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    H. G. Jerrard BSc, PhD, FInstP (Reader in Physics, Formerly Professor of Physics) & D. B. McNeill (Formerly Senior Lecturer in Physics)

  2. Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA

    H. G. Jerrard BSc, PhD, FInstP (Reader in Physics, Formerly Professor of Physics)

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