How much of Geoffrey's Historia ( completed in 1138 ) was adapted from such earlier sources, rather than invented by Geoffrey himself, is unknown.

Often algorithms for those problems had to be separately invented and could not be naïvely adapted from well-known algorithms – Gaussian elimination and Euclidean algorithm rely on operations performed in sequence.

Oliver Heaviside FRS ( ( 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925 ) was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations ( later found to be equivalent to Laplace transforms ), reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis.

A more successful and safer regulator was mass produced in France from 1865 to 1965 ( although production was twice interrupted during that period ): invented by Benoît Rouquayrol in 1860 for survival in flooded mines it was adapted to diving in 1864 with the help of French Navy officer Auguste Denayrouze.

The British used the Davis apparatus ( invented in 1910 by Robert Henry Davis and mass-produced by Siebe Gorman ) for submarine escape, but they adapted it to equip their frogmen during World War II.

In the early 9th century, a new alphabet — Cyrillic — was developed at the Preslav Literary School, adapted from the Glagolitic alphabet invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius.

Anatomical helmets adapted to the inner head structure were invented by neurosurgeons at the end of the 20th century.

This simple yet effective technology was successfully adapted to artillery in 1877 by Colonel de Bange, who invented grease-impregnated asbestos pads to seal the breech of his new cannons ( the De Bange system ).

While canyoners have used and adapted climbing, hiking, and river running gear for years, more and more specialized gear is invented and manufactured as canyoning popularity increases.

In 1865 Gray invented a self-adjusting telegraph relay that automatically adapted to varying insulation of the telegraph line.

The writer ( or writers ) of these articles must have had some scientific training, for most of the creations were scientists, and sufficient linguistic knowledge to have invented or adapted titles in six languages.

In cases when none of those were available, they sometimes used one of the few mon which were seen as " vulgar ", or invented or adapted whatever mon they wished, passing it on to their descendants.

The electrically powered ceiling fan was invented in 1882 by Philip Diehl ; he had engineered the electric motor used in the first electrically powered Singer sewing machines, and in 1882 adapted that motor for use in a ceiling-mounted fan.

After settling in Athens, he probably adapted the dithyramb, customary in his native home, with its chorus of satyrs, to complement the form of tragedy which had been recently invented in Athens.

Evans had originally adapted the Latin script to Ojibwe ( see Evans system ), but after learning of the success of the Cherokee syllabary, he experimented with invented scripts based on his familiarity with shorthand and Devanagari.

The first was the It's in the Bag, a New Zealand radio game show invented by Selwyn Toogood which began in the 1950s and which ran for decades after it was later adapted for television ( 1970s – 90s ).

This idea was later adapted by Robert M. Gagné, who invented programmed learning for use in teaching in schools.

First of all, Russia considers the linkage between the adapted treaty ratification and the withdrawal of troops from Georgia and Moldova as " illegitimate " and " invented ".

Katin makes an offhand remark that indicates the board game Monopoly ( which was invented during the early 20th century ) is still in existence, and has even been adapted to the future society.

Most of the National Dances were invented by dancing masters in the 19th century and show a more or less pronounced balletic influence, while others derive from earlier traditions and were adapted to later tastes.

Charles Fenerty ( January, 1821 – 10 June 1892 ), is a Canadian inventor who invented the wood pulp process for papermaking, which was first adapted into the production of newsprint.

This cooking style was invented by early Cantonese immigrants who adapted traditional Chinese recipes to Western tastes and the available ingredients.

One event that is prevalent in the narrator's orations is the memory of receiving ' communion ' from his father at the remains of a Baptist church, burned by lightning ( Ames recalls this as an invented memory adapted from his father breaking and sharing an ashy biscuit for lunch ).

In fact, the technical procedure in medical examinations may be wisely adapted to his romantic purposes by the husband during the honeymoon.

The following discussion of this subject has been adapted from the book Causes Of Catastrophe by L. Don Leet.

The Aramaic alphabet is adapted from the Phoenician alphabet and became distinctive from it by the 8th century BCE.

In the film, Thirteen at Dinner ( 1985 ), adapted from Lord Edgware Dies, the role of Japp was taken by the actor David Suchet, who would later star as Poirot in the ITV adaptations.

He appeared on the West End in 1928 in the play Alibi which had been adapted by Michael Morton from the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

This algorithm can easily be adapted to compute the variance of a finite population: simply divide by n instead of n − 1 on the last line.

He directed the films Zapata: The Dream of a Hero, Like Water for Chocolate ( adapted from the novel written by his ex-wife Laura Esquivel ), A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production A Painted House, adapted from the John Grisham novel of the same name.

Like with Tyrannosaurus, the maxillary ( cheek ) teeth of Albertosaurus were adapted in general form to resist lateral forces exerted by a struggling prey.

* Abrasaxtes, or stones originating in ancient forms of worship, and adapted by the Gnostics

He had noticed, says Polybius, a “ place between the two camps, flat indeed and treeless, but well adapted for an ambuscade, as it was traversed by a water-course with steep banks, densely overgrown with brambles and other thorny plants, and here he proposed to lay a stratagem to surprise the enemy ”.

In 1930, the book was adapted as an Oscar-winning film of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone.

* The Star-Spangled Banner's tune was adapted from an old English drinking song by John Stafford Smith called " To Anacreon in Heaven ".

Shanty repertoire borrowed from the contemporary popular music enjoyed by sailors, including minstrel music, popular marches, and land-based folk songs, which were adapted to suit musical forms matching the various labor tasks required to operate a sailing ship.

In October 1978, Yale presented a " chamber version " adapted and directed by Keith Hack, with John Glover as Jimmy and June Gable as Begbick.

* Fair and Warmer, adapted by Jack Sharrar from Avery Hopwood's comedy.

The stage musical, with music and lyrics by Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer, was adapted into a Technicolor motion picture at Paramount in 1959 by producer Norman Panama and director Melvin Frank, with a score by Nelson Riddle.

In Great Britain, the only way in which the play was initially allowed to be given in London was in an adapted form made by Henry Arthur Jones and Henry Herman and called Breaking a Butterfly.

The canines were somewhat elongated and were followed by a short gap in each jaw, and the cheek-teeth were adapted for succulent food.

Simpler forms of the instrument were fashioned by Africans in Colonial America, adapted from several African instruments of similar design.

Whole blood ( plasma and cells ) exhibits non-Newtonian fluid dynamics ; its flow properties are adapted to flow effectively through tiny capillary blood vessels with less resistance than plasma by itself.