Conversely the use of true brass seems to have declined in Western Europe during this period in favour of gunmetals and other mixed alloys but by the end of the first Millennium AD brass artefacts are found in Scandinavian graves in Scotland, brass was being used in the manufacture of coins in Northumbria and there is archaeological and historical evidence for the production of brass in Germany and The Low Countries areas rich in calamine ore which would remain important centres of brass making throughout the medieval period, especially Dinant – brass objects are still collectively known as dinanterie in French.

Low brass instruments such as the tuba or sousaphone are the standard bass instrument in Dixieland and New Orleans-style jazz bands.

The harp is of a small Low Headed design with brass pins for 29 strings, the longest being c. 62 cm.

Behind him lay the Low Countries, where men were still completing the cathedrals that a later Florentine would describe as `` a malediction of little tabernacles, one on top of the other, with so many pyramids and spires and leaves that it is a wonder they stand up at all, for they look as though they were made of paper instead of stone or marble '' ; ;

The latest Low is a puzzler.

But there is a difference between the present volume and the early Low.

Low seems to have supported Eden at first and then relented because things worked out differently, so there is no fire in his eye.

* In Astrophysics, auto-correlation is used to study and characterize the spatial distribution of galaxies in the Universe and in multi-wavelength observations of Low Mass X-ray Binaries.

Low vision is sometimes used to describe visual acuities from 20 / 70 to 20 / 200.

Crokinole is called knipsbrat (" flick-board ") in the Low German spoken by Mennonites.

Two paintings ( both dated 1565 ) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling — Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf.

It is sometimes known as Low fantasy in contrast to High fantasy, which is primarily serious in intent and tone.

The term " Low Fantasy " is used to represent other types of fantasy, however, so while comic fantasies may also correctly be classified as low fantasy, many examples of low fantasy are not comic in nature.

* Low cost is of utmost importance.

Some have theorized it emerged from the overwhelming influence of Low German in medieval times, having flattened the originally Nordic melodic accent, but stød is absent in most southern Danish dialects where Low German impact would have been the greatest.

Often logic " 0 " will be a lower voltage and referred to as " Low " while logic " 1 " is referred to as " High ".

Low voltage reduces the specimen damage by the incident electrons and increases image contrast that is especially important for biological specimens.

Estonian has been influenced by Swedish, German ( initially Middle Low German, later also standard German ), and Russian, though it is not related to them genetically.

This is primarily because the Estonian language has borrowed nearly one third of its vocabulary from Germanic languages, mainly from Low Saxon ( Middle Low German ) during the period of German rule, and High German ( including standard German ).

The name Freyja is in fact a title meaning " lady ", from Proto-Germanic * frawjōn, cognate with West Frisian frou, Dutch vrouw, Low German Fro, Fru, German Frau.

Frankish * forhist is attested by Old High German forst " forest ", Middle Low German vorst " forest ", Old English fyrhþ " forest, woodland, game preserve, hunting ground " ( English frith ), and Old Norse fýri " coniferous forest ", all of which derive from Proto-Germanic * furhísa -, * furhíþija-" a fir-wood, coniferous forest ", from Proto-Indo-European * perk < sup > w </ sup > u-" a coniferous or mountain forest, wooded height ".

The word is continued in German Deutsch ( meaning German ), English " Dutch ", Dutch Duits and Diets ( the latter referring to the historic name for Dutch or Middle Dutch, the former meaning German ), Italian tedesco ( meaning German ), Swedish / Danish / Norwegian tysk ( meaning German ) and Middle Low German dudesch meaning both Low German and the whole of Dutch / German / Low German, as well its descendant, modern Low German dütsch, meaning only Standard High German.

* Low alloy steels

Low alloy carbon steel, such as A36 grade, contains about 0. 05 % sulfur and melts around.

' Low alloy ' blades are still the only type available for the Junior hacksaw, which limits the usefulness of this otherwise popular saw.

* Low alloy steel, steel alloyed with other elements

Low power pool-type reactors such as the SLOWPOKE and TRIGA have been licensed for unattended operation in research environments because as the temperature of the low-enriched ( 19. 75 % U-235 ) uranium alloy hydride fuel rises, the molecular bound hydrogen in the fuel cause the heat to be transferred to the fission neutrons as they are ejected.

The overall risk assessment is then Low, Medium or High, depending on the sub-range containing the calculated value of the Composite Index.

In Belgium, the title of Duke of Brabant ( historically the most prestigious in the Low Countries, and containing the federal capital Brussels ), if still vacant, has been awarded preferentially to the eldest son and heir presumptive of the king, other male dynasts receiving various lower historical titles ( much older than Belgium, and in principle never fallen to the Belgian crown ), such as Count of Flanders ( King Leopold III's so-titled brother held the title when he became the realm's temporary head of state as prince-regent ) and Prince of Liège ( a secularised version of the historical prince-bishopric ; e. g., the present King Albert II until he succeeded his older brother Baudouin I ).

Low energy eruptions of basalt produce a characteristically dark coloured ash containing ~ 45-55 % silica that is generally rich in iron ( Fe ) and magnesium ( Mg ).

; Low level multiprocessing: Instead of a single instruction pointer a Redcode simulator has a number of process queues, each containing a variable number of instruction pointers which the simulator cycles through.

* Sweet ' N Low ( a brand containing Saccharin, dextrose & cream of tartar )

Knightswood is a suburban district in Glasgow, containing 4 areas: Knightswood North or High Knightswood, Knightswood South or Low Knightswood, Knightswood Park and Blairdardie.

The Leiden Willeram is the name given to a manuscript containing a Low Franconian version of the Old High German commentary on Song of Solomon by the German abbot Williram of Ebersberg ( ultimately by Isidore of Seville ).

This is a verse translation of biblical histories, attested only in a series of fragments, which was composed in a mixed dialect containing Low German, Old Dutch and High German ( Rhine-Franconian ) elements.

In July 2010 the band released a new music video for the new single " Lost " as well as an EP on iTunes containing four songs, " Lost ", " This is a Low ", " Where Love is a Lie " and " A Taste for Crime ".

His principal works are his edition of the Sachsenspiegel ( in 3 vols, 1827, 3rd ed., 1861, containing also some other important sources of Saxon or Low German law ), which is still unsurpassed in accuracy and sagacity of research, and his book on Die Haus-und Hofmarken ( 1870 ), in which he has given a history of the use of trade-marks among all the Teutonic nations of Europe, and which is full of important elucidations of the history of law and also contains valuable contributions to the history of art and civilization.

Low dose applications such as disinfestation of fruit range between US $ 0. 01 / lbs and US $ 0. 08 / lbs while higher dose applications can cost as much as US $ 0. 20 / lbs.

Low business taxes-the maximum tax rate is 20 %-and easy incorporation rules have induced about 73, 700 holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein, providing 30 % of state revenues.

David Low ( cartoonist ) | David Low's cartoon, published in the Evening Standard on 20 September 1939, shows Hitler greeting Stalin, following their joint Invasion of Poland ( 1939 ) | invasion of Poland, with the words, " The scum of the earth, I believe ?".

The attacks reached the commercial centre of the Low Countries, Antwerp, on August 20, and on August 22 Ghent, where the cathedral, eight churches, twenty-five monasteries and convents, ten hospitals and seven chapels were wrecked.

* Paraguay: 166, 000 Standard German-speakers ( including 18, 000 Mennonites, who don't speak Plattdeutsch or Mennonite Low German ); plus 20, 000 Mennonite Low German, spoken by Mennonites who live in Chaco and Eastern Paraguay The Mennonites emigrated to Paraguay from Chihuahua State ( in Mexico ), the Soviet Union, Canada, and Bolivia.

Until 1995, there was the Silver Creek Communications Annex 41 ° 20 ' 46. 00 " N 97 ° 43 ' 18. 18 " W a station of the Survivable Low Frequency Communications System of the United States Air Force.

Low speeds below 20 mph have a significantly higher coefficient of pollutant production than above 30, though the coefficient after levelling off tends to increase gradually after 50 mph.

While forests managed for wood production commonly yield between 1 and 3 cubic meters per hectare per year, plantations of fast-growing species commonly yield between 20 and 30 cubic meters or more per hectare annually ; a Grand Fir plantation at Craigvinean in Scotland has a growth rate of 34 cubic meters per hectare per year ( Aldhous & Low 1974 ), and Monterey Pine plantations in southern Australia can yield up to 40 cubic meters per hectare per year ( Everard & Fourt 1974 ).

He played a major part in the declaration of war against Austria ( 20 April ), and he planned the invasion of the Low Countries.

Low, David ( 1973 ): With All Faults, pp 16 – 20

About May 20 he started on a tour northward through Florence, Parma, Mantua, Venice, Trieste, Stuttgart, Mainz, Cologne, and the Low Countries.

* The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, " The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age ", in Astrom ( ed ) High, Middle or Low ( Gothengurg, 1987 ), taking his low chronology.

* Laurence, John, A History Of Capital Punishment ( London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., ), pp. 114 – 20

* October 20 – The first train enters Edmonton, by way of the Canadian Northern's Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway across the Low Level Bridge

Hellegat is a fairly common toponym for waterways in the Low Countries, with at least 20 independent examples.

HDCD encodes the equivalent of 20 bits worth of data in a 16-bit digital audio signal by using custom dithering, audio filters, and some reversible amplitude and gain encoding ; Peak Extend, which is a reversible soft limiter and Low Level Range Extend, which is a reversible gain on low-level signals.

Prior to the take over, sales had been falling at a rate of 6 %, a figure that Tesco reversed to a growth of 20 % by February 1996 and the former Wm Low stores contributed £ 11 million profit to the Tesco group.

He successfully defended the title in matches with Monty Brown, Jerry Lynn, Low Ki, Curt Hennig, and Scott Hall before losing on November 20 to Jeff Jarrett who had the help of Vince Russo.

The A4, or Hard X-ray / Low Energy Gamma-ray Experiment, used sodium iodide ( NaI ) scintillation counters to cover the energy range from about 20 keV to 10 MeV.

The band had some success in Ireland and their single " Feeling So Low " entered the Irish top 20 singles chart.

* April 20, 2003 – Rawhide, San Francisco, CA ( Low Pro Lounge event )