By the 27th century BC Egyptian writing had a set of some 24 hieroglyphs which are called uniliterals, to represent syllables that begin with a single consonant of their language, plus a vowel ( or no vowel ) to be supplied by the native speaker.

By spring 1979 unrests had reached 24 out of 28 Afghan provinces including major urban areas.

" By 24 July his fleet was resupplied and, having determined that the French must be somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean, Nelson sailed again in the direction of Morea.

By the time Birrell cabled his reply authorising the action, at noon on Monday 24 April 1916, the Rising had already begun.

By Roman custom, February 24 is the day added to a leap year in the Julian calendar.

By 1667 Glasnevin had expanded-but not by very much ; it is recorded as containing 24 houses.

By November, when Leclerc died of yellow fever, 24 000 French soldiers were dead and 8, 000 were hospitalized, the majority from disease.

By spring 1979 unrests had reached 24 out of 28 Afghan provinces including major urban areas.

By 1977 there were one million unemployed people under age 24.

By the early 1980s, the Bakkers had built Heritage USA in Fort Mill, South Carolina, ( south of Charlotte ), then the third most successful theme park in the US, and a satellite system to distribute their network 24 hours a day across the country.

By the time he made his career defining performance at Woodstock 1999 on July 24, 1999, he was double platinum.

By 1986 China had nearly 3 million telephone exchange lines, including 34, 000 long-distance exchange lines with direct, automatic service to 24 cities.

By the time the law came into effect, 60, 326 establishments had applied for longer hours and 1, 121 had applied for a licence to sell alcohol 24 hours a day.

By the end of the World War I, the population of Seychelles was 24, 000, and they were feeling somewhat neglected by Whitehall.

* Dice against the Nazis: Propaganda aimed to reduce fear, By Clive Gilbert and Kevin Allen, BBC News Magazine, 24 August 2007.

By 2010, the residential population had increased to 24, 400 residents with crime statistics showing no murders in 2010.

By contrast, the simplified Aid for EVA Rescue ( SAFER ) has 24 thrusters of 3. 56 N each.

By age 24 however, Baldwin felt he could take some responsibility in governance.

By doing this, as well as by making city streets interesting, she theorized a continuous animation of social actions during an average city day, which would keep city streets interesting and well occupied throughout a 24 hour period.

By the end of 2008, the country had a fleet of over 24, 000 locomotives, the most lines in the world, the fastest express train in service, and longest high speed track in the world .. UK, Denmark, and other countries in northern Europe that surround the Baltic Sea and North Sea, continue to develop their rapid expansion of off-shore wind farms.

By the mid 1980s, manufacturers had increased the pincount of the impact printhead from 9 pins to 18, or 24.

By 24 February 1969 it had been decided that Round the Horne could not continue without its star.

By 2025, according to the Far Eastern Economic Review, Asia alone will have at least 10 megacities, including Mumbai, India ( 33 million ), Shanghai, China ( 27 million ), Karachi, Pakistan ( 26. 5 million ), Dhaka, Bangladesh ( 26 million ) and Jakarta, Indonesia ( 24. 9 million people ).

By 1950, the number of cars and passengers carried on Silver City's cross-Channel services roughly doubled to 5, 000 and 24, 000 respectively.

By 11: 00 Tallard, the Elector, and Marsin were in place.

By 16: 00, with the enemy troops besieged in Blenheim and Oberglau, the Allied centre of 81 squadrons ( nine squadrons had been transferred from Cutts ' column ), supported by 18 battalions was firmly planted amidst the French line of 64 squadrons and nine battalions of raw recruits.

" By about 15: 00 the Swiss had been pushed out of the village into the marshes beyond.

By 16: 00, Alexander and Swiftsure were also in sight, although some distance from the main British fleet, and Brueys gave orders to abandon the plan to remain at anchor and instead for his line to set sails, although Blanquet protested the order on the grounds that there were not enough men aboard the French ships to both sail the ships and man the guns.

By 18: 00, the British fleet was again under full sail, Vanguard sixth in the line of ten ships as Culloden trailed behind to the north, and Alexander and Swiftsure hastened to catch up to the west.

By 03: 00, after more than three hours of close quarter combat, Majestic had lost its main and mizzen masts while Tonnant was a dismasted hulk.

By 3: 00 p. m. the next day Bob Denard and his mercenaries had surrendered.

By 07: 00, word was finally got to 2nd Armoured Brigade which started to move north west.

By 15: 00, the 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment and part of 21st Panzer Division from the north and 33rd Reconnaissance Regiment and the Baade Group comprising elements from 15th Panzer Division from the south were in place under Lieutenamnt-General ( General der Panzertruppe ) Walther Nehring.

By 01: 00 on 27 July, 24th Australian Infantry Brigade was to have captured the eastern end of the Miteirya ridge and would exploit toward the north-west.

By 11: 00 am, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg, Manitoba had walked off the job.

By 4: 00 in the morning the streets had nearly been cleared.

Other estimates of Austro-Hungarian casualties are as follows: By Austrian Ministry of Defense in 1938: Military dead 1, 016, 200 By UK War Office in 1922: Dead 1, 200, 00 By US War Dept in 1924: 1, 200, 00 killed and died A study published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1940 estimated civilian 467, 000 deaths " attributable to war ", the primary cause being famine.

By 1: 00 pm, the two fleets were roughly facing each other, but sailing on opposite tacks.

By 12: 00, General Manstein opened up the battle before the village of Amanvillers with artillery from the 25th Infantry Division.

By 22: 00, firing largely died down across the battlefield for the night.

By about 3: 00, Excellent was already in close action with San Nicolás which, with foretop mast shot away, had been in action against Captain.

By 4: 00, the Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad was relieved by two of her escorts and made away from the scene.

By 09: 00 more than 600 American troops, in groups ranging from company sized to just a few men, had reached the top of the bluff opposite Dog White and were advancing inland.