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We have studied the Coulomb excitation functions for thin targets of ${\mathrm{F}}^{19}$, ${\mathrm{Na}}^{23}$, ${\mathrm{Ti}}^{47}$, ${\mathrm{Mn}}^{55}$, and ${\mathrm{Ge}}^{73}$, and for thick targets of ${\mathrm{V}}^{51}$ and ${\mathrm{Fe}}^{57}$, with alpha particles up to 3.5 Mev; the energy levels excited in these nuclei are at 113 and 196 kev, 446 kev, 160 kev, 128 kev, 68 kev, 320 kev, and 137 kev, respectively. The de-excitation gamma rays from these levels to the ground states were detected except for ${\mathrm{Fe}}^{57}$, where a 123-kev gamma ray is predominantly emitted. In addition, we have excited the 182-kev level in ${\mathrm{Zn}}^{67}$, whose de-excitation takes place partly by cascade through the 92-kev first excited state. In the cases of ${\mathrm{F}}^{19}$ and ${\mathrm{Na}}^{23}$ we were able to compare directly the relative contributions of Coulomb excitation and compound nucleus formation by means of the ($\ensuremath{\alpha}, p\ensuremath{\gamma}$) reactions taking place via the same compound nuclei. In all cases the excitation curves are in fair agreement with the theoretical $E2$ curves at the lower energies, but show definite deviations in the direction of too much excitation at the higher energies, pointing to some resonant compound-inelastic contribution as well as possible penetration effects not accounted for by the classical theory. The transition probabilities of all transitions are about one-tenth of those in the rare earth region.