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		| Paper: | 
		Summary: Astronomical Polarimetry 2004 | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		343, Astronomical Polarimetry: Current Status and Future Directions | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		515 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Hildebrand, R. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		I will briefly review the first 185 years of Astronomical Polarimetry and then go on to developments reported at this conference and to the outlook for the near future. | 
	 
	
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