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first and in-stream
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first and tidal
The first power plants were run on water power or coal, and today we rely mainly on coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydroelectric, and petroleum with a small amount from solar energy, tidal harnesses, wind generators, and geothermal sources.
The process eventually leads to tidal locking of first the smaller, and later the larger body.
Beside the effects of perturbational changes in the Earth's orbital eccentricity, as found by Laplace and corrected by Adams, there are two tidal effects ( a combination first suggested by Emmanuel Liais ).
The perturbing force is sometimes in such cases called a tidal force ( for example, the perturbing force on the Moon ): it is the difference between the force exerted by the third body on the second and the force exerted by the third body on the first.
When ∆ r is small compared to R, the terms after the first residual term are very small and can be neglected, giving the approximate tidal acceleration ( axial ) for the distances ∆ r considered, along the axis joining the centers of m and M:
The solar tidal acceleration at the Earth's surface was first given by Newton in the ' Principia '< ref >, Book 3, Proposition 36, Page 307 Newton put the force to depress the sea at places 90 degrees distant from the Sun at " 1 to 38604600 " ( in terms of g ), and wrote that the force to raise the sea along the Sun-Earth axis is " twice as great ", i. e. 2 to 38604600, which comes to about 0. 52 × 10 < sup >- 7 </ sup > g as expressed in the text .</ ref >
Terminator 2 screenwriter and frequent Cameron collaborator William Wisher had a cameo in the scene as a reporter in Santa Monica who catches the first tidal wave on camera.
He also gives starting at Lemma 4 and Proposition 40 ) the theory of the motions of comets ( for which much data came from John Flamsteed and from Edmond Halley ), and accounts for the tides, attempting quantitative estimates of the contributions of the Sun and Moon to the tidal motions ; and offers the first theory of the precession of the equinoxes.
The new finds suggest that the first tetrapods lived as scavengers on the tidal flats, feeding on washed up animals and marine creatures stranded by the tide.
The Roche limit (), sometimes referred to as the Roche radius, is the distance within which a celestial body, held together only by its own gravity, will disintegrate due to a second celestial body's tidal forces exceeding the first body's gravitational self-attraction.
Brentford is the first point which was easily fordable by foot on the tidal portion of the River Thames ( this was before dredging took place ).
The first historical record of the tidal bore was that made by the Croatian missionary in Spanish service Father Ferdinand Konščak on 18 July 1746.
The tidal marsh was recognized as a wetland of international significance per the Ramsar Convention in 1981, the first North American site to receive that distinction.
In 2007 Strangford Lough became home to the world's first commercial tidal stream power station, SeaGen ( although not the first commercial tidal power station of any type ).
The world's first large-scale tidal power plant ( the Rance Tidal Power Station ) became operational in 1966.
The world's first commercial-scale and grid-connected tidal stream generator – SeaGen – in Strangford Lough.
The first study of large scale tidal power plants was by the US Federal Power Commission in 1924 which would have been located if built in the northern border area of the US state of Maine and the south eastern border area of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, with various dams, powerhouses and ship locks enclosing the Bay of Fundy and Passamaquoddy Bay ( note: see map in reference ).
* The first tidal power station was the Rance tidal power plant built over a period of 6 years from 1960 to 1966 at La Rance, France.
* The first tidal power site in North America is the Annapolis Royal Generating Station, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, which opened in 1984 on an inlet of the Bay of Fundy.
* The Indian state of Gujarat is planning to host South Asia's first commercial-scale tidal power station.

first and current
One of the first moves made after a cabinet decision was to request the United States to establish a full-fledged military assistance group instead of the current civilian body.
A bridge was first completed here in 1887, replaced by another structure in 1949, and subsequently replaced with the current bridge which was completed in 2008.
They settled first in the Ancient Pueblo areas for a few hundred years, then migrated to their current location.
Peter Lombard ( died 1160 ) is the first writer known to have used the term, which did not become the usual name in the West till towards the end of the twelfth century, and never became current in the East.
Previously, as related in the first reference cited above, Faraday had used the more straightforward term " eisode " ( the doorway where the current enters ).
According to him, while the first two visions ( the alter-globalism and the anti-globalism ) represent the reconstructed forms of old and new left ideologies, respectively, in the context of current globalization, only the third one has shown the capacity to respond more effectively to the intellectual requirements of today ’ s global complexities.
The relation between electric current, magnetic fields and physical forces was first noted by Hans Christian Ørsted who, in 1820, observed a compass needle was deflected from pointing North when a current flowed in an adjacent wire.
In the U. S., current plans call for the existing USAF bomber fleet to remain in service until the mid-to-late 2020s, with the first possible replacements becoming operational in 2018.
In order to save time, a second deck, preferably distinct from the first, is employed so that as the first is being dealt, the second is being shuffled by the partner of the current dealer.
Charlton was an established player by the time the next season was fully underway, which saw United, as current League champions, become the first English team to compete in the European Cup.
The main Breakfast presenters have also appeared on the channel since it was first launched as a simulcast programme in 2000, with the current presenters being Bill Turnbull, Susanna Reid ( Mondays to Wednesdays ), Louise Minchin and Charlie Stayt ( Thursdays, Ftidays and weekends ).
The current highest price is £ 20, 350, which was paid for the first issue of The Dandy on 7 September 2004.
The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building.
* Mittlere Brücke ( current structure built 1905, original bridge built 1225 as the first bridge to cross the Rhine River )
" The Blue Angels ' first public demonstration also netted the team its first trophy, which sits on display at the team's current home at NAS Pensacola.
The first Marine Corps pilot, Capt Chuck Hiett, joined the team and they relocated to their current home of NAS Pensacola in the winter of 1954.
The first official World Chess Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, claimed his title in 1886 ; the current World Champion is Viswanathan Anand.
If, however, the court finds that the current dispute is fundamentally distinct from all previous cases ( called a " matter of first impression "), judges have the authority and duty to make law by creating precedent.
For their first two seasons, the Bengals played at Nippert Stadium which is the current home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats.
The first match at this site, now known as the club's current ground The Valley, was in September 1919.
The first known reference to the site of the current city of Chicago as " Checagou " was by Robert de LaSalle around 1679 in a memoir written about the time.
Previously, as related in the first reference cited above, Faraday had used the more straightforward term " exode " ( the doorway where the current exits ).

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