Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws.

Historically, others have titled their appellate court a court of errors ( or court of errors and appeals ), on the premise that it was intended to correct errors made by lower courts.

Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia.

Historically, it was of particular relevance to sailing warships which used them to outmaneuver opponents when the wind had dropped but might be used by any vessel in confined, shoal water to place it in a more desirable position, provided she had enough manpower.

Historically, the coast around Königsberg in Prussia was the world's leading source of amber.

Historically, the size of farms and landed estates in the United Kingdom was usually expressed in acres ( or acres, roods, and perches ), even if the number of acres was so large that it might conveniently have been expressed in square miles.

Historically, the blót was an event that focused on a communal sacrifice at various times of the year for a number of purposes.

Historically, it was often sung as a sea chanty.

Historically, before the advent of widespread digital technology, ASP was the only method by which to manipulate a signal.

Historically, the use of two guns at once, one in each hand, is most associated with the American Old West, where revolvers holding only six rounds of ammunition were the highest capacity handguns available and reloading was a slow process.

Historically carving was a male art and leadership attribute ; in today ’ s world it is an art of both sexes.

Historically, the star was frequently used in celestial navigation in the maritime trade, because it is listed as one of the 57 navigational stars.

Historically, a byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the basic addressable element in many computer architectures.

Historically, the First Army was the most politically significant because of Rio de Janeiro's position as the nation's capital through the 1950s.

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Historically, doppelbock was high in alcohol and sweet, thus serving as " liquid bread " for the monks during times of fasting, when solid food was not permitted.

Historically the term latten was used for such alloys.

Historically, directors ' duties have been owed almost exclusively to the company and its members, and the board was expected to exercise its powers for the financial benefit of the company.

Historically, this proceeded from the labours of Jean de Launoy ( 1603 – 1678 ), " le dénicheur des saints ", and Louis Sébastien le Nain de Tillemont, who had shown the falsity of numerous lives of the saints ; while theologically it was produced by the Port Royal school, which led men to dwell more on communion with God as contrasted with the invocation of the saints.

Historically, cryptography was split into a dichotomy of codes and ciphers ; and coding had its own terminology, analogous to that for ciphers: " encoding, codetext, decoding " and so on.

Historically, in Europe, a city was understood to be an urban settlement with a cathedral.

Historically, this was often a promise to exchange the money for precious metals in some fixed amount.

Historically, when Capoeira was still prohibited this toque was used to alert capoeiristas that the police was coming, so they could escape before the practice being discovered.

Historically almost all early computers were accumulator machines ; and many microcontrollers still popular as of 2010 ( such as the 68HC12, the PICmicro, the 8051 and several others ) are basically accumulator machines.

Historically, the banjo occupied a central place in African American traditional music, before becoming popular in the minstrel shows of the 19th century.

Historically, the group achieved a number of notable firsts in hip hop music and are credited with being the act most responsible for pushing hip hop into mainstream popular music, initiating its musical and artistic evolution and enabling its growth as a global phenomenon.

Historically, the Schumacher and Poser criteria were both popular.

Historically, football has been the most popular high school sport, but over the past decade, the most successful teams have been in boys and girls basketball.

Historically optical microscopes were easy to develop and are popular because they use visible light so that samples may be directly observed by eye.

Historically, vacationers tended to visit the hotels, reachable by horse-drawn carriage from the Randolph train station ; but as the automobile became more popular, the hotels declined and private vacation homes became more prevalent.

Historically, the ace had the lowest value and this still holds in many popular European games ( in fact most European decks, including the French Tarot Nouveau, do not use the " A " index, instead keeping the numeral " 1 ").

Historically, the NDP's popular vote does not translate into a proportional number of seats because of scattered support.

Historically, salami has been popular among Southern European peasants because it can be stored at room temperature for periods of up to 30 – 40 days once cut, supplementing a possibly meager or inconsistent supply of fresh meat.

Historically, BBC One's most popular daytime programme was Neighbours, with audience figures approaching five million.

Historically an inexpensive jug wine, White Zinfandel is a quaffing wine that is sweet, soft, and often low in alcohol, making it a popular choice with those who would not otherwise drink wine.

Historically, music was composed in Canada's colonies and settlements during the 18th century, although very few popular named works have survived or were even published.

Historically, handicaps have been extremely popular among Australian punters, owners and industry participants.

Historically, a country issued stamps to commemorate an event or honor a national figure, but these new nations created stamps that appealed to popular collecting themes, such as Disney, Scouting, airplanes or space.

Historically, the same islands were popular stopover and replenishing sites for whalers and other seafarers since at least the early 18th century.

Historically, the mock-heroic style was popular in 17th century Italy, and in the post-Restoration and Augustan periods in Great Britain.

Historically within Northumberland, the town, which has a population of 36, 544, became a holiday destination for the people of North East England and Scotland and remained popular in this regard until the 1980s.

Historically four-door saloon cars have been highly popular as hackney carriages, but with disability regulations growing in strength and some councils offering free licensing for disabled-friendly vehicles, many operators are now opting for wheelchair-adapted taxis such as the LTI.

Historically, rabbits have been the most popular research subjects.

Historically famous mainly for sheep farming, the sparsely populated area is now also a popular tourism destination.

Historically been regarded as Melbourne's " second street ", with the main street being Collins Street and " busier than Bourke Street " is a popular catchphrase.

Single head tenor drums are highly popular amongst the ranks of HBCU ( Historically Black Colleges and Universities ) drumlines where they are used on either the bases of being knee tenors ( how snare drums are played ) or upright tenors ( how bass drums are played ).

Historically insect collecting has been widespread and was in the Victorian age a very popular educational hobby.