; Metal laminates: Although a number of companies had experimented with all-aluminum skis in the 1940s, none of these proved practical.

Although South Carolina came to dominate the cotton plantation culture of much of the Antebellum South, it was the Natchez District that first experimented with hybridization, making the cotton boom possible.

Although one favorite, " Crème Céleste ", was compounded from white wax, spermaceti, sweet almond oil, and rosewater ; she attached far less importance to creams and emolients, and experimented with a wide variety of facial tonics and waters, from which she apparently expected more results.

Although some of Mahler symphonic predecessors experimented with lyricism in the symphony, Mahler's approach was much more farreaching.

Although previous artists such as William S. Burroughs had experimented with the idea of manipulating a reel to reel tape manually for the sounds produced ( such as with his 1950s recording, " Sound Piece "), vinyl scratching as an element of hip hop pioneered the idea of making the sound an integral and rhythmic part of music instead of uncontrolled noise.

Although the club has traditionally worn amber and black at home, it has experimented with a number of designs of shirts including plain amber with black trim, amber and black squares, stripes and, amber with a black sash.

Although there were only two central images, a profile of Washington and one of Franklin, many subtle variants appeared over the years ; for the Post Office experimented with half-a-dozen different perforation sizes, two kinds of watermarking, three printing methods, and large numbers of values, all adding to several hundred distinct types identified by collectors.

Although his wife had forbidden him to do so, Schönbein occasionally experimented at home in the kitchen.

Although the nominal leadership of the troops was given by Bolesław to his young nephew Przemysł II, the expedition was actually headed by experimented commanders such as the voivode of Poznań, Przedpełk Łodzia, and the castellan of Kalisz Janek.

Although Marsanne is mostly made into a dry wine, some producers in the Rhône have also experimented with making a dessert-style straw wine with Marsanne.

Although originally experimented with by the Germans in World War Two, it was not until the 1950s the U. S. began conducting early experiments using multiple tubes in a " cascade ", by coupling the output of an inverting tube to the input of another tube, which allowed for increased amplification of the object light being viewed.

Although predicted by earlier theories, it was first found accidentally by Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson as they experimented with the Holmdel Horn Antenna.

Although the EBow is most commonly played on the electric guitar, because of its ease of use and the responsiveness obtainable from the pickup, many artists have experimented with the EBow on other types of guitars and string instruments to various effect.

" Although Dr. Taussig was not aware of it at that time, Blalock and Thomas had already experimented with such an anastomosis, one that Blalock had conceived years earlier for a different purpose but which had the unanticipated effect of re-routing blood to the lungs.

Although many cities had experimented with temporary sand installations for various festivals and artistic projects, the modern urban beach concept as a summertime public amenity in the middle of the city was popularized by the Paris-Plages, a program of seasonal urban beach installations along the Seine that started in 2002 and has been enormously successful.

Although the use of electricity to power trains had been experimented with during the previous decade, and small-scale operations had been implemented, the C & SLR was the first major railway in the world to adopt it as a means of motive power.

" Although this self-identified socialist had difficulty pushing progressive legislation through a nonpartisan city council, he experimented with the municipal marketing of food, backed city-built housing, and in providing public markets, city harbor improvements, and purging graft from Milwaukee politics.

Although Adams has experimented with painting with watercolor and oil paints ( his 1989 covers for Appleseed were rendered with a combination of ink, watercolor and color pencil ), his color work is so sporadic that he says he has to relearn what he has forgotten in the interim each time, and is usually dissatisfied with the results.

Although the Motional Feedback technology had been experimented with for several years, Philips was the first company to successfully create a working prototype and create a commercial product line of loudspeakers and equipment.

Although Pari had a liking for the dense counterpoint of the middle of the 16th century, he experimented with piquant dissonances, and also with the concertato style, features which were quite contemporary ; he also varied the texture widely within individual pieces as a way to highlight the dramatic contents of the text.

Although he experimented with portraiture in his early career, Gillies concentrated principally on landscapes and still lifes, frequently depicting the Lothian, Fife and Border regions.

Although the Dogme 95 movement originated in Denmark, filmmakers around the world soon experimented with the rigid guidelines and sought certification for their films as Dogme.

Although he experimented with musique concrète and expanded tonality, he remained opposed to particular systems and his music evolved little: he developed tonal or modal ideas in smooth curves, producing an art of clarity, simplicity and restraint.

Although there is no question but that the process of washing fabrics involves a number of phenomena which are related together in an extremely complicated way and that these phenomena and their interrelations are not well understood at the present, this section attempts to present briefly an up-to-date picture of the physical chemistry of washing either fabrics or hard surfaces.

Although he still wore a standard British officer's cap on arrival in the desert, he briefly wore an Australian broad-brimmed hat before switching to wearing the black beret ( with the badge of the Royal Tank Regiment next to the British General Officer's badge ) for which he became notable.

Although briefly outmatched, the British ships were soon joined by Goliath and Theseus.

Although it varied in size and color and was at times cropped by the edges of the cover, or briefly rotated 4 degrees, it remained essentially unchanged for nearly three decades.

Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the " two tribes " of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries ( giving the examples of " cowboys and Indians or Captain Kirk and Klingons "), the song does contain the line " On the air America / I modelled shirts by Van Heusen ", a clear reference to then US President Ronald Reagan, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen in 1953 ( briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s ), and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air.

Although they had briefly met each other at the offices of the Rheinische Zeitung in 1842, it was here in Paris that they began their friendship that would last for the rest of their lives.

Although McNeal did indeed slip briefly while following Didier across the formation, it would have made little difference in the outcome of the play.

Although Jolitz worked briefly for UUNET ( which later spun out BSDi ) in 1991, the work he did for them diverged from that contributed to the University of California and did not appear in 386BSD.

Although he enters the series as a villain, Spike allies briefly with the Scoobies during Season Two to save his vampire lover Drusilla and stop Angel from destroying the world.

Although the victory briefly uplifted the Texian troops, morale continued to fall as the weather turned colder and the men grew bored.

Although the F2 cars were good ( and Lauda's test-driving skills impressed March principal Robin Herd ), March's 1972 F1 season was catastrophic and Lauda, in despair and deep debt, briefly contemplated suicide but finally took out yet another bank loan to buy his way into the BRM team in 1973.

'" Although Beiderbecke was briefly taken into custody and held on a $ 1, 500 bond, the charge was dropped after the girl was not made available to testify.

Although Zinoviev and Kamenev briefly had the support of a Central Committee majority and negotiations were started, a quick collapse of the anti-Bolshevik forces outside Petrograd allowed Lenin and Trotsky to convince the Central Committee to abandon the negotiating process.

Although Zinoviev and Kamenev briefly had the support of a Central Committee majority and negotiations were started, a quick collapse of the anti-Bolshevik forces outside Petrograd allowed Lenin and Trotsky to convince the Central Committee to abandon the negotiating process.

Although Edward was imprisoned briefly, Clarence was unacceptable as monarch to most of the country.

Although Houston stayed on briefly for negotiations, he returned to the United States for treatment of his ankle wound.

Although newer knowledge in biology has more sharply defined what the text in these 1946 boxes labels " electro-colloidal ," the diagram remains, as Korzybski wrote in his last published paper in 1950, " satisfactory for our purpose of explaining briefly the most general and important points.

Although French administration was allowed during Japanese occupation as a puppet government, Japan briefly took full control of Vietnam in 1945 under the Empire of Vietnam and Tonkin became the site of the Vietnamese Famine of 1945 during this period.

Although the Beagle Boys are only shown very briefly on the last page of this story, it is implied that Scrooge has known about them for a long time.

Although some might coast briefly during the launch sequence, they do not complete one or more full parking orbits before the burn that injects them onto an earth escape trajectory.

Although he is mentioned only briefly in Homer's Iliad, in which Hera takes Stentor's character to encourage the Greeks to fight, his name has been living in the term " stentorian " voice, meaning loud-voiced, for which he was famous: Homer said his " voice was as powerful as fifty voices of other men ".

Although Schaeffer briefly forces Book to surrender to him, the loud clanging summons all other Amish within earshot.

Although Xavier was briefly tempted to destroy the machine when he thought that Lucifer might be able to reach the exit portal before him, Jeffrey was able to help him escape by ' sending ' the Professor his own youthful energy back along their psychic link, giving Xavier the strength to beat Lucifer to the portal in a swimming race, the portal being deactivated just as Lucifer's hand attempted to emerge.

Although they briefly find happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community.

Although the city was occupied briefly in 1839 by the British during the First Afghan War, it was not until 1876 that Quetta became part of the British colonial empire, with Robert Sandeman being made the political leader for Balochistan.