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A darkened 1951 research laboratory: a heavy steel-framed crystal-pulling machine with a vertical glass envelope, an induction coil wrapped around the crucible zone, brass gas fittings and a rubber hose at the base, an operator's face and shoulder lit orange from the melt at the frame edge. the crystal hangs from the seed rod above and its lower end is still in contact with the surface of the melt in the crucible directly beneath it, joined by one continuous bright meniscus. the induction coil is wrapped around the same glass envelope at the height of that crucible. the pellet at the lip of the side tube is positioned directly above the same melt surface. The crystal is about the thickness of a thumb and the crucible the size of a teacup. 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