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^{1 - area covered by a postage stamp magnified 250,000 times, 2 - tungsten electron-microscope filament, 3 - Assistant Director Scott Payne instructs at the USDA's Take Your Child to Work Day, 4 - interior of the Electron Microscopy Center (ca. 1987), 5 - elemental analysis of solder}