 1952.‎

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‎"BALMER, J. J. (JOHANN JAKOB).‎

‎Notiz über die Spectrallinien des Wasserstoffs. - [THE DISCOVERY OF BALMER LINES.]‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1885. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Small stamp on half title, title page and verso of title page. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie"", Band. XXV. VIII, 680 pp. + 4 large folded plates all with a small stamp.Balmer's paper: pp. 80-87. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎First edition of Balmer's seminal paper on spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which today is known as Balmer series, the first discovery of a mathematical relationsship between the frequencies of atomic spectral lines. Balmer's discovery was the decisive factor in Bohr's famous and groundbreaking discovery and description of his model of atomic structure published in 1913. ""As soon as I saw Balmer's formula, the whole thing was immediately clear to me"" Bohr told Leon Rosenfeld in an interview. (Heilbron, Historical studies in the theory of atomic structure, p. 265).The discovery that sets of lines in the spectra of alkalis and alkaline earth are related in series was discovered by G. D. Liveing in 1879 but Balmer discovered a simple formula (presented in the present paper) how to relate the wavelength of a series of line in the visible spectrum of hydrogen. The Balmer series was far from similar to the more simple ratio proposed by George Stoney. Although Balmers fomular linked together the four then known hydrogen spectra and turned out to by applicable for the ultraviolet and infrared spectra of hydrogen a complete understandig of the relations came first with Bohr in 1913.""What Balmer did is slightly incredible. Having at his disposal four frequencies measured by Åndgtröm, he fitted them with a mathematical expression that predicts an infinity of lines - and his formula is in fact correct! Balmer's formula has stood the test of time as more hydrogen lines kept being discovered. Soon his results became widely known"" they were quoted in the 1912 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. For nearly thirty years no one knew, however, what the formula was trying to say - then Bohr came along."" (Pais. Niels Bohr's Times, pp. 142-3).Due to the relatively large occurrences of hydrogen in the universe the Balmer lines are useful in astronomy since the spectral classification of stars, which is primarily a determination of surface temperature, is based on the relative strength of spectral lines.(Appeared simultaneously in Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, Vol. 7, 1885, pp. 548-556, 750-752).Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:Lorenz, L. Bestimmung der electrischen Widerstände von Quecksilbersäulen in absolutem electromagnetischen Maasse. Pp. 1-31.Kirchhoff, G. Ueber einige Anwendungen der Theorie der Formänderung, welche ein Körper erfährt, wenn er magnetisch oder diëlectrisch polarisirt wird. Pp. 601-617.And many other.‎

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‎"BARDEEN, JOHN., WALTER H. BRATTAIN.‎

‎Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action. [In: The Bell System Technical Journal, vol. 28, pp.239-277]. - [INVENTION OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1949. 8vo. The entire April issue in original printed wrappers offered. Spine strips with some wear. Small rubberstamp on front wrapper. Otherwise fine.‎

‎First edition. The first comprehensive report to describe the transistor - one of the most important inventions of the 20th Century. The invention of the transistor was first announced in three short letters by Bardeen, Brattain, Shockley, and Pearson, in The Physical Review (Number 2 Volume 74, 1948). The following year Bardeen and Brattain published the more comprehensive report ""Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action"" [as offered here]. This paper was simultaneously published, the same month, in The Physical Review (Number 8 volume 75). In 1956 Bardeen and Brattain shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with William Shockley ""for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect"". In 1972 Bardeen again received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his part in the development of the theory of superconductivity (BCS-theory), and thus became the only person, until this day, to receive the Nobel Prize more than once in the same field. Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, No. 450.‎

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‎"BARDEEN, J., L. N. COOPER & J. R. SCHRIEFFER.‎

‎Theory of Superconductivity. (Contained in The Physical Review, Second Series, Volume 108, Number 5, p.1175-1204.).‎

‎Lancaster, PA, 1957. The complete issue in original blue printed wrappers. A fine copy, with no tears, stamps or fading.‎

‎First edition of this historic paper. The phenomenon of low-temperature superconductivity was discovered by the Dutch physicist Kamerling Onnes already in 1911. For nearly half a century this peculiar phenomenon remained a mystery. The B(ardeen)C(ooper)S(schrieffer)-theory was first announced in this issue of the Physical Review. The theory turned out to be very successful in explaining in considerable detail the properties of superconductors. The theory also predicted new effects and stimulated an intensive activity in theoretical and experimental research. In 1972 the authors shared the Nobel Prize in Physics ""for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"". This was Bardeen's second Nobel Prize in Physics (1956 for the co-invention of the transistor) - until today only two scientists have received the prize twice in the same field. The importance of this paper is still today of the greatest magnitude, as it has been one of the most cited articles in the last decade.‎

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‎"BARDEEN, J.‎

‎Theory of Relation between Hole Concentration and Characteristics of Germanium Point Contacts. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎(New York), American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1950. 8vo. Original printed blue wrappers. In ""The Bell System Technical Journal."", Volume XXIX, October, 1950, No. 4. pp. 469-495. [Entire volume: pp. 469-675]. A bit of sunning to spine and a small tear to lower part of spine. Previous owner's name to front front wrapper. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎First edition of Bardeen' paper on hole concentration and germanium point contacts. Bardeen is known as the inventor of the transistor, for which he, together with Shockley, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956. Bardeen is the only person to have been awrded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, first in 1956 and again in 1972 for his part in the development of the theory of superconductivity (BCS-theory) and thus became the only person, until this day, to receive the Nobel Prize more than once in the same field. Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, No. 450 (the journal issue). Other papers contained in the volume:1. Morton, J.A." Ryder, R.M. Design Factors of the Bell Telephone Laboratories 1553 Triode. Pp. 496-530.2. Bowen, A.E. Mumford, W.W. A New Microwave Triode: Its Performance as a Modulator and as an Amplifier. Pp. 531-552.3. Hines, M.E. A Wide Range Microwave Sweeping Oscillator. Pp. 553-559.4. Van Roosbroeck, W. Theory of the Flow of Electrons and Holes in Germanium and Other Semiconductors. Pp. 560-607. 5. Pierce, J.R. Traveling-Wave Tubes (Fourth Installment). Pp. 608-671.‎

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‎"BARDEEN, J. [JOHN].‎

‎Tunnelling from a Many-Particle Point of View. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎(New York), American physical Society, 1961. Lex8vo. Volume 6, No. 2, January 15, 1961 of ""Physical Review Letters"", entire volume offered. In the original printed blue wrappers. Back wrapper has some scratches and minor sunning. Otherwise a very nice and clean copy externally as well as internally. Pp. 57-9. [Entire issue: Pp. 47-84].‎

‎First printing of Bardeen's paper in which he discusses Tunneling from a many-particle point of view after Giaever (see link below), Nicol, Shapiro and Smith observed the tunneling current flowing between two metals separated by a thin oxide layer. In 1956 Bardeen and Brattain shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with William Shockley ""for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect"". In 1972 Bardeen again received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his part in the development of the theory of superconductivity (BCS-theory), and thus became the only person, until this day, to receive the Nobel Prize more than once in the same field.‎

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‎"BARGMANN, VALENTINE.‎

‎Zur Theorie des Wasserstoffatoms: Bemerkungen zur gleichnamigen Arbeit von V. Fock.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1936. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 99, 1936. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper, otherwise fine. Pp. 576-582.. [Entire volume: VIII, 803 pp.].‎

‎First appearance of Bargmann's paper in which he showed that the Kepler problem is mathematically equivalent to a particle moving freely on the surface of a four-dimensional (hyper-)sphere, so that the whole problem is symmetric under certain rotations of the four-dimensional space.Bargmann functioned as Albert Einstein assistant for several years.‎

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‎"BALMER, J. J. (JOHANN JAKOB).‎

‎Notiz über die Spectrallinien des Wasserstoffs. - [THE DISCOVERY OF BALMER LINES.]‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1885. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Small stamp on half title, title page and verso of title page. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie"", Band. XXV. VIII, 680 pp. + 4 large folded plates all with a small stamp.Balmer's paper: pp. 80-87. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎"BARDEEN, J.‎

‎Theory of Relation between Hole Concentration and Characteristics of Germanium Point Contacts. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1950. 8vo. Original printed blue wrappers. In ""The Bell System Technical Journal."", Volume XXIX, October, 1950, No. 4. pp. 469-495. [Entire volume: pp. 469-675]. A bit of sunning to spine and a crease to front wrapper. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎"BARDEEN, J. & G. L. PEARSON.‎

‎Electrical Properties of Pure Silicon and Silicon Alloys Containing Boron and Phosphorous.‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1949. Lex8vo. Volume 75, March 1, No. 5, 1949 of ""The Physical Review"", Second Series. Entire volume offered in the original printed blue wrappers. Previous owner's stamp to front wrapper. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 865-883. [Entire issue: Pp. 705-911].‎

‎"BARDEEN, J. [JOHN].‎

‎Tunnelling from a Many-Particle Point of View. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎(New York), American physical Society, 1961. Lex8vo. Volume 6, No. 2, January 15, 1961 of ""Physical Review Letters"", entire volume offered. In the original printed blue wrappers. Back wrapper has some scratches and minor sunning. Otherwise a very nice and clean copy externally as well as internally. Pp. 57-9. [Entire issue: Pp. 47-84].‎

‎"BARDEEN, J., L. N. COOPER & J. R. SCHRIEFFER.‎

‎Theory of Superconductivity. (Contained in The Physical Review, Second Series, Volume 108, Number 5, p.1175-1204.).‎

‎Lancaster, PA, 1957. The complete issue in original blue printed wrappers. A fine copy, with no tears, stamps or fading.‎

‎"BARDEEN, JOHN. & WALTER H. BRATTAIN.‎

‎Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action. [Offprint issue]. - [OFFPRINT OF THE TRANSISTOR PAPER]‎

‎(New York, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1949). Offprint issue. Large 4to. 278x214 mm. Offprint from Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 28, pp.239-277, April, 1949. Original printed wrappers with wholes punched in the back (as issued). Library stamp dated August 1949 on front wrapper. Fine condition. 18 pp. Fine and clean throughout.‎

‎"BARGMANN, VALENTINE.‎

‎Zur Theorie des Wasserstoffatoms: Bemerkungen zur gleichnamigen Arbeit von V. Fock.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1936. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 99, 1936. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper, otherwise fine. Pp. 576-582.. [Entire volume: VIII, 803 pp.].‎

‎"BARLOW, PETER.‎

‎An Essay on Magnetic Attractions: particularly as respects the Deviation of the Compass on Shipboard, occasioned by the local Influence of the Guns, &c with an easy practical Method of Observing the same in all Parts of the World.‎

‎London, J. Taylor, 1820. Uncut in orig. boards. Part of Spine-paper gone and frontboard detached. Stamps on title-page. XII,145 pp., 1 folded engraved plate. Publisher's catalogue at end. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎"BARNES, R. BOWLING (+) R. ROBERT BRATTAIN (+) FREDERICK SEITZ.‎

‎On the Structure and Interpretation of the Infrared Absorption Spectra of Crystals.‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1935. Lex8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Entire volume 48, October 1 of ""The Physical Review"". A small nick to spine, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp: 582-602. [Entire volume: Pp. 573-640].‎

‎"BELL, M. A. GRAHAM.‎

‎De la production du son par l'energie radiante. - [FIRST FRENCH PUBLICATION OF BELL'S PHOTOPHONE]‎

‎Paris, Imprimerie Gauthier-Villars, 1881. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Two small stamps on verso of title-page, and one on verso of last plate. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", Cinquiéme Series - Tome XXIII. 576 pp. + 3 plates. G. Bell's paper: pp. 397-432, pp. and 14 figures of experimental apparatus etc. The entiree volume offered. Fine and clean copy.‎

‎First publication of the first French translation of Bell's ""On the Production and Reproduction of Sound by Light: the Photophone"", originally published in 1880. The device allowed for the transmission of sound on a beam of light, and Bell himself regarded this, not the telephone, to be his most important invention.""In the importance of the principles involved, I regard the photophone as the greatest invention I have ever made"" greater than the telephone."" Bell said in a 1921 interview. The photophone was the world's first wireless telephone communication and thereby anticipated Marconi's invention with several years.The first successful attempts were based upon the properties of selenium: ""The electric resistance of which varies with the degree of illumination to which it is exposed. Hence, given a transmitting instrument, such as a flexible mirror, by which the vibrations of a sound could throw into vibrations a beam of light, a receiver, consisting of sensitive selenium, forming part of an electric circuit with a battery and a telephone, should suffice to translate the varying intensities of light into corresponding varying intensities of electric current, and finally into vibrations of the telephone disk audible once more as sound."" (Prescott, George. Bell's Electric Speaking Telephone. 313 p.).Bell was so excited by his invention and its possibilities that he proposed that his second daughter should bear the name of the invention: Photophone. Fortunately for her, her mother was not quite as enthusiastic about the invention.‎

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‎"BECQUEREL, EDMOND.‎

‎Des Lois du Dégagement de la Chaleur pendant le Passage des Courants électriques a Travers les Corps solides et liquides. (+) Des Effets produits sur les Corps par les Rayons solaires. (2 Papers).‎

‎Paris, Victor Masson et Cie, 1843. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", 3e Series - Tome IX. 512 pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. (The entire volume offered). Becquerel's papers: pp. 21-70 a. pp. 257-322. Some scattered browspots and foxing.‎

‎First appearance of two importent papers on heat, electricity and light. In the first paper he showed that Joule’s law governing the production of heat in the passage of an electrical current applied to liquids as well as to solids and in the second paper he revealed in the presence of Fraunhofer lines in photographs of the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum by spectroscopy. Earlier he had shown that rays at the red end of the spectrum reinforced or continued the chemical action initiated by rays at the violet end. He also demonstrated that phosphorescence was stimulated in different substances by specific frequencies of light and that at some frequencies the phosphorescent glow seemed to stop immediately after the cutting off of incident light rays.‎

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‎"BETHE, H. A. (+) J. R. OPPENHEIMER (+) G. M. VOLKOFF (+) RICHARD TOLMAN.‎

‎Energy Production in Stars (+) On Massive Neutron Cores (+) Neutron Stars and the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov Limit. - [HANS BETHE'S NOBEL PRIZE WINNING PAPER AND GENERAL RELATIVISTIC THEORY OF STELLAR STRUCTURE]‎

‎[Lancaster], American Institute of Physics, 1939. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Entire volume of ""The Physical Review"", Volume 55, Second Series, January 1 - June 15, 1939. ""Development Department"" in small gilt lettering to lower part of spine. A very fine and clean copy. [Bethe:] Pp. 434-456. [Oppenheimer & Volkoff:] Pp. 374-381. [Entire volume: 1300 pp.].‎

‎First printing of ""ENERGY PRODUCTION IN STARS"", Hans Bethe's seminal Nobel Prize winning paper on neucleosynthesis. It was the first time an astrophysical subject was recognized by the Nobel Committee. Bethe's work on nuclear reactions led him to discover the reactions that supply the energy in stars. In this paper, Bethe shows that ""the most important source of energy in ordinary stars is the reactions of carbon and nitrogen with protons"" (Bethe, Energy Production in Stars). Bethe began by analyzing the different possibilities for reactions by which hydrogen is fused into helium. He showed two processes to be the sources of energy generation capable of keeping stars hot. The first, the proton-proton chain, is the dominant energy source in stars with masses up to about the mass of the Sun. The second, the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle, is the most important in more massive stars. ""ON MASSIVE NEUTRON CORES"" and NEUTRON STARS AND THE TOLMAN-OPPENHEIMER-VOLKOV LIMIT, two landmark papers which ""for the first time laid a general relativistic theory of stellar structure"" (Pais, Subtle is the Lord), thereby proving Einstein wrong in his conclusion that no star could collapse indefinitely.In the paper they addressed the question that Landau's paper, and also Oppenheimer and Serber's, had failed to consider: what is the maximum mass for stable neutron-star? This paper applied Tolman's method to calculate the gravitational equilibrium of a neutron star and predict the conditions under which it will continue collapsing into a black hole (the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov Limit). The issue contain several other papers of interest: 1. Tolman, Richard. ""Static Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations for Spheres of Fluid"" - This paper developed a method for applying Einstein's field equations to static spheres of fluid in such a manner as to facilitate the development of exact solutions using known analytic functions)"" Jenkins and Segre's ""Quadratic Zeeman Effect"" and ""Zeeman Effect of the Forbidden Lines of Potassium"" .2. Gamow & Teller. ""On the Origin of Great Nebulae"". 3. Seaborg & Segre. ""Nuclear Isomerism in Element 43"" 4. Gentner & Segre. ""Appendix on the Calibration of the Ionization Chamber"". 5. Bethe. ""On the Absence of Polarization in Electron Scattering"" & ""Meson Theory of Nuclear Forces.""‎

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