From a great distance thunder growled and broke the silence.

From here the Aar flows northeast for a long distance, past the ambassador town Solothurn ( below which the Grosse Emme flows in on the right ), Aarburg ( where it is joined by the Wigger ), Olten, Aarau, near which is the junction with the Suhre, and Wildegg, where the Hallwiler Aa falls in on the right.

From the most northerly point, Ras ben Sakka in Tunisia, in 37 ° 21 ′ N, to the most southerly point, Cape Agulhas in South Africa, 34 ° 51 ′ 15 ″ S, is a distance approximately of ; from Cape Verde, 17 ° 33 ′ 22 ″ W, the westernmost point, to Ras Hafun in Somalia, 51 ° 27 ′ 52 ″ E, the most easterly projection, is a distance ( also approximately ) of.

From this, Odontoceti can discern the size, shape, surface characteristics, distance and movement of an object.

A study published in 2011 by the U. S. Department of Education found that " From 2000 to 2008, the percentage of undergraduates enrolled in at least one distance education class expanded from 8 percent to 20 percent, and the percentage enrolled in a distance education degree program increased from 2 percent to 4 percent.

From Keban to the Syrian – Turkish border, the river drops another over a distance of less than.

From Tasarahla, a Masufa scout was sent ahead to the oasis town of Oualata, where he arranged for water to be transported a distance of four days travel where it would meet the thirsty caravan.

From Givet, the river is canalized over a distance of 272 kilometres.

From the Amazon the Napo is navigable for river craft up to its Curaray branch, a distance of about 216 miles ( 350 km ), and perhaps a bit further ; thence, by painful canoe navigation, its upper waters may be ascended as far as Santa Rosa, the usual point of embarkation for any venturesome traveller who descends from the Quito tableland.

From the coast in the west to Mundaring in the east is a total distance of approximately.

From the 8th century CE onward, astronomers developed methods for approximating and calculating the direction to Makkah ( qibla )— and its distance — from any location on the Earth.

From a distance, flesh colored foot thongs give a dancer the appearance of having bare feet.

From here we come to the distance of Jupiter by 4 + 48 = 52 parts, and finally to that of Saturn by 4 + 96 = 100 parts.

Initially, Moore observes them from a distance, but eventually — while researching and writing From Hell — he joins them.

From the current intersection, update the distance to every unvisited intersection that is directly connected to it.

From measuring rotational and vibrational spectra properties of molecules like the distance between the nuclei can be calculated.

From this projected ellipse the complete elements of the orbit may be computed, where the semi-major axis can only be expressed in angular units unless the stellar parallax, and hence the distance, of the system is known.

From the nine surviving bematists ' measurements in Pliny's Naturalis Historia eight show a deviation of less than 5 % from the actual distance, three of them being within 1 %.

* First estimate of the Moon's distance and First estimate of the Sun's distance from educational website From Stargazers to Starships

From the period and the measured distance between the pivots, the acceleration of gravity can be calculated with great precision from the periodicity equation for a simple pendulum, ( 1 ) below.

From the Rocher des Trois Eveques the water divide runs due north for a long distance, though of the two loftiest peaks of this region one, the Aiguille de Chambeyron ( 3, 412 m ), is just to the west, and the other, the Monviso ( 3, 841 m ), is just to the east of the divide.

From the Maloja Pass the main watershed dips to the south-east for a short distance, and then runs eastwards and nearly over the highest summit of the Bernina Range, Piz Bernina ( 4, 049 m ), to the Bernina Pass.

From 1954 until 1959 he was the First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier.

From that point, there were various factions pressing for his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William III of Orange, to replace him in what became known as the Glorious Revolution.

From his Vila do Infante in 15th Century Portuguese, Estate or Town of the Prince on the Sagres peninsula located at the south-westernmost point of Iberia and with sea access to both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Henry sponsored voyages down the coast of Africa, sailing as far as Guinea, that were primarily exploration expeditions, later on bringing back to the nearby town of Lagos, from whence they set out, numerous African slaves and goods.

From 1138 onwards, Stephen gave them the earldoms of Worcester, Leicester, Hereford, Warwick and Pembroke, which — especially when combined with the possessions of Stephen's new ally, Prince Henry, in Cumberland and Northumbria — created a wide block of territory to act as a buffer zone between the troubled south-west, Chester and the rest of the kingdom.

From Hell takes as its premise Stephen Knight's theory that the Jack the Ripper murders were part of a conspiracy to conceal the birth of an illegitimate royal baby fathered by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, slightly modified: the involvement of Walter Sickert is reduced, and Knight's allegation that the child's mother was a Catholic has been dropped.

From the earlier part of the 15th Century, Portuguese expeditions organized by Prince Henry the Navigator had been crawling down the African coastline, principally in search for west African riches ( notably, gold ).

From October 1905 the Prince and Princess of Wales undertook another eight month tour, this time of India, and the children were once again left in the care of their grandparents.

From October 1848 until May 1849, around 300 Bábís ( later rising to 600 ), led by Mullá Muhammad ‘ Alí of Bárfarúsh, surnamed Quddús, and Mullá Husayn-i-Bushru ' i, defended themselves against the attacks of local villagers and members of the shah's army under the command of Prince Mihdí Qulí Mirzá.

From 1815 to 1903, Principality of Serbia was ruled by the House of Obrenović, except from 1842 to 1858, when it was led by Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević.

From this place originated the line of later Stewards of Gondor, and after the War of the Ring the Lordship of the hills was granted to Faramir, Prince of Ithilien and Steward to the King Elessar.

From October when the old title gave way to the new official republican substitute and then beyond into the following August 1792 when he was imprisoned, he was known as Louis Charles, ' Prince Royal of France '.

From there he went to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford, where he starred in Walter Nugent Monck's 1947 revival of Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

From 24 April to 5 May, he held a council of war attended by his nephew and most renowned field commander, Prince Rupert.

From his birth until his own succession to the throne of Sardinia in 1796 Charles Emmanuel was styled " Prince of Piedmont ".

From birth, Victor Emanuel was known by the title of Prince of Naples.

From left to right in the first row: Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange | Prince Maurice, Philip William, Prince of Orange | Prince Philip William and Frederick Henry, prince of Orange | Prince Frederick Henry.

From 1959 to 1964, black students in Prince Edward County had to go to school elsewhere or forgo their education altogether.

From birth Willem-Alexander has the titles Prince of the Netherlands (), Prince of Orange-Nassau ( Dutch: Prins van Oranje-Nassau ), and Jonkheer of Amsberg ( Dutch: Jonkheer van Amsberg ).

From 1987, Prince Willem-Alexander studied history at Leiden University and received his academic degree in 1993.

From 1138 onwards, Stephen gave them the earldoms of Worcester, Leicester, Hereford, Warwick and Pembroke, which — especially when combined with the possessions of Stephen's new ally, Prince Henry, in Cumberland and Northumbria — created a wide block of territory to act as a buffer zone between the troubled south-west, Chester and the rest of the kingdom.