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The Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of
Earth Science and
Engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
, and
Materials
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at
Imperial College London
Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...
. The
Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics and parts of the
London Centre for Nanotechnology
The London Centre for Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary research centre in physical and biomedical nanotechnology in London, United Kingdom. It brings together three institutions that are world leaders in nanotechnology, University Colleg ...
and Department of Bioengineering are also housed within the building. The school as an organisation no longer exists, having been incorporated into the
Faculty of Engineering since 2003.
Today the Royal School of Mines refers to both the departments associated with the former school, and the
Grade II listed Edwardian building by Sir
Aston Webb
Sir Aston Webb (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in pa ...
, which is viewed as a classic of academic architecture. The building and relevant student union still carry the name.
History
The Royal School of Mines was established in 1851, as the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts. The School developed from the
Museum of Economic Geology, a collection of minerals, maps and mining equipment made by Sir
Henry De la Beche
Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS (10 February 179613 April 1855) was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods. He was the ...
, and opened in 1841. The museum also provided some student places for the study of
mineralogy and
metallurgy. Sir Henry was the director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and when the collections outgrew the premises the museum and the survey were placed on an official footing, with government assistance.
The Museum of Practical Geology and the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts opened in a purpose-designed building in
Jermyn Street in 1851. The officers of the Geological Survey became the lecturers and professors of the School of Mines. The
Royal College of Chemistry was merged into it in 1853. The name was changed in 1863 to the Royal School of Mines, and was moved to
South Kensington in 1872. In 1907, the school was incorporated into Imperial College of Science and Technology, but retained its own identity as a "constituent college".
In 2001 it was announced Imperial was to transition from a constituent college structure to a faculty structure, a move that was completed in 2003.
The last Dean of the Royal School of Mines was Professor John Monhemius before the position was abolished. The Royal School of Mines has since come to refer to both the building in which former school was housed, as are its departments still today, and the student body representing students within those departments.
Building
Designed by
Sir Aston Webb
Sir Aston Webb (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in par ...
, the RSM building is
classical in style with
ionic pilasters.
It was erected between 1909 and 1913 specifically to house the school, which was previously resident in the Huxley Building on Exhibition Road, now the
Henry Cole
Sir Henry Cole FRSA (15 July 1808 – 18 April 1882) was a British civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and education in the 19th century in the United Kingdom. Cole is credited with devising the concept of ...
Wing of the
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
. The foundation stone was laid by
King Edward VII on 8 July 1909.
The RSM was the last of many buildings that Webb designed for the
Albertopolis
Albertopolis is the nickname given to the area centred on Exhibition Road in London, named after Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. It contains many educational and cultural sites. It is in South Kensington, split between the Royal Boro ...
area (including the Cromwell Road frontage of the
V&A) and, some would argue, his least resolved. Constructed in
Portland stone, the entrance is formed by a three-storey, semicircular niche, flanked by two memorials (sculpted by
Paul Raphael Montford, 1916–1920) to
Alfred Beit and
Julius Wernher
Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (9 April 1850 – 21 May 1912) was a German-born Randlord and art collector who became part of the English establishment.
Life history
Born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Wernher was the son of Elisabeth (Weidenbu ...
who were major benefactors to the school.
The western wing of the building is named after Webb, while the eastern end is named after the
Goldsmiths' Company
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, commonly known as the Goldsmiths' Company and formally titled The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Goldsmiths of the City of London, is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of Londo ...
who helped to finance the building of the RSM.
In film
The distinctively
Edwardian
The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history spanned the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910 and is sometimes extended to the start of the First World War. The death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 marked the end of the Victori ...
and academic styling cues used in the building's architecture have led to the RSM appearing in a number of film and television productions:
*1965: ''
The IPCRESS File
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''. Directed by
Sidney J. Furie and starring
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is an English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades, and is considered a British film ico ...
. The protagonist walks into the RSM and is magically transported to the old Science Museum Library.
*1993: ''
Agatha Christie's Poirot
''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...
'' (
ITV television). Appeared as the frontage and main entrance of
"Imperial College" on "
Exhibition Road" (although the RSM is on
Prince Consort Road, off Exhibition Road) in the episode
"The Underdog".
*1995: ''
Jack and Sarah
''Jack and Sarah'' is a 1995 romantic comedy film written and directed by Tim Sullivan and starring Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi and Ian McKellen.
Plot
Jack and Sarah are expectant parents, renov ...
''. Directed by
Tim Sullivan and starring
Richard E. Grant. A wedding party exits from the front of the building, pausing for photographs etc. on the steps.
*1998: ''
Sliding Doors''. Front entrance to the building is used as a registry office/town hall for a wedding scene.
*2004: ''
Hustle'' (
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...
television). Generic university frontage, briefly seen as an architecture student exits and is then approached by the main characters.
*2015: ''
Kingsman''. Directed by
Matthew Vaughn
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and starring
Colin Firth. Exterior and interiors used as the RSM building; subsequently shown to be blown up in a later scene.
Students' Union
The RSM Union represents the interests and organises events for the students studying at the departments associated with the Royal School of Mines. It is part of the wider
college union, and has a formal constitution guiding its activities around:
* The furthering of the interests of the members and the status of the RSM
* The promotion of sport within the RSM
* The promotion of interest in all aspects of geology and materials science
* The promotion of social intercourse among its members
The union runs sports teams, societies and events which span the academic year from October to July. The highlight of the sporting and social calendar is the annual
Bottle Match against
Camborne School of Mines
The Camborne School of Mines ( kw, Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment. ...
, the second oldest rugby
varsity match
A varsity match is a fixture (especially of a sporting event or team) between two university teams, particularly Oxford and Cambridge. The Scottish Varsity rugby match between the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh at Murrayf ...
in the world.
The RSM Union is also responsible for looking after the RSM Mascots, Davy and Clementine II. Davy is 3 foot tall, 60 kg davy lamp, a type of mining lamp, and has been a mascot since 1965. Clementine II is a 1926 Morris T-Type One Ton Truck, bought by the RSM Union in 1960 to replace their previous motorised mascot Clementine I, a 1919 Aveling and Porter Traction Engine.
People
Through societies such as the RSM Association and the Chaps Club, the RSM maintains a strong alumni network in the global mining community.
Alumni and professors
*
James Allen, New Zealand politician and diplomat.
*
George Frederick Ansell, author of a standard work on the
Royal Mint
* Sir
Henry De la Beche
Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS (10 February 179613 April 1855) was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods. He was the ...
FRS, founder of the
British Geological Survey.
* Peter Baxendell, former managing director of
Shell
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** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
** Thin-shell structure
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard o ...
.
* Fernando Benitez, Spanish mining engineer, main promoter and founding general manager of Chile's first state-owned copper refinery, located at Paipote.
*
Henry Francis Blanford
Henry Francis Blanford (sometimes spelt Blandford) (3 June 1834 – 23 January 1893) was a British meteorologist and Paleontology, palaeontologist who worked in India. He was a younger brother of the Natural history, naturalist William Thomas B ...
, meteorologist and palaeontologist. Founding head of the
India Meteorological Department.
*
William Thomas Blanford
William Thomas Blanford (7 October 183223 June 1905) was an English geologist and naturalist. He is best remembered as the editor of a major series on '' The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma''.
Biography
Blanford was born ...
CIE FRS, geologist, zoologist and naturalist.
Geological Society Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
list and president (1888).
*
Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, Australian exploration geologist, noted for his work in Western Australia.
* Sir
C. V. Boys FRS, experimental physicist.
*
Frederic Creswell, mining engineer and
Minister of Defence
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in
South Africa
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*
Edmund Daukoru
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, Minister of Energy for
Nigeria
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and former
OPEC President (2006).
* Sir
Edgeworth David FRS, Welsh-born Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer who led the first expedition to reach the
Magnetic South Pole.
*
George E. Davis, pioneer in the field of chemical engineering.
*
George Mercer Dawson
George Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) was a Canadian geologist and surveyor.
Biography
He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University and a noted geologis ...
, director of the
Geological Survey of Canada
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(1895–1901).
*
Robert Etheridge, Junior
Robert Etheridge (23 May 1847 – 4 January 1920) was a British palaeontologist who made important contributions to the Australian Museum.Australian Museum, 2015Walsh, 1981Serle, 1949
Biography
Etheridge was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ...
, Anglo-Australian palaeontologist.
*
Andy Fanshawe, mountaineer.
* Sir
Lewis Leigh Fermor
Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor, OBE, FRS (18 September 1880 – 24 May 1954), was a British chemist and geologist and the first president of the Indian National Science Academy and a director of the Geological Survey of India (1930-1935). His son was ...
, igneous and metamorphic geologist, former director of the
Geological Survey of India
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) is a scientific agency of India. It was founded in 1851, as a Government of India organization under the Ministry of Mines, one of the oldest of such organisations in the world and the second oldest survey ...
and founding president of the
Indian National Science Academy
The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is a national academy in New Delhi for Indian scientists in all branches of science and technology.
In August 2019, Dr. Chandrima Shaha was appointed as the president of Indian National Science Acade ...
.
*
Peter Francis, author and volcanologist.
* Sir
Edward Frankland FRS, leading chemist and originator of the concept of
valency.
* Professor
William Fyfe , eminent geochemist, winner of 15 major medals including the
Logan Medal
:::''There is also a Logan Medal of the arts, awarded by the Chicago Arts Institute.''
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, the
Wollaston Medal
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The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
and the
Roebling Medal.
* Sir
Patrick Geddes
Sir Patrick Geddes (2 October 1854 – 17 April 1932) was a British biologist, sociologist, Comtean positivist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner. He is known for his innovative thinking in the fields of urban planning ...
FRSE, biologist, sociologist, philanthropist and pioneering town planner.
*
Percy Gilchrist
Percy Carlyle Gilchrist FRS (27 December 1851 – 16 December 1935) was a British chemist and metallurgist.
Life
Gilchrist was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of Alexander and Anne Gilchrist and studied at Felsted and the Royal School of ...
, British chemist and metallurgist who devised a standard method of making steel, with his cousin
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas.
* Professor
William Gowland
William Gowland FRAI (16 December 1842 – 9 June 1922) was an English mining engineer who carried out archaeological work at Stonehenge and in Japan. He has been called the "Father of Japanese Archaeology".
Biography
Gowland was born in Sunde ...
FRS, British mining engineer and archaeologist. Known as ''the Father of Japanese Archaeology''.
* Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy, Minister of Oil and Gas in the
Sultanate of Oman
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.
*
Frank Hawthorne
Frank Christopher Hawthorne (born 8 January 1946 in Bristol, England) is a Canadian mineralogist, crystallographer and spectroscopist. He works at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and is currently Distinguished Profess ...
OC FRSC, Canadian mineralogist and crystallographer.
Geological Association of Canada Logan Medal
:::''There is also a Logan Medal of the arts, awarded by the Chicago Arts Institute.''
The Logan Medal is the highest award of the Geological Association of Canada. Named after Sir William Edmond Logan, noted 19th-century Canadian geologist. It ...
list.
*
Arthur Holmes, British geologist and pioneer of
radiometric rock dating.
Geological Society Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
list and
Geological Society of America
The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.
History
The society was founded in Ithaca, New York, in 1888 by Alexander Winchell, John J. Stevenson, Charles H. Hitch ...
Penrose Medal
The Penrose Medal was created in 1925 by R.A.F. Penrose, Jr., as the top prize awarded by the Geological Society of America. Originally created as the Geological Society of America Medal it was soon renamed the Penrose Medal by popular assent of t ...
list.
* Prof
A. K. Huntington, professor of metallurgy at
King's College London (1879–1919), president of
Institute of Metals (1913–1914) and aviation pioneer.
*
Thomas Henry Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist specialising in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
The stori ...
PC FRS, Professor of Natural History 1854–1885. Comparative anatomist; 'Darwin's Bulldog', author of ''
Man's place in nature''.
*
John Wesley Judd, president of the
Geological Society (1886–1888).
*
Ivan Kostov (Nikolov), Bulgarian mineralogist, President of the
International Mineralogical Association (1982–1986).
*
Jeremy Leggett
Jeremy Leggett is a British social entrepreneur and writer. He founded and was a board director of Solarcentury from 1997 to 2020, an international solar solutions company, and founded and was chair of SolarAid, a charity funded with 5% of Sola ...
, social entrepreneur and author.
*
Archibald Liversidge
Archibald Liversidge FRS FRSE FRSNSW LLD (17 November 1847 – 26 September 1927) was an English-born chemist and a co-founder of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.
Early life
Liversidge was born at Turnham Green, ...
FRS, English-born Australian chemist, founder of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.
*
Rilwanu Lukman KBE, former secretary general of
OPEC.
*
Rachel, Lady MacRobert
Rachel, Lady MacRobert, née Workman (23 March 1884 – 1 September 1954) was a geologist, cattle breeder and an active feminist. Born in Massachusetts to an influential family, she was educated in England and Scotland. She was elected to F ...
, philanthropist and founder of the MacRobert Trust.
*
John Milne, Established the first global seismic network and seismic hazard maps based on instrumental records. Founder of the
Seismological Society of Japan.
Lyell medallist (1894) and
Royal
Royal may refer to:
People
* Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
* A member of a royal family
Places United States
* Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Royal, Illinois, a village
* Royal, Iowa, a ...
medallist (1908).
* Sir
Roderick Murchison KCB FRS, Scottish geologist who first described and investigated the
Silurian system.
Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...
Copley Medallist and
Geological Society Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
list.
*
Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer, oxygen officer for the
1924 British Mount Everest expedition.
*
Richard Dixon Oldham FRS, Irish geologist who first identified
seismic p- and s-waves and found the first evidence for the
Earth’s core. President of the
Geological Society (1920–1922).
*
Benjamin Neeve Peach, FRS, geologist in the Geological Survey who resolved the formation of the Scottish Highlands.
* Sir
Andrew Ramsay FRS, Scottish geologist and glaciologist.
Geological Society Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
list and president (1872).
*
John G. Ramsay, British structural geologist.
Geological Society Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
list.
*
Herbert Harold Read
Herbert Harold Read FRS, FRSE, FGS, (17 December 1889, in Whitstable – 29 March 1970) was a British geologist and Professor of Geology at Imperial College. From 1947-1948 he was president of the Geological Society.
Life
He was born at W ...
, British geologist who performed much work on the origins of granite.
Geological Society Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
list.
*
Thomas Arthur Rickard
T. A. Rickard (1864 – 1953), formally known as ''Thomas Arthur Rickard'' was born on 29 August 1864 in Italy. Rickard's parents were British, and he became a mining engineer practising in the United States, Europe and Australia. He was also ...
, mining engineer and also publisher and author on mine engineering subjects after whom
Rickardite
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is named.
* Sir
Aurelian Ridsdale, politician and chairman of the
British Red Cross Society
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(1912–1914).
* Professor
John Anthony Sydney Ritson OBE DSO, international rugby player (
England
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and the
British Lions), decorated soldier, and mining engineer.
*
William Saville-Kent
William Saville-Kent (10 July 1845 – 11 October 1908) was an English marine biologist and author.
Early life
Born in the town of Sidmouth in Devon, South West England on 10 July 1845, William Saville-Kent was the son of Samuel Saville Kent (7 ...
, marine biologist and author
* Professor Douglas Shearman, British sedimentologist,
Geological Society Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
list.
* Sir
Warington Wilkinson Smyth FRS, president of the
Geological Society (1866–1868).
*
William Johnson Sollas
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FRS, geologist and anthropologist. President of the
Geological Society (1908–1910).
*
George Reginald Starr DSO MC, mining engineer and
Special Operations Executive
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officer.
*
Ralph Tate, British-born Australian botanist and geologist. President of the
Royal Society of South Australia
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(1878–1879).
* Sir
Julius Vogel
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, Prime Minister of
New Zealand
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(1873–1875).
* Professor
George P. L. Walker FRS, mineralogist and volcanologist.
Geological Society Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), ...
list and
IAVCEI Thorarinsson Medallist.
* Professor
Janet Watson FRS, igneous and metamorphic petrologist. First female president of the
Geological Society (1982–1984).
* Sir
Julius Wernher
Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (9 April 1850 – 21 May 1912) was a German-born Randlord and art collector who became part of the English establishment.
Life history
Born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Wernher was the son of Elisabeth (Weidenbu ...
, German-born
Randlord and art collector.
*
Howel Williams, leading volcanologist.
*
Robert Willis (engineer)
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, engineer and architectural historian.
*
Peter Harding (Royal School of Mines), metallurgist and captured WWII pilot (1919–2006)
*
George Ekem Ferguson George Ekem Ferguson (14 July 1864 – 7 April 1897), also known as Ekow Atta, was a Fante civil servant, surveyor and cartographer who worked in the British colony of the Gold Coast (modern Ghana).
Early life
Ferguson was born in Asuom. His ...
, a Fante, in the then Gold Coast, who after his education at the RSM, went on to negotiate treaties in the upper savannah of the Gold Coast.
List of deans
Before it was incorporated into the
Faculty of Engineering, the school was led by a dean. The deans were:
References
External links
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