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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
(a) Ferrofluidics Corporation's Consolidated Balance Sheet as of
March 31, 1996 and the Consolidated Results of Operations for the three
months then ended and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such (b)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> FERROFLUIDICS CORP.
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