Before mains electricity arrived in the 1960s this was Llanwddyn's only source of power.

Before the lightning strikes earth, the filaments lead electricity through the clouds, playing the role of lightning rods.

Before the connection between magnetism and electricity was discovered, electrostatic generators were used.

Before the year 1832, when Michael Faraday published the results of his experiment on the identity of electricities, physicists thought " static electricity " was somehow different from other electrical charges.

Before the proliferation of electricity services, candles were brought into the bedroom using chambersticks, which were shorter than ordinary candleholders and furnished with a wide pan to catch the wax drippings.

Before electricity, such torchlit illuminations carried an excitement hard to conceive today.

Before electricity became sufficiently widespread and economical to allow for general public use, gas was the most popular means of lighting in cities and suburbs.

Before the onset of monsoon season, when there is not much water in the Linganmakki dam, the Jog Falls are only a pair of thin streams of water trickling down the cliff, as the water collected in the dam is exclusively for generation of electricity ; during monsoons local rain-water is the source of water to the falls.

Before the development of the transformer and alternating current, direct-current generators produced electricity at " utility voltage " of 120-240 volts, and did not use thousands to millions of volts for transmission.

Before electricity, positives required either the player or a second person to operate the bellows in order to supply wind to the instrument, but most modern positives include electric blowers for this purpose.

Before Electricity act 2003 the electricity sector was guided by

Before the OLF withdrew from Asosa, it destroyed the town's only electricity generator, stole 1. 8 million Birr from the bank, most of which were deposits from the local farmer cooperatives, and took any valuable items its troops could carry.

( Before that, electricity distribution was looked after by local councils.

Before the formation of Malaysian Federation, the Philippines claimed that the Malaysian state of Sabah in north Borneo is within their territorial rights based on historical facts of the Sultanate of Sulu's leasing agreement with the North Borneo Company, is presently an unresolved claim against Malaysia.

Before the formation of Unit 101 only they undertook these missions.

Before the formation of Unit 101 only they undertook these missions.

Before NBC's 1926 formation, RCA had acquired AT & T's New York City station WEAF ( later WNBC, now CBS-owned WFAN ).

Before this promotion Tottenham had won the FA Cup in 1901, making it the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League.

Before forming the Mountain West Conference, seven of the eight charter members had been longtime members of the Western Athletic Conference ; half were WAC charter members at its formation in 1962-UNLV had only joined the WAC in 1996.

Before the formation of La Liga in 1929, the competition was effectively a national championship.

Before the formation of Anderson County, Tennessee, that territory was initially land of what is today called the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which had been settled by several pioneer families including the Wallace, Gibbs, Freels, Frost and Tunnell families.

Before the county ’ s formation, the primary settlement was Frenchtown, which was settled in as early as 1784 along the banks of the River Raisin.

Before its formation, TCN-9 was then affiliated with HSV-7 ( due to the fact that they were both Australia's first television stations, having been opened in 1956 ), and GTV-9's sister affiliate was ATN-7.

Before the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government in May 2010, the leader of the third largest parliamentary party ( usually the leader of the Liberal Party, or Liberal Democrats ) would then ask two questions.

Before the formation of the district, the region was called as Eranad, Valluvanad etc.

Before the formation of UTJ and the establishment of Degel HaTorah, the two factions were united under one united Agudat Yisrael party, but the late mentor and supreme guide of the non-Hasidic group, Rabbi Elazar Shach ( 1898-2001 ) broke away from the Hasidic wing when it was clear that the party was not living up to its mandate to represent all Torah Jewry.

Before the formation of Namco Bandai Holdings, Bandai had many subsidiaries.

Before the formation of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Region 1 also included the provinces of Abra, Mountain Province, and Benguet.

Before the formation of the ATP Lendl reached a record 12 year-end championships ( equaled by John McEnroe ).

Before leaving he had allowed the formation of a government led by Archbishop Carlo Emanuele Muzzarelli, to whom he wrote a note before leaving:

Before the formation of Less Than Jake, vocalist and guitarist Chris Demakes, drummer Vinnie Fiorello, and bassist Shaun Grief led a local band named Good Grief while attending high school in Port Charlotte, Florida.

Before the band's formation, the members had all played in other Brisbane-based outfits.

Before the formation of the TDSB, the North York Board of Education served North York.

Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad along the same route ( though changes have been made since then ).

Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing, with parliaments which had come into existence at various times between 1825, when the New South Wales Legislative Council was created, to 1891, when Western Australia became the last of the colonies to gain full self-government.

Before the formation of the MS & LR, the SA & MR had already absorbed a number of existing and proposed lines.

Before artificial satellites were used to find storms, the military units flew routine weather reconnaissance tracks to detect formation of tropical cyclones.

Before the consultation could happen, however, in accordance with Santa Anna ’ s nationwide call to disarm state militias, Colonel Domingo Ugartechea, who was stationed in San Antonio, ordered the Texans to return a cannon given to them by Mexico that was stationed in Gonzales.

Before desegregation of schools nationwide in the 1950s, China Elementary ( then China School ) served white students, whereas Henderson served the African American population.

Before 1990 this included obligatory exams in mathematics ( written nationwide standardized + oral ), Slovak incl.

Before 1964, U. S. 60 ran from Los Angeles to the Arizona state line, where it continued its nationwide trek, often overlapping U. S. 99 and U. S. 70 along the way.

Before 1990, there was only one professional nationwide football league in Portugal the Primeira Divisão ( First Division ).

Before becoming a nationwide sports commentator, from 1970 – 74, Lundquist was commentator for the sports show, Bowling for Dollars, in Dallas, Texas.