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Boyle’s Bell Labs office at Murray Hill, 17 October 1969: painted cinder-block wall, large slate blackboard, steel desk, vinyl chairs, and closed metal cabinet, all framed tightly around the working surface. Boyle’s chalk touches the fourth electrode rectangle; his curled fingers enclose most of the chalk. Smith’s chalk touches the middle transfer arrow while his opposite forearm bears weight on the steel desk. The CCD schematic lies entirely on the blackboard surface and each chalk stroke follows that plane. The blackboard is fastened flush to the wall; the chalk tray is fixed continuously to its lower edge. Both men’s shoes and every desk leg meet the office floor. The blackboard is 1.2 m high and 2.4 m wide beside two roughly 1.7 m adult figures. 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