Although there were no startling developments in shotgun design this year, a number of new models and variations of existing models did hit the market.

Although he was in charge of the project for the papal villa, the Villa Pamphili, now Villa Doria Pamphili, outside the Porta San Pancrazio in Rome, he may have had professional guidance on the design of the casino from the architect / engineer Girolamo Rainaldi and help with supervising its construction from his assistant Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi.

Although the role of the ground attack aircraft significantly diminished after the Korean War, it re-emerged during the Vietnam War, and in the recognition of this, the US Air Force authorised the design and production of what was later to become the A-10 dedicated anti-armour and ground-attack aircraft of the Cold War.

Although the Atari 5200's internal design was extensively based on that of the 400 / 800 home computers, the differences were sufficient that games designed for one would not run directly on the other.

Although this shift was an important one, it did not represent a radical break from the past so much as a small step in a broader, more gradual socio-economic movement that had been going on at least since 1907 when van de Velde had argued for a craft basis for design while Hermann Muthesius had begun implementing industrial prototypes.

Although the Ann McKim was the first large clipper ship ever constructed, it cannot be said that she founded the clipper ship era, or even that she directly influenced shipbuilders, since no other ship was built like her ; but she may have suggested the clipper design in vessels of ship rig.

Although the PDP-2 never proceeded beyond the initial design, the PDP-3 found some interest and was designed in full.

Although Babbage's design was technically feasible, no one had built a mechanical device to such exacting standards before, so the engine proved to be much more expensive than anticipated.

Although the very act of codification was a radical innovation, given the precedent-based design of the Roman legal system, the jurists were generally conservative, and constantly looked to past Roman practice and theory for guidance.

: Although there are no universal standards for the design or testing of trigger locks, some jurisdictions, such as the state of California, maintain a list of approved trigger lock devices.

Although the architecture created frustrating obstacles, the design that was initially a predicament ultimately became beneficial to the marketing of the theatre.

Although the idea was conceived in the 1950s, the design of good hash functions is still a topic of active research.

Although unusually ornate in design, the Holy Hand Grenade functions like any other hand grenade.

Although IPv6 packet headers are at least twice the size of IPv4 packet headers, packet processing by routers is generally more efficient, thereby extending the end-to-end principle of Internet design.

Although Harris did design Doom levels, they were not simulations of Columbine High School.

Although he considered the blend of gameplay elements from different genres a success, he said that Kid Icarus suffered from " frustrating " design flaws, such as its high difficulty level.

Although now extensively damaged, these share the same style as the great hall ; this would have unified the appearance of Gaunt's palace in a distinct break from the more eclectic medieval tradition of design.

Although now acclaimed and widely influential as an urban design feature, Mies had to convince Bronfman's bankers that a taller tower with significant " unused " open space at ground level would enhance the presence and prestige of the building.

Although early Cretan coins occasionally exhibit multicursal patterns, the unicursal seven-course " Classical " design became associated with the Labyrinth on coins as early as 430 BC, and became widely used to represent the Labyrinth – even though both logic and literary descriptions make it clear that the Minotaur was trapped in a complex branching maze.

Although fitting of keys to replace lost keys to automobiles and homes and the changing of keys for homes and businesses to maintain security are still an important part of locksmithing, locksmiths today are primarily involved in the installation of higher quality lock-sets and the design, implementation and management of keying and key control systems.

Although it is difficult to pin down what aspects of language are uniquely human, there are a few design features that can be found in all known forms of human language, but that are missing from forms of animal communication.

Although his first submachine gun design was not accepted into service, his talent as a designer was noticed.

Although these innovations are not all entirely new with Wadzinski, the book marks a significant advancement in published maze puzzles, offering expansions on the traditional puzzles that seem to have been fully informed by various video game innovations and designs, and adds new levels of challenge and complexity in both the design and the goals offered to the puzzle-solver in a printed format.

Although this design eliminated a number of useful instructions such as multiply and divide it was felt that the overall performance of the system would be dramatically improved because the chips could run at much higher clock rates.

Although there have been attempts to design one " universal " programming language that serves all purposes, all of them have failed to be generally accepted as filling this role.

Although the Kebra Nagast is the best-known account of this belief, the belief predates the document.

Although the castrato ( or musico ) predates opera, there is some evidence that castrati had parts in the earliest operas.

Although the doctrine of the resurrection comes to the forefront in the New Testament, it predates the Christian era.

Although the word " markka " predates the currency by several centuries, the currency was established before being named " markka ".

Although somewhat smaller, Doctor Who fandom considerably predates Star Trek fandom.

Although X. 25 predates the OSI Reference Model ( OSIRM ), the physical Layer of the OSI model corresponds to the X. 25 physical layer, the data link layer to the X. 25 data link layer, and the network layer to the X. 25 packet layer.

Although Marion was incorporated in 1896, the community predates that significantly.

Although Alabama's adoption of its flag design predates that of Florida's by five years ( 1895 ), the 1868-1900 Seal of Florida depicted a white flag with a red saltire, similar to Florida's current flag or a Burgundian saltire, on top of a steamboat.

Although Louis Secretan's use of the name Amanita phalloides predates Link's, it has been rejected for nomenclatural purposes because Secretan's works did not use binomial nomenclature consistently ; some taxonomists have, however, disagreed with this opinion.

Although most of the simplified Chinese characters in use today are the result of the works moderated by the government of the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) in the 1950s and 60s, character simplification predates the PRC's formation in 1949.

Although the concept of American exceptionalism predates the actual term, the phrase " American exceptionalism " originates from the American Communist Party.

Although both Leary and Wilson were members in this group near the end of their lives, the circuit design clearly predates this organization.

Although the Hippodrome is usually associated with Constantinople's days of glory as an imperial capital, it actually predates that era.

Although the technique of collage is generally associated with painting, the use of collage in music by Biber, Mozart, Mahler, and Ives actually predates the use of collage in painting by artists like Picasso and Braque, who are generally credited with creating the first collage paintings around 1912.

Although not the first comprehensive Chinese character dictionary ( the Erya predates it ), it was still the first to analyze the structure of the characters and to give the rationale behind them ( sometimes also the etymology of the words represented by them ), as well as the first to use the principle of organization by sections with shared components, called radicals ( bùshǒu 部首, lit.

Although Ancient Egyptian architecture predates Greek and Roman antiquity, historians frequently use the Greek term peristyle to describe similar, earlier structures in ancient Egyptian palace architecture and in Levantine houses known as liwan houses.

Although its function is more consultative and less hands-on than the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the Board of Overseers is sometimes referred to as the " senior " governing board because its formation predates the fellows ' 1650 incorporation.

Although the C-2 was an effective weapon, it did not see much service outside Argentina but predates designs such as the Škorpion vz.

Although the use of " classical " ogham in stone inscriptions seems to have flowered in the 5th – 6th centuries around the Irish Sea, from the phonological evidence it is clear that the alphabet predates the 5th century.

Although Arthur Wharton is commonly thought to be Britain's first black player, Watson's career predates him by over a decade.

Although the discovery of RNA enzymes predates that of DNA enzymes the latter have some distinct advantages.

Although released long after The Cube, the script for Tale of Sand actually predates it by several years.

Although Kavle Math of Ponda or the Shri Gaudapadacharya Math predates it, and is known as the Adi Math of all Saraswats, the Chitrapur Math, located in the village of Shirali, in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka is the primary autonomous religious institution of the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community.

Although the Team Valley Trading Estate predates the road by several decades, it is now bordered on the West by the A1 road, and has two junctions at both the north and south ends.