Although Fresnel, who had also the satisfaction of being the first to put it into operation, perfected the dioptric apparatus independently, Brewster was active earlier in the field than Fresnel, describing the dioptric apparatus in 1812.

Although Coca-Cola held onto the deal during the next two seasons of Punky Brewster, production was moved over to Warner Bros. in the second syndicated season, whereupon they became a co-producer with Coca-Cola.

Although referred to as a village since it formed in 1849, it officially incorporated as the Village of Brewster, New York, in 1894.

Although the new facility is more than from the center of Brewster, it still retains the designation and postmark " Brewster 10509 ".

Although Baxter was an ardent foe of the Klan, it found a foothold in the Maine Republican Party through the influence of state senators Owen Brewster, Mark Alton Barwise, Hodgdon Buzzell, and others, who sponsored bills in the early 1920s which would have cut aid to parochial ( Catholic ) schools, thus creating a ' wedge issue ' between Maine's Protestant and catholic communities.

Although the writers of these traditional Western songs are mostly unknown, Dr. Brewster Highley, author of perhaps the most famous of the cowboy ballads, Home on the Range, followed the frontier into Oklahoma where he died in 1911.

Although his motives are initially secret, viewers quickly learn that Marjorino has harbored a 20-year grudge against Will Malloy, Craig Brewster, and their friends for what he perceives to be unfulfilled justice for the death of his father in a car accident that also involved a car occupied by Will and Craig ( both of whom had been drinking that night ).

Although a Dutch spectacle maker created the compound lens and inserted it in a microscope around the turn of the seventeenth century, and Galileo had applied the principle of the compound lens to the making of his microscope patented in 1609, its possibilities as a microscope had remained unexploited for half a century, until Robert Hooke improved the instrument.

Although Whitney patented his own design for a cotton gin, he manufactured a prior design from Henry Odgen Holmes, for which Holmes filed a patent in 1796.

Although the first design was patented as early as 1908, the first commercial 35 mm camera was the 1913 Tourist Multiple, for movie and still photography, soon followed by the Simplex providing selection between full and half frame format.

Although simple handheld roller gins have been used since at least 500 AD, the first modern mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793, and patented in 1794.

Although antifuse OTP has been available for decades, it wasn ’ t available in standard CMOS until 2001 when Kilopass Technology Inc. patented 1T, 2T, and 3. 5T antifuse bit cell technologies using a standard CMOS process, enabling integration of PROM into logic CMOS chips.

Although functional and practical, Fay's design along with the 50 other designs patented prior to 1899 are not considered reminiscent of the modern paperclip design known today.

Although Boulton had described and patented ailerons in 1868, no one had actually built them until Esnault-Pelterie ’ s glider, almost 40 years later.

Although Twister was patented by Charles F. Foley and Neil Rabens, sources also mention a man by the name of Reyn Guyer.

Although most modern copyright systems do not treat copyrighted or patented materials in the same way as real property, the term " intellectual property " has gained prominence.

Although several theoretical uses for EMPTA were postulated as well as several patented processes using EMPTA, such as the manufacture of plastic, no known industrial uses of EMPTA were ever documented nor any products that contained EMPTA.

Although Koreyvo patented his engine in France in November 1907, the management would not go on to manufacture opposed-piston engines.

Although the McCormick reaper was a revolutionary innovation for the harvesting of crops, it did not experience mainstream success and acceptance until at least 20 years after it was patented by Cyrus McCormick.

Although a crystallisation process using strontium hydroxide was patented by Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut in 1849 the large scale introduction came with the improvement of the process in the early 1870s.

Although Camellia is patented, it is available under a royalty-free license.

Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can openers were patented only in 1855 in England and in 1858 in the United States.

Although tanning beds were initially brought to America by Friedrich Wolff in 1979 he soon patented his particular blend of phosphors ( since expired ) and began licensing the technology to other companies.

Although it could be regarded as having its distant origins in the escapement invented by Robert Robin, C. 1792, which gives a single impulse in one direction, the design of the Daniels Co-Axial is more akin that of another Robin variant, the Fasoldt escapement which was invented and patented by the American Charles Fasoldt in 1859.

Although the Aztec code is patented,

Although a square-socket drive had been conceived decades before ( having been patented in 1875 by one Allan Cummings of New York City, ), it had never been developed into a commercial success, and Robertson's efficient manufacturing technique using cold forming for the screw's head is what made the idea a commercial success.

Although complex, this process was simpler and more efficient than other processes then in some limited use, and in 1884 Ives asserted that it was " the first patented or published process which was introduced into truly successful commercial operation.

Although many patterns and forms of amalgamating pans were invented and patented, there was much room for improvement.

Although the invention was patented in 1937, Finisterre had to escape to France after the fascist coup d ' état, and he lost the patent papers in a storm.

Although paper matches were patented in the 1880s, an early paper match " folder " was patented in September 1892 by Philadelphia patent attorney Joshua Pusey, however the matchbook as we know it was patented a few weeks later by Charles Bowman of Lebanon, PA. Pusey challenged Bowman's patent, but Bowman's patent was upheld.

Although Gershwin himself spoke of the rhapsody as " a musical kaleidoscope of America ", Rhapsody in Blue has often been interpreted as a musical portrait of New York City ; it is used to this effect in the films Manhattan and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, as well as extensively in this context in a segment from the film Fantasia 2000, in which the piece is used as the lyrical framing for a stylized animation set drawn in the style of famed illustrator Al Hirschfeld, to critical acclaim.

Although on the surface an entertaining escapist romance, alert contemporary readers would have quickly recognized the political subtext of Ivanhoe, which appeared immediately after the English Parliament, fearful of French-style revolution in the aftermath of Waterloo, had passed the Habeas Corpus Suspension acts of 1817 and 1818 and other extremely repressive measures and when traditional English Charter rights versus revolutionary human rights was a topic of discussion.

Although he died in 1817, Jefferson refused to act.

Although Cuffee died in 1817, his efforts may have " set the tone " for the American Colonization Society ( ACS ) to initiate further settlements.

Although at the end of 1817 he was not to know it, Stirling was to be without a command for eight years.

Although the admission of Mississippi on December 10, 1817, did not increase the numerical requirement, the entry of Illinois on December 3, 1818, did elevate that minimum to 16 state adoptions necessary for the TONA to be incorporated into the Constitution.

Although Giuseppe Bardari ( 1817 – 1861 ), was the librettist for Maria Stuarda, he was not Donizetti's first choice because, at that point, he was only 17 years old, and was a student with no experience.

Although a Presbyterian as late as April 1816, Vesey co-founded a branch of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1817.

Although he was an excellent student, Šafárik had to leave the University of Jena in May 1817 for unknown reasons ( probably lack of money ).

Although he had lost the Principality of Regensburg, Dalberg retained the title of Archbishop of Regensburg until his death in 1817, after which time the archbishopric was downgraded to a suffragan diocese of Munich and Freising.

Although in 1817 the town petitioned the Master of the Rolls, complaining boarders were favored over day boys, its complaints were rejected.

Although the Marquess was born and baptised with the name of George Spencer, soon after succeeding to the Dukedom of Marlborough, he had it legally changed on 26 May 1817 to George Spencer-Churchill.