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Page 2912 1 And I performed shortly after my retirement a similar 2 wear study in the railroad materials which the 3 combination of which the hot spotting studies 4 experimentally and analytically and the railroad wear 5 studies provided very good evidence of what happens. 6 Q When did you start this research, do you 7 recall? 8 A Which research? 9 Q Well, when did you first get into the hot 10 spotting aspect? 11 A Oh, the first studies of hot spotting, I 12 think, were in 1966 which were macro-type hot 13 spotting, and I got into more and more hot spotting 14 with the passage of time and the last study I 15 published, I think from Ford Motor Company, was around 16 1986, so early '80s. 17 Q Would it be fair to say, then, that this 18 research went from the mid '60s through the course of 19 your career at Ford? 20 A Yes. It is a rather involved process and 21 takes a lot of time.