Earlier uses may have included emptying undrunk cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling the cup with fresh, hot tea.

Earlier, this woman had been so filled with a chaotic variety of introjects that at times, when she was in her room alone, it would sound to a passerby as though there were several different persons in the room, as she would vocalize in various kinds of voice.

Earlier than 900 CE progressing past the 13th century, the population complexes were a major center of culture for the Ancient Pueblo Peoples.

Earlier still, racquets were made of wood.

Earlier in the history of chemistry substances were given name by their discoverer, which often led to some confusion and difficulty.

Earlier French demands for the country to hold a National Conference resulted in the gathering of 750 delegates representing political parties ( which were legalized in 1992 ), the government, trade unions and the army to discuss the creation of a pluralist democratic regime.

Earlier censuses were taken in 1872 ( the first ), 1900, 1920, 1941, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000 and 2010.

Earlier censuses were taken in 1869, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1921, 1930, 1950, 1961, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001.

Earlier British clipper ships had become known as extreme clippers, and were considered to be " as sharp as the American " built ships.

Earlier, such terms were introduced in the Maxwell – Stefan diffusion equation.

Earlier in December 2005, the European Commission initiated the second stage of infringement proceedings against the British Government relating to Gibraltar ’ s failure to transpose five European Union directives on electronic communications, but these were closed after the relevant legislation was passed into law by the House of Assembly in June 2006.

Earlier in the 20th century, taller retaining walls were often gravity walls made from large masses of concrete or stone.

Earlier sanctuaries, whose dedication to Hera is less secure, were of the Mycenaean type called " house sanctuaries ".

Earlier, in the 1920s, there were records by a band called the Beverly Hillbillies.

Earlier Khoisan populations were absorbed by Bantu peoples, such as the Sotho and Nguni, but the Bantu expansion stopped at the region with winter rainfall.

Earlier buildings were made of wood and were destroyed.

Earlier meetings of groups that later formed the Republican Party were held in Ripon, Wisconsin ; Exeter, New Hampshire ; and Crawfordsville, Iowa, and all four cities bill themselves as the " Birthplace of the Republican Party.

Earlier curved sword designs similar to the katana were used in China such as the Zhanmadao.

Earlier definitions were less precise, defining molecules as the smallest particles of pure chemical substances that still retain their composition and chemical properties.

Earlier fleets were obtained from Europe and China, but a trade embargo has forced North Korea to build their own vehicles.

Earlier, the guilds of writers had denounced the printing press as " the Devil's Invention ", and were responsible for a 53-year lag between its invention by Johannes Gutenberg in Europe in c. 1440 and its introduction to the Ottoman society with the first Gutenberg press in Istanbul that was established by the Sephardic Jews of Spain in 1493 ( who had migrated to the Ottoman Empire a year earlier, escaping from the Spanish Inquisition of 1492.

Earlier androids were easier to detect because of their limited intelligence.

Earlier CD-i games included entries in popular Nintendo franchises, although those games were not developed by Nintendo.

Earlier modes were telegraphy ( Morse Code ), teleprinter ( Baudot ) and facsimile.

Earlier rendering algorithms, such as Whitted-style ray tracing were capable of computing effects such as reflections, refractions, and shadows, but despite being highly global phenomena, these effects were not commonly referred to as " global illumination.

Earlier, IPsec was an integral part of the base IPv6 protocol suite, but has since been made optional.

Earlier in his career, Smale was involved in controversy over remarks he made regarding his work habits while proving the higher dimensional Poincaré conjecture.

Earlier observations had been made by Roger Bacon who recognized the visible spectrum in a glass of water, four centuries before Newton discovered that prisms could disassemble and reassemble white light.

Earlier he had married the European-educated cousin of the chogyal ( king ) of Sikkim and with her support made continual efforts to modernize his nation throughout his twenty-year reign.

Earlier restaurants were known for their Cape Cod-style buildings, blue roofs, small steeples, and nautically-themed decorations such as seats made to look like nautical flags.

Earlier attempts to storm Riga had been made in December 1699.

Earlier in the documentary, Lopes mentioned that she felt the presence of a " spirit " following her, and was struck by the fact that the child killed in the accident shared her last name, even thinking that the spirit may have made a mistake by taking his life instead of hers.

Earlier that same year, in February, Brin was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, which is " among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer ... honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice ...".

Earlier research conducted by CIMMYT made use of a chemical hybridising agent to evaluate heterosis in hexaploid triticale hybrids.

Earlier an independent municipality, it was made part of Helsinki in 1946.

Earlier, in 1976, a Special Award was made to Scott Joplin in his centennial year.

Earlier in the year Parsons had released Safe at Home ( although the principal recording for the album had taken place in mid-1967 ) with the International Submarine Band, which made extensive use of pedal steel and is seen by some as the first true country-rock album.

Earlier live action films to use the new Technicolor process include the final musical number in the feature The Cat and the Fiddle released by MGM in February 1934, and in short sequences filmed for other movies made during 1934, including The House of Rothschild ( 20th Century Pictures / United Artists ) with George Arliss and Kid Millions ( Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists ) with Eddie Cantor.

Earlier progress in energy conservation was made in the 1990s when a co-generation plant went into operation that provides 4 % to 6 % of the city's daily electrical needs while at the same time, heating a number of buildings including both hospital sites.

Earlier attempts had been made by the Spanish in what is now Georgia ( San Miguel de Gualdape, 1526 – 27 ; several Spanish missions in Georgia between 1568 and 1684 ), South Carolina ( Santa Elena, 1566 – 87 ), North Carolina ( Joara, 1567 – 68 ) and Virginia ( Ajacán Mission, 1570 – 71 ); and by French in South Carolina ( Charlesfort, 1562 – 63 ).

Earlier attempts at the formation of a central secretariat had been made and failed.

Earlier in the same year he was made physicien ( physicist ) at the imperial observatory at Paris.

Earlier comments Schreyer had made describing homosexuality as an " affliction " were raised by his electoral opponents in the campaign, as the NDP by that time supported same-sex marriage.

Earlier calculators stored programs on magnetic cards and the like ; increased memory capacity has made storage on the calculator the most common implementation.

Earlier, Germany had proposed that Poland join the Anti-Comintern Pact and previous attempts were made by Germany to create an extraterritorial highway connecting Germany proper with Danzig and then East Prussia.

Earlier ( c. 1772 ), he also invented windmill ' Spring sails ', which replaced the simple canvas designs previously used with sails made from a series of shutters that could be operated by levers, allowing windmill sails to be quickly and safely controlled in the event of a storm.

Earlier paddles were often made of wood and then later with a heavy metal shaft and poly-synthetic blades.