For comparison, a Roman 1st BC century catapult using stones of 6. 55 kg fired with a kinetic energy of 16, 000 joules, while a mid 19th century 12 pound cannon firing projectiles of 4. 1 kg fired the projectile with a kinetic energy of 240, 000 joules.

For comparison purposes that is approximately the same size as Aylesbury, Carlisle, Guildford or Scunthorpe urban areas.

For comparison, the equator of the Sun requires just over 25 days for a complete rotation.

For comparison, Internet penetration in the Ukraine was 33. 7 %, in Romania 35. 5 %, Russia 42. 8 %, and Serbia 55. 9 %.

For the Bandanese, on the other hand, although they welcomed another competitor purchaser for their spices, the items of trade offered by the Dutch — heavy woollens, and damasks, unwanted manufactured goods, for example — were usually unsuitable in comparison to traditional trade products.

For this reason, the history of Cairo during Ottoman times is often described as inconsequential, especially in comparison to other time periods.

For example, Darwinism may be used to refer to Darwin's proposed mechanism of natural selection, in comparison to more recent mechanisms such as genetic drift and gene flow.

For comparison, treating of cotton during a typical U. S. growing season requires the same amount of chemical as roughly 1, 700 homes.

For example, it may be more cost-efficient to obtain the desired level of performance by using a cluster of several low-end computers, in comparison with a single high-end computer.

For comparison, London shipped 18, 727, 230 tons ( 16 billion kg ), and New York shipped 20, 390, 953 tons ( 18 billion kg ).

For comparison:

For comparison, a mouse with a normal amount of adipose tissue is shown on the right.

For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever debate was in progress.

For comparison, the energy density of TNT is 4. 7 megajoules per kilogram, and the energy density of gasoline is 47. 2 megajoules per kilogram.

For example, take the following comparison of execution time of computer programs:

For comparison, the average was 73. 3 days in Latin America and 16. 3 days in OECD countries.

For comparison, the other two general conic sections, the ellipse and the parabola, derive from the corresponding Greek words for " deficient " and " comparable "; these terms may refer to the eccentricity of these curves, which is greater than one ( hyperbola ), less than one ( ellipse ) and exactly one ( parabola ), respectively.

For comparison, the most efficient small four-stroke motors are around 43 % thermal efficiency ( SAE 900648 ); size is an advantage for efficiency due to the increase in the ratio of volume to surface area.

For comparison, consider a similar example written in Java-based pseudocode:

For comparison, a capacitor stores energy in an electric field, and a resistor does not store energy but rather dissipates energy as heat.

For comparison, cooking, smoking, salting etc.

For comparison, milk heat pasteurization is not being alleged to be a method " to cover up poor food quality "; consequently, food irradiation should not be accused to serve such criminal purposes.

For comparison, woven garments stretch mainly along one direction ( the bias ) and are not very elastic, unless they are woven from stretchable material such as spandex.

( For comparison, a sphere is an orientable surface with no boundary.

For a return trip to Tahiti the navigators could use Sirius, the zenith star of that island.

For example, the components of α Canis Majoris ( Sirius ) are α Canis Majoris A and α Canis Majoris B ( Sirius A and Sirius B ); the components of 44 Boötis are 44 Boötis A and 44 Boötis B ; the components of ADS 16402 are ADS 16402A and ADS 16402B ; and so on.

For this reason many cultures started their year on the first day a particular special star ( Sirius, for instance ) could be seen in the east at dawn.

For example, Sirius uses channel 184, Sirius Weather & Emergency.

For the Hebrew translation, some of the Christian references were changed, because Israelis have less familiarity with cultural Christianity than readers elsewhere: a scene in which Sirius Black sings a parody of " God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen " replaced the song with a parody of " Mi Y ' malel ," a Chanukah song.

For example, Peter Pettigrew killed twelve Muggle bystanders and tore apart the street ( so as to reach the sewer pipe and escape ) by means of an immense explosion curse during his altercation with Sirius Black.

For example, Sirius had an exclusive contract for all NFL Football broadcasts on satellite radio, while XM Radio owned the exclusive satellite radio rights to broadcast live Major League Baseball games.

For example, the ancient Egyptians used the heliacal rising of Sirius to predict the flooding of the Nile.

For the ancient Egyptians, Sirius appeared just before the season of the Nile's flooding, so they used the star as a " watchdog " for that event.

For example, many Harry Potter denial-fics pretend Sirius Black never died.

Vessels of three classes, Sirius and Mars ( For the USA ) and the Fort Class ( For the UK ), provide supplies, including frozen, chilled and dry provisions, and propulsion and aviation fuel to combatant ships that are at sea for extended periods of time.

For 2011, both the Navigator and the Navigator L feature HD Radio, Sirius TravelLink, and Lincoln SYNC as standard on all trims.

" For the same reason, the helical rising ( or zenith ) of Sirius does not slip through the calendar ( at the precession rate of about one day per 71. 6 years ), as other stars do.

For front-wheel drive applications, the turbocharged Sirius ' name was changed to " Cyclone Dash ".

For the Defender-inspired computer game written by Dan Thomson and Andy Kaluzniacki and published by Sirius Software in 1983, see Repton.

For the 2009 model year, all Rio and Rio5 trims received standard Sirius Satellite Radio ( complimentary for three months ) and radios with USB port & auxiliary jack, the auxiliary jack substituting for a Bluetooth mobile phone connection for devices with an earphone jack, e. g., the iPhone.

For instance, Josef Radomski, a Canadian writer, announced on the January 11, 2006 Howard Stern Show that he had started an online petition to bring Stern to Sirius Canada.

For example, Sirius is magnitude − 1. 46, Arcturus is − 0. 04, Aldebaran is 0. 85, Spica is 1. 04, and Procyon ( the little Dog ) is 0. 34.