Lilly Library > The Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection
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Davy Crockett Keychain Puzzle
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The Popular 15 Puzzle
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The Niagara Puzzle, (with File & Compass)
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The Disappearing Bicyclist!
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Texture Cube (blind) (4x4x4)
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Dutch Puzzle Shoe
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Tangram - box: Sages served food by boy - 2 1/2" - full
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Checkout
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Arrow through Coke bottle (w/square hole)
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Polyhedron 32
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Chinese Justice Cup (with base) (Substitutes A, B)
About The Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection
The Jerry Slocum Collection of mechanical puzzles embodies a lifetime pursuit of the intriguing and the perplexing. The result is the largest assemblage of its kind in the world, with over 34,000 puzzles. Unlike word or jigsaw puzzles, mechanical puzzles are hand-held objects that must be manipulated to achieve a specific goal. Popular examples include the Rubik's cube and tangrams. The puzzles in the collection represent centuries of mathematical, social, and recreational history from across five continents. When complete, this database will allow researchers and puzzle enthusiasts to search and browse the entire puzzle collection.
For more information about the Slocum puzzle collection, please visit the Lilly Library web page.
Browse Slocum Puzzles:
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Date
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Designer
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Stewart Coffin [420]
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Charles Le Grand [98]
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Oskar van Deventer [71]
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Akio Kamei [69]
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J. Slocum [59]
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Nob Yoshigahara [46]
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Marcel Gillen [41]
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George Yagorvch [37]
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Naoyuki Iwase [34]
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Adrian Fisher [1]
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Andrew Cormier [1]
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I. Moscovitch - [1]
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Iain Sinclair [1]
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Jacques Frossard [1]
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R. Aubrey Hearn [1]
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STEPHEN LESLIE [1]
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Willis Walker [3]
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©Iwahiro 2005 [1]
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(C. 1909 ?) [1]
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(Sam Loyd?) [1]
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, China, 1617 [1]
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12.6 Compendium [1]
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1991 [1]
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2,904,373 [1]
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4,523,379 [1]
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? [2]
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?? [1]
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??[Greg Steven] [1]
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A. Boardman [1]
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A. Dale [1]
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A. Kalinin [2]
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A. Kamei [1]
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A.J. Wurzler [1]
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A.L. Van Dyke [1]
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ARR-EFF [1]
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Abacus [1]
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Abe [2]
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Adam Cowan [7]
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Adam G. Cowan [4]
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Adolf Ledesma [2]
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Adolfo Ledesma [1]
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Adrian Fisher [2]
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Agusto Baptista [1]
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Akio Hizume [1]
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Akio Kamei [69]
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Akio Yamamoto [26]
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Akio Yamomoto [1]
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Akira Nishihara [1]
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Akira Otsuka [1]
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Al Silver [3]
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Alan Dobbs [1]
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Alan Lee [1]
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Albatross Games [1]
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Aleh Hladzilin [1]
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Alex Randolph [1]
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Alex Randolph [1]
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Allan Boardman [9]
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Allan Rolf [3]
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Allan Stein [2]
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Allen Rolfs [5]
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Allen Rolfs ? [1]
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Altekruse [2]
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Amsterdam [1]
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Anatoli Kalinin [8]
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Andreas Rover [3]
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Andreas Röver [1]
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Andreas Unsicker [1]
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Andrejs Cibulis [2]
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Andris Cibulis [1]
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Andy Liu [1]
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Andy Snowie [5]
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Anja Baeck [1]
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Ann Schwartz [1]
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Anthony Greehill [1]
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Antonio Petcov [1]
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Arcady Dyskin [1]
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Archimedes [1]
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Ariel Laden [4]
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Arthur Dritz [1]
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Arthur Harris [2]
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Arthur Wilzin [2]
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August Goertz [1]
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Ausonius, Poet [1]
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Bakalar [1]
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Bart Phillips [2]
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Ben Chaffin [1]
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Ben Tanoff [1]
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Bernard Wiezorke [1]
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Berrocal [1]
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Bill Brattain [1]
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Bill Cutler [27]
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Bill Cutler [1]
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Bill Cutler - [1]
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Bill Darah [1]
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Bill Darrah [12]
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Bill Gosper [1]
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Bill Ritchie [1]
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Bill Sheckels [2]
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Bob Darling [3]
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Bob Easter [1]
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Bob Finn [1]
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Bob Jackson [1]
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Bob Neal [1]
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Bob Pierce [13]
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Bob Summit [1]
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Bob Summitt [21]
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Bob van Etten [2]
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Bognar ? [1]
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Bram Cohen [1]
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Brasil [1]
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Brazil unknown [1]
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Brendan Owen [3]
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Brian Young [18]
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Bruno Ernst [1]
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C. Gantt [1]
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C. O. Luce [1]
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C. Storer [6]
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C.C. Hatfield [1]
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C.L.A. Kunze [1]
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C.W. Lurtey [1]
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Cameron McLean [1]
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Carl Postel [1]
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Carlo Gitt [1]
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Carmelo Ciaccio [2]
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Cecil Smith [1]
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Charles Le Grand [98]
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Charles O. Perry [2]
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Charles Renz [1]
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Charles T. Bess [1]
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Charlie Maiorana [1]
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China, 1862 [1]
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Chris Morgan [2]
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Chuck Brome [1]
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Churchill, W. [1]
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Clarkson [1]
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Cliff Nelson [3]
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Coffin [11]
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Cube Baron [1]
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D. Engel [1]
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D. Hoffman [1]
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D. Klarner [1]
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D. Litwin [1]
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D. Overy [4]
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D. Sherman [1]
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Dai Nagata [3]
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Dale Overy [4]
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Dale Overy [1]
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Dale Walton [1]
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Dan Feldman [1]
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Dan Gilbert [6]
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Dan Gilbert [2]
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Dario [1]
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Dario [2]
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Dario Uri [10]
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Dave Rousseau [1]
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David Bagley [1]
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David Bruce [2]
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David Gluck [2]
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David Goodman [6]
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David Hirsch [2]
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David Klarner [1]
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David Litwin [1]
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David Rousseau [1]
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David Springett [1]
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David Winer [1]
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Dean Hoffman [1]
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Derek Ball [1]
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Derek Souvenirs [2]
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Derrik Niederman [1]
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Des. By C. Gantt [2]
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Des. L. Gordon [2]
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Des. Trevor Wood [1]
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Des.-Oskar V.D. [1]
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Dian Yee Lee [1]
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Dic Sonneveld [6]
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Dick Hess [19]
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Dick Hess [1]
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Dik Sonneveld [1]
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Dimitry Zlotsky [1]
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Diniar Namdarian [1]
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Dirk Hanneforth [1]
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Dirk Laureyssens [1]
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Don Charnley [2]
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Don Knuth [1]
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Don Kucera [1]
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Donald Knuth [2]
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Doug Engel [19]
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Dr E.H. Miles [1]
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Dries de Clercq [1]
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Dugald Keith [16]
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Duncan Ramsay [1]
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Edi Nagata [19]
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Edward Nelson [1]
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Edwards [2]
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Eldon Vaughn [3]
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Emrehan Halici [1]
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Endoh [1]
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Epoch Co. Ltd [1]
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Eric Fuller [2]
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Erich Friedman [1]
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Erik Johansson [13]
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Ernest U. Kinsey [1]
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Erwin Bonsma [1]
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F .O. Degenhardt [1]
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F. Ad. Richter [1]
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F. Chambers [1]
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F. Lammertink [3]
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F. Tsuburai [1]
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Flat Iwase [1]
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Franco Rocco [2]
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Frank Chambers [8]
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Frank Gregory [6]
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Frank Potts [2]
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Frank Rehm [2]
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Frans de Vreugd [14]
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Fred Horn [1]
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Fred Irvine [1]
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Friedman, Ira [1]
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Friedrich Seidel [2]
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Fujio Adachi [1]
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G. Foshee [1]
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G. Goodall - [1]
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GSI [1]
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Gandais, 1818 [1]
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Gary Foshee [19]
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Gary Foshee [1]
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Gene Lamb [3]
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Genel [1]
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Geo. E. Howard [1]
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Geoff Giles [1]
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Geoff Wyvill [2]
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George Bell [1]
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George E. Ohr [1]
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George Hart [1]
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George Miller [11]
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George Philippe [2]
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George TerBush [1]
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George W. Hart [1]
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George Yagorvch [37]
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Georges Philippe [1]
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Gerd Braun [1]
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Gianni Sarcone [1]
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Gilbert Mozzo [1]
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Gillen [2]
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Ginda Fisher [2]
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Gini Scott [2]
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Giovanni Giraud [1]
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Goddard + [1]
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Goh Pit Khiam [14]
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Gonzales [1]
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Grabarchuk [1]
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Graeme Mycko [1]
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Granreiken [1]
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Greg Dye [2]
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Griffioen [1]
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Griffion [1]
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Gérard Pétremand [1]
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H. Akiyama [1]
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H. Gifford [1]
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H. Gifford ? [1]
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H.C. Lange [1]
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H.J. Radziwill [1]
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Hanayama - [1]
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Hans Dehe [1]
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Hans Koch [1]
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Hans Loosen [1]
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Hans van der Zon [1]
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Hara [1]
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Harold Cataquet [2]
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Harry Eng [9]
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Harry G. Franke [1]
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Harry Nelson [15]
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Heinz Meister [1]
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Helmut Huber [1]
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Henning Bang [5]
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Henry Stroudt [4]
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Herman Witteveen [1]
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Hide UE (2010) [1]
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Hidekuni Tamura [5]
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Hideo Satou [3]
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Hideto Sato [1]
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Hideto Satou [4]
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Hidetoshi Takeji [4]
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Hirano [1]
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Hiro Iwasawa [1]
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Hirokazu Iwasawa [1]
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Hiroshi Endou [4]
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Hiroshi Ishawara [1]
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Hiroshi Iwahara [23]
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Hiroshi Iwahara [1]
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Hiroshi Iwasawa [1]
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Hiroshi Kaneko [2]
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Hiroshi Yamamoto [6]
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HiroshiIwahara [1]
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Hiroyuki Oka [8]
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Hoffmann #20 [1]
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Howard Swift [14]
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Howard Swift [1]
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Humio Tabural [1]
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Humio Tuburai [3]
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Humio Tubural [1]
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Igor Prelutskiy [1]
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Ili Kaufman [1]
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Ingo Uhl [2]
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Ira Friedman [1]
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Irina Javnel [3]
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Irina NovichKova [1]
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Irina Novichkova [15]
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Ivan Moscovich [1]
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Iwahara [2]
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Iwaharo [1]
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Iwahiro [6]
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Iwasawa [1]
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J-C Constantin [1]
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J-C Constantin [2]
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J. Ambacher [1]
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J. Botermans [1]
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J. C. Constantin [1]
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J. D. Boyle [2]
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J. Frossard [1]
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J. Grant [3]
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J. McFarland [1]
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J. Pelikan [1]
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J. Slocum [59]
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J.C. Constantin [2]
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J.W Haywood [1]
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JC Constantin [2]
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JC Constsntin [1]
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Jack Botermans [5]
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Jack Hildreth [1]
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Jack Krijnen [1]
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Jacques Haubrich [9]
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Jacques Zeimet [2]
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James Dalgety [2]
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James Kerley [1]
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James Koplow [1]
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James Lyon [1]
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James Stephens [2]
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Jan Grashuis [1]
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Jan Naert [1]
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Jan Sturm [8]
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Jan de Ruiter [2]
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Jan de Ruiter? [1]
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Jan Šturm [1]
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Japan, 1742 [1]
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Japan, 1790’s [2]
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Japan, 1796 [1]
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Jared [1]
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Jean Bauer [2]
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Jean Carle [12]
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Jennifer Ramsay [1]
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Jeremiah Farrell [3]
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Jerry McFarland [3]
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Jerry McFarland- [1]
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Jerry Slocum [2]
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Jerry Tyler [1]
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Jim Follette [1]
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Jim Gooch [4]
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Jim Kerley [3]
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Jim Martin [32]
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Jo Wills [1]
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Joe Becker [2]
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John Berkeley [1]
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John Conway [4]
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John D. Battin [2]
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John Kirkman [3]
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John Lin [2]
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John Snow [1]
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John. D. Boyle [1]
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Jon Veenstra [1]
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Jorma Vesala [5]
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Jose Grant [2]
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Josef Svancara [2]
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Joseph Rudolf [3]
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Joseph Walker [1]
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Josh Frankel [1]
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Jost Hanny [2]
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Jost Hänny [5]
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Juerg von Kaenel [1]
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Juha Levonen [1]
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Juha Levonen [11]
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Jun Yananose [1]
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Jun. Yananose [1]
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Junichi Yananose [8]
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Junichi Yananose [1]
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Junk Kato [1]
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Juozas Grankas [1]
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Juozas Granskas [1]
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Jürg von Känel [3]
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K. Jones [1]
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K. Walker [2]
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Kagen Schaefer [1]
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Kagen Schaeffer [1]
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Kagen Schafer [1]
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Kamei [3]
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Kamei [1]
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Karakuri [6]
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Karin von Kaenel [5]
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Karl Scherer [4]
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Karst Nauta [2]
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Kate Jones [5]
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Keith Winegar [12]
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Kellogg [1]
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Ken Fletcher [1]
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Ken Walker [4]
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Ken Walker [9]
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Kenneth Walker [1]
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Kevin Holmes [5]
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Kevin Plottner [1]
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Kimura - [1]
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Kirill Grebnev [1]
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Kirill Grebnev [1]
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Kitagawa Utamaro [1]
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Kohfuh [1]
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Kohfuh Sato [1]
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Kohfuh Satoh [2]
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Kohfuh Satoh [1]
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Koji Kitajima [2]
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Koos Verhoff [1]
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Koshi Arai [3]
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Kotani [2]
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Kouki Kusumi [1]
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Kozy [1]
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Kozy Katajima [1]
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Kozy Kitajima [3]
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Krasnakov [1]
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Krasnokhov [3]
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Krasnokov [7]
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Krasnoukhov [4]
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Kunio Kumoi? [1]
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Kunio Saeki [1]
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Kyoo Wong [1]
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L. Gordon [4]
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L. Mochalov [3]
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L.E. Ott [1]
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L.H. Hartman [1]
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L.W. Hardy [1]
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LIXY [1]
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Lambert Bright [1]
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Lambert Bright [14]
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Lammertink [1]
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Landi, Guiseppi [1]
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Larry Liu [1]
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Lee Krasnow [1]
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Lee Tutt [10]
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Lee, Yee Dian [1]
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Len Gordon [2]
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Les BArton [1]
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Les Barton [9]
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Les Shader [1]
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Leslie Shader [1]
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Liang Jen Wu [1]
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Lilly Kaufmann [1]
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Lim Seong Aun [1]
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Liu Suzuki [2]
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Lixy [2]
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Lixy Yamada [1]
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Lli Kaufmann [1]
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Louis Toorenburg [2]
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Louis Torenburg [1]
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Louise Thompson [1]
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Loyd [1]
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Luc de Smet [2]
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Lynn Wolsey [1]
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M. Abe [2]
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M. Demaine [1]
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M. Gillen [2]
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M. Linkola [3]
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M. Uyematsu [1]
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Mag Nif [2]
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Magic Holetite [1]
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Magic Mushroom [1]
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Marcel Gillen [41]
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Marcel Gillen [1]
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Mark Setteducti [1]
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Markku Vesala [5]
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Markus Goetz [4]
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Markus Gotz [1]
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Markus Götz [4]
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Martin Gardner [1]
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Martin Hanford [1]
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Martin Watson [5]
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Matt Dawson [1]
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Matt Shepit [2]
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Matti Helenius [1]
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Matti Linkola [2]
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Meffert [1]
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Mel Stover [1]
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Michael McGinnis [1]
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Michael Tanoff [1]
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Michael Weber [1]
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Miguel Berrocal [3]
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Mike Chabala [1]
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Mike Duffy [1]
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