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Canadian cadences
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25551
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Murray Gibbon, John
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Ryerson Press
- Call Number
- 05.1 M96t
- Author
- Murray Gibbon, John
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Ryerson Press
- Published Date
- 1949
- Series
- The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 05.1 M96t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A nostalgic view of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25553
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Buchanan, Donald W.
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.
- Call Number
- 06.4 B86a
- Author
- Buchanan, Donald W.
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 45 pages II. ; 20 cm
- Subjects
- Photography
- Alberta
- Quebec and Ontario
- Canada
- Abstract
- In this book Donald W. Buchanan recreates the flavour of the Canada of his youth, matching a nostalgic text with his own photographs of evocative scenes from the ranches of Happy Valley, Alberta, to Kamouraska County in Quebec. -- From the publisher
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 06.4 B86a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Douglas of the fir : a biography of David Douglas botanist
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25554
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Author
- George Harvey, Athelstan
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
- Call Number
- 04.1 H26d
- Author
- George Harvey, Athelstan
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
- Published Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- x, 290 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm
- Subjects
- Botany
- Science
- Travel
- Canada
- Upper Canada
- Columbia River
- Contents
- Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 04.1 H26d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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All about babies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25558
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Coleman, H. T. J.
- Publisher
- Sidney, British Columbia : Gray's Publishing Ltd.
- Call Number
- 05.1 C68a
- Author
- Coleman, H. T. J.
- Responsibility
- Cover and illustrations E. Downing Baker
- Publisher
- Sidney, British Columbia : Gray's Publishing Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 57 pages
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Literature
- Abstract
- A collection of childrens stories detailing a variety of animals as babies.
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 05.1 C68a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Science in the history of modern culture
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25562
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Watanabe, Masao
- Publisher
- Tokyo : Miraisha
- Call Number
- 03 W29s
- Author
- Watanabe, Masao
- Publisher
- Tokyo : Miraisha
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 353 pages
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 03 W29s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Fenollosa and his circle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25564
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Publisher
- New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Call Number
- 05 B79f
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Publisher
- New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 321 pages
- Abstract
- A parade of fascinating personalities -- intellectuals, artists, travelers and explorers -- moves through this rich and colorful book of biographical essays by the author of Makers and Finders. --From dust cover
- Contents
- Fenollosa and His Circle ; Fanny Wright ; John Lloyd Stephens ; George Catlin ; Charles Wilkes ; Charles Godfrey Leland ; Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast ; Randolph Bourne
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 05 B79f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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An introduction to crystallography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25663
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Phillips, F. C.
- Publisher
- London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd
- Call Number
- 03 P54a
- Author
- Phillips, F. C.
- Publisher
- London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 340 pages : 535 diagrams
- Subjects
- Crystallography
- Geology
- Science
- Contents
- 1. The nature of the crystalline state -- 2. Methods of projection -- 3. The description of crystals -- 4. A general study of the seven crystal systems -- 5. Goniometry -- 6. The thirty-two classes -- 7. Parallel growth and composite crystals -- 8. Some mathematical relationships -- 9. Crystal drawings -- 10. The symmetry of internal structure -- 11. Space groups -- 12. Diffraction of x-rays by crystals -- 13. Crystal habit
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03 P54a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Principles of stratigraphy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25664
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Dunbar, Carl O. and Rodgers, John
- Publisher
- New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Call Number
- 03 D91p
- Publisher
- New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 356 pages
- Subjects
- stratigraphy
- Geology
- Abstract
- Carl O. Dunbar and John Rodgers authored this textbook in response to the growing interest in the study of stratigraphy in academia.
- Contents
- Part I : Environments of deposition -- Part 2 : Basic stratigraphic relations -- Part 3 : Interpretation of specific lithotopes -- Part 4 : Synthesis
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03 D91p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Intoduction to the structure of the earth
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25668
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- Spencer, Edgar W.
- Publisher
- New York : McGraw Book Company
- Call Number
- 03 S3i
- Author
- Spencer, Edgar W.
- Publisher
- New York : McGraw Book Company
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 597 pages
- Subjects
- Geology
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts of stress and strain -- 3. Theory and rock failure -- fracture -- 4. Faults -- 5. Behavior of materials -- 6. Folds and folding -- 7. Clevage, mullion, rodding, kinks, and boudinage -- 8. Primary sedimentary structures -- 9. Structures in unconsolidated sediment and salt -- 10. Earth's interior and major crustal elements -- 11. The North American continental craton and its stable margin -- 12. A case study of an orogenic belt -- the Alps -- 13. Anatomy of a folded mountain belt -- the Appalachians -- 14. Structural features of the North American cordillera -- 15. Sturctural features of the ocean basins -- 16. Examples of modern diatrophism -- 17. Tectonic syntheses
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03 S3i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Outdoor life cyclopedia : a complete guide for sportsmen
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26178
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1945
- Publisher
- New York : Outdoor Life
- Call Number
- 02.7 Ou8o
- Responsibility
- Prepared by the editorial staff of Outdoor Life
- Publisher
- New York : Outdoor Life
- Published Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 334 pages
- Contents
- Angling equipment -- Methods of fishing -- Fresh water fishing -- Ocean fishing -- The sporting rifle -- Learning to shoot -- Methods of hunting -- The deer family -- Elk, antelope, sheep, bear -- Hunting small game -- The shotgun -- American waterfowl -- Our upland birds -- Mastering the handgun -- Your gun dog -- The sportsman's boat -- Camping and woodcraft -- Camp recipies.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 02.7 Ou8o
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Matchbox Holder
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0596
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0596
- Description
- Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES …
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- Title
- Matchbox Holder
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 7.0 x 7.1 cm
- Description
- Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES and PRODUCE Telephone 129 BANFF, ALBERTA.”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0596
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Athletic Patch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.0173
- Date
- 1963
- Material
- fabric; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0173
- Description
- “BANFF 1963 CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS”; Blue white and red embroidery on a white base. Mountains in background and a red flag with blue outline with “Banff” (in white) on it flapping in the wind, attached to a red ski pole. Along the bottom in all capitals reads”CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPION…
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- Title
- Athletic Patch
- Date
- 1963
- Material
- fabric; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.1 x 8.4 cm
- Description
- “BANFF 1963 CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS”; Blue white and red embroidery on a white base. Mountains in background and a red flag with blue outline with “Banff” (in white) on it flapping in the wind, attached to a red ski pole. Along the bottom in all capitals reads”CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS” in black. A light blue outline along the entirety of the patch.
- Subject
- Banff
- ski
- 1963
- mountains
- patch
- embroidery
- ski championship
- Credit
- Gift of Elmer Charlton, Banff, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0173
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0121
- Description
- A black plastic double lens reflex Bedford Flex camera. The camera takes 4x4 exposures but due to its poor quality was not considered a real twin lens reflex camera by many professional photographers - it would be better suited for amateurs or as a toy. The camera has the pop-open top viewfinder, t…
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- Title
- Toy Camera
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal;
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A black plastic double lens reflex Bedford Flex camera. The camera takes 4x4 exposures but due to its poor quality was not considered a real twin lens reflex camera by many professional photographers - it would be better suited for amateurs or as a toy. The camera has the pop-open top viewfinder, two front-facing lenses with a black rubber lens cap, and a plastic carry strap attached to two metal brackets on either side of the camera.
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- camera
- toy camera
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0121
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Projection Lens
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0122
- Description
- A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.
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- Title
- Projection Lens
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard
- Dimensions
- 4.4 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0122
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- Date
- 1949 – 1990
- Material
- metal; leather; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0130
- Description
- A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also fo…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1949 – 1990
- Material
- metal; leather; glass;
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 20.5 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also folds down to show the exposure plate inside the main compartment - on the panel that folds down is some kind of leather hood and a depth of field table printed onto the panel. The main compartment of the camera has a leather handle on the left-hand side, a view-finder and mount for a flash on the right-hand side, another attachment mount and a circular level on the top, and a hole in the bottom where it can be fixed to a tripod - there is a second tripod mount in the front panel.
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- camera;
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0130
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- Date
- prior to 1980
- Material
- plastic; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0223
- Description
- A black plastic 35mm film loader with orange knobs and cranks. It is tear dropped shaped. On one side of the loader is an orange crank and on the other side is multiple parts. There is an orange knob that turns, an orange latch that twists back and forward to lock the bottom of the film loader in p…
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- Title
- Loader Film
- Date
- prior to 1980
- Material
- plastic; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 11.1 x 8.1 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- A black plastic 35mm film loader with orange knobs and cranks. It is tear dropped shaped. On one side of the loader is an orange crank and on the other side is multiple parts. There is an orange knob that turns, an orange latch that twists back and forward to lock the bottom of the film loader in place, an orange knob with numbers from 0 to 35 (in increments of 5), cut into the side is a window to a dial with white numbers on black text, there is a larger orange knob which twists that features orange text reads “OPEN ONLY TO REPLACE BULK FILM”, and and another black flat circle that twists with black text that reads “TO INSERT CASSETTE”, two solid triangles pointed up, and “TO LOAD FILM”. On the bottom of the where the film canister is loaded is a box with text inside, it reads “COMPUTROL 35 mm film loader RESTEM Ltd. T.A. Made in Israel”. There is an instruction manual with the film loader which features lots of text, sketches of the loader, and diagrams of use.
- Credit
- Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0223
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0066
- Description
- Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be p…
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- Title
- Pin Holder
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal;
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 6.8 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be pulled out. The top consists of a cap that can be snapped off by pressing a small metal lever in order to access the pin compartment. The yellow cardboard box contains manufacturer information and instructions throughout the outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0066
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Field Telephone
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal; plastic; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 105.04.0007
- Description
- Northern Electric Field Telephone in metal container. The telephone handle, power cords, and rolled-up carry strap all housed inside the container. Adhered to the inside of the lid is a paper label demonstrating the electrical circuitry and stencilled on the top of the lid is “SS 2734” in black pai…
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- Title
- Field Telephone
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal; plastic; fabric
- Dimensions
- 23.7 x 13.1 x 18.2 cm
- Description
- Northern Electric Field Telephone in metal container. The telephone handle, power cords, and rolled-up carry strap all housed inside the container. Adhered to the inside of the lid is a paper label demonstrating the electrical circuitry and stencilled on the top of the lid is “SS 2734” in black paint. There are thin metal brackets on both short sides to feed the fabric strap through. The hinged lid opens by pressing a black rubber button on one short side. This model telephone often used by Canadian Pacific Railway when all other forms of communication failed.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 105.04.0007
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Putting Improver
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.0051
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- cardboard; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0051
- Description
- Square green box with a hinged lid containing a white and red metal putting improver. On the lid of the box is a paper label with “THE ‘NORTHWOOD’” printed along the top, and unidentified manufacturer’s logo in the middle, “Red & White” written in black ink on the right-hand side, and “Putting Impr…
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- Title
- Putting Improver
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- cardboard; metal;
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- Square green box with a hinged lid containing a white and red metal putting improver. On the lid of the box is a paper label with “THE ‘NORTHWOOD’” printed along the top, and unidentified manufacturer’s logo in the middle, “Red & White” written in black ink on the right-hand side, and “Putting Improver” written in black ink along the bottom. The tool itself consists of an eight-sided plate with hinged attachments on each side that fold towards the center when pushed over.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- golf
- golf equipment;
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0051
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- Date
- 1968
- Material
- metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0304
- Description
- A small blue tin with an intricately designed label printed onto the tin with lots of rust. The label reads “EDGEWORTH EXTRA HIGH GRADE PLUG SLICE SMOKING TOBACCO” and a scroll at the bottom that reads “LARUS & BRO.CO. RICHMOND, VA.U.S.A.” The tin lid hinges at the back of the tin, when opened ther…
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- Title
- Tin Box
- Date
- 1968
- Material
- metal;
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A small blue tin with an intricately designed label printed onto the tin with lots of rust. The label reads “EDGEWORTH EXTRA HIGH GRADE PLUG SLICE SMOKING TOBACCO” and a scroll at the bottom that reads “LARUS & BRO.CO. RICHMOND, VA.U.S.A.” The tin lid hinges at the back of the tin, when opened there is text on the lid, some of the writing is blocked by rust but what can be deciphered reads “To the Consumers of High Grade Tobaccos..We desire to” “your special attention to EDGEWORTH TOBACCO” “the best combination that can be made only finest selection of leaf” “used. Every box of” “is” “not to burn the tongue and to give satisfaction.” “We will cheerfully refund money to any dissatisfied purchaser.” “LARUS & BRO CO., Richmond”. There is also text on the bottom of the tin but it is undecipherable due to rust.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold McBride Mortimer, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0304
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