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About this Website

This web version was launched in October 2008.

Web design: Elizabeth Bruton and Richard Rowley

The site is designed to run on most common browsers and does not require Javascript or any other plugins.

The site has been tested on Firefox 2.0/3.0 (Win/Mac), Opera 9.6 (Win), Google Chrome 0.2 (Win), and Internet Explorer 6/7 (Win). The appearance of this site may vary across different browsers; it is best viewed with Firefox, and at a resolution of 1280 x 1024.

It can be viewed at a screen size of 800 x 600 or above and has been tested up to a screen size of 1600 x 1200.

If you have have any technical problems while viewing this website please email webmaster@hsm.ox.ac.uk.

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