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922:0.1
919:0.0
916:0.4
913:2.0
910:2.4
907:1.7
904:2.0
891:88.8
886:18.7
881:13.6
846:12.5
841:14.4
836:11.4
831:13.1
817:−2.3
802:13.0
797:17.3
792:19.7
787:19.8
782:18.3
777:17.0
757:−2.3
747:20.0
742:10.8
737:15.5
732:21.2
727:25.8
722:29.2
717:29.8
712:28.1
707:25.2
702:20.0
697:14.7
692:10.9
677:27.4
672:16.7
667:22.0
662:29.1
657:34.0
652:37.3
647:37.9
642:36.6
637:33.4
632:27.5
627:21.8
622:17.4
617:15.0
607:35.4
602:23.8
597:29.4
592:37.7
587:42.8
582:45.9
577:46.1
572:45.0
567:41.8
562:35.7
557:29.6
552:24.8
547:22.0
537:50.8
532:33.0
527:38.1
522:46.0
517:48.9
512:50.8
507:50.8
502:50.6
497:49.0
492:45.0
487:41.8
482:37.8
477:32.7
466:Dec
463:Nov
460:Oct
457:Sep
454:Aug
451:Jul
448:Jun
445:May
442:Apr
439:Mar
436:Feb
433:Jan
393:Oman
381:wool
310:date
988:39
985:56
982:47
979:39
976:33
973:30
970:23
967:22
964:27
961:38
958:44
955:49
952:55
940:12
876:1.3
871:0.0
866:0.7
861:0.1
856:0.0
851:3.1
812:0.8
807:5.8
772:7.3
767:0.7
762:1.0
687:9.0
416:BWh
363:in
304:of
292:or
226:DST
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