During the 1970s and 1980s it was also used to test the ability of containers of radioactive material to withstand impacts and other accidents.

" During the first semester break Stresemann gave him a test to identify treecreepers and Mayr was able to identify most of the specimens correctly.

During a NASA wind tunnel test, a model of the Space Shuttle is targeted by a beam of electrons, simulating the effect of ion izing gases during re-entry.

During a test session at Riverside International Raceway in August 1966, with Ken Miles driving, the car suddenly went out of control at the end of Riverside's high-speed, 1-mile-long back straight.

During a test, rowers will row a set distance and try to clock the fastest time possible.

During the British Grapple X test of 8 November 1957 which took place directly above the southeastern tip of Christmas Island, yield was stronger than expected and there was some blast damage in the settlements.

* 2005 – Texas City Refinery explosion: During a test on a distillation tower liquid waste builds up and flows out of a blowout tower.

During its test, it was referred to as mecha.

During a simulation, the laser successfully destroyed a Titan missile booster in 1985, however the test setup had the booster shell pressurized and under considerable compression loads.

During the 1960 presidential campaign, the issue of whether the nation would for the first time elect a Catholic to the highest office in the land raised the specter of an implicit, but no less effective, religious test.

During the first United States nuclear test on 16 July 1945, electronic equipment was shielded due to Enrico Fermi's expectation of an electromagnetic pulse from the detonation.

During the emotional selection phase, dreams test prior schema accommodations.

During the Kamakura period ( 1185-1333 ) the Japanese sword smiths achieved the highest level of technical excellence and because the war between two influential families, the Minamoto and the Taira, made it possible to test and evaluate swords under the severest of conditions.

During experiments in which the complex was reconstituted in test tubes, Altman and his group discovered that the RNA component, in isolation, was sufficient for the observed catalytic activity of the enzyme, indicating that the RNA itself had catalytic properties, which was the discovery that earned him the Nobel prize.

During American involvement in World War II, the Office of Strategic Services ( OSS, predecessor to the CIA ) used facilities and staff at St. Elizabeths hospital to test " truth serums ".

During a glucose tolerance test, which may be used to diagnose diabetes mellitus, a fasting patient takes a 75 gram oral dose of glucose.

During the New Zealand v West Indies test at Christchurch in March 1987, Hadlee and captain Jeremy Coney had a disagreement in the dressing room prior to the game.

During the course of the story it is revealed that the Riverworld had been created as a form of moral test for humanity.

During World War I, the grounds were used to test the first British tanks.

During test shooting on location in New Orleans, Hopper fought with the production's ad hoc crew for control.

During the test, she gives birth to a " sturdy boy with thick yellow hair " whom Math names Dylan and who takes on the nature of the seas until his death at his uncle Gofannon's hands.

During the test, she gives birth to a " sturdy boy with thick yellow hair " whom Math names Dylan and who takes on the nature of the seas until his death at his uncle Gofannon's hands.

During 1989 L ' Oreal ceased to test finished products prior to their launch on the market and has committed to developing alternative methods.

** During the 2009 season the tribes were initially divided into " Smart " and " Dumb " based on the results of an IQ test the contestants took prior to the start of the competition.

During the training exercises the astronauts did not wear spacesuits, but carried radio equipment to converse with each other and a scientist-astronaut, practicing procedures they would use on the lunar surface.

During the early eighties, nearly all BASE jumps were made using standard skydiving equipment, including two parachutes ( main and reserve ), and deployment components.

During Barbarossa, massive encirclements netted nearly 3, 500, 000 Soviet prisoners along with masses of equipment.

During his sojourn in Palencia, Spain experienced a dreadful famine, prompting Dominic to sell all of his beloved books and other equipment to help his neighbors.

During the first three years of occupation of Germany the UK and US vigorously pursued an industrial disarmament program in Germany, partly by removal of equipment but mainly through an import embargo on raw materials and deliberate economic neglect.

During the Second Doctor's tenure, it functioned much as its name implied — using sonic waves to dismantle equipment or to bypass locks.

During this same period, IBM became more deeply involved in the war effort for the U. S., focusing on producing large quantities of data processing equipment for the military and experimenting with analog computers.

During the 19th century the city became a major centre of economy, including motor car production, food processing, banking and the manufacture of medical equipment.

During a smoking session, the user may keep all equipment inside the rack and just hold the entire assembly ( rack, pipe, and container ) in one hand, lighting the bowl with a slow-burning paper wick ( 纸煤 ) lit over a coal stove.

During the Korean War the transporter was evaluated for handling sensitive military equipment and, proving effective, was approved for broader use.

During the Edo period schools proliferated to number more than five hundred, and training techniques & equipment advanced.

During World War II, kudzu was introduced to Vanuatu and Fiji by United States Armed Forces to serve as camouflage for equipment.

During the Second World War RAF aircraft that were secret or carrying secret equipment had "/ G " ( for " Guard ") appended to the serial, denoting that the aircraft was to have an armed guard at all times while on the ground, e. g., LZ548 / G — the prototype de Havilland Vampire jet fighter, or ML926 / G — a de Havilland Mosquito XVI experimentally fitted with H2S radar.

During large airborne operations, heavy equipment is dropped just prior to personnel and it is possible to combine loads on the same aircraft.

During the reign of Thutmose III, however, a new tomb, ( KV38 ), together with new burial equipment was provided for Thutmose I, who then was removed from his original tomb and re-interred elsewhere.

During the day heat gains from the sun, the occupants of the building, and any electrical lighting and equipment, causes the air temperatures within the space to increase but this heat is absorbed by the exposed concrete slab above, thus limiting the temperature rise within the space to be within acceptable levels for human thermal comfort.

During the era before modern diesel or gasoline powered equipment, what machinery existed was steam-powered, and animal-or steam-powered skidders could be used to haul harvested logs to nearby railroads for shipment to sawmills.

During the First World War, the Renaissance Kitchens were fitted with the modern equipment that was needed for the Château to be transformed into a hospital.

During World War II, kudzu was introduced to Vanuatu and Fiji by United States Armed Forces to serve as camouflage for equipment.

During the beginnings of World War II, military aviation equipment had not been widely produced in the United States.

During World War II, the bombing of the Ruhr in 1940-44 caused a loss of 30 % of plant and equipment ( compared to 15 – 20 % for German industry as a whole ).

During U. S. aerial bombardment of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, the 22d Bombardment Wing deployed its planes several times and the base served as a logistical springboard for supplies and equipment en route to the Pacific.

During World War II, the Colstrip mine was identified as strategically important because it supplied coal for the Northern Pacific Railway steam locomotives hauling military equipment for the war effort.