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Historically, a dot was positioned above certain consonants to signify Séimhiú, however this has largely been replaced by the usage of the letter H, although this dot can still be seen in Gaelic Script.

Historically, a marble or limestone edge runner mill, running on a limestone bed was used in Great Britain ; however, by the mid 19th century AD this had changed to either an iron shod stone wheel or a cast iron wheel running on an iron bed.

Historically, however, pharaoh only started being used as a title for the king during the New Kingdom, specifically during the middle of the eighteenth dynasty, after the reign of Hatshepsut.

Historically the army has been poorly trained ; however Australia has recently made this the focus of the Enhanced Defence Partnership programme, supplying training, advisors and equipment.

Historically and by convention, however, the premier is a member of the Assembly.

" Historically, however, only the east front of the building was intended for the arrival of visitors and dignitaries.

Historically, the counties of Meath, Westmeath and small parts of surrounding counties constituted the province of Mide, which was one of the " Five Fifths " of Ireland ( in the Irish language the word for province, Cuige, from Cuig, five means " a fifth "); however, these have long since become the three northernmost counties of Leinster province.

Historically, Ames was founded to engage in wind-tunnel research on the aerodynamics of propeller-driven aircraft ; however its role has developed beyond research and technology in aeronautics, to encompass spaceflight, and information technology.

Historically, a powered tool also required moving parts to classify as a machine ; however, the advent of electronics technology has led to the development of powered tools without moving parts that are considered machines.

Historically, however, the Reform view of Orthodox Judaism had been highly negative.

Historically, Hokuriku's development is owed to markets in the Kansai region, however recently the urban areas at the heart of the Kantō region and Tōkai region are having a heavy an influence as well.

Historically, however, the party has always upheld monarchism and links with Britain ( see the comment by Liberal Prime Minister Menzies above ).

Historically, however, as many as 12 teams in a given year have competed for the Carolina League pennant, and most of the league's teams have represented towns and cities in North Carolina.

Historically, however, the phase had some meaning.

Historically however it is an example of Mannerism.

Historically, the accuracy of a graduated pipette was not as good as that of a volumetric pipette ; however, with improved manufacturing methods, the accuracies listed by the manufacturer can equal volumetric pipettes.

Historically, however, Dublin's economy was based on the local cotton, corn, and soybean trades, which blossomed as the town's central location enabled it to thrive with the growth of the railroad.

Historically, Texas County has consistently voted Democratic in elections, however, the southern end of the county has more competitive elections with nearly equal vote distribution between Democrats and Republicans.

Historically, the commercial base of the city was based almost solely on the paper mill ; however, the diversity of industries has been enhanced considerably in recent years by the influx of several white-collar, high-tech companies including Hewlett-Packard, Sharp Microelectronics, Linear Technology and WaferTech and Underwriters Labs.

Historically, the term midget was used to describe " proportionate dwarfs "; however, this term is now often regarded as offensive and pejorative ( see terminology ).

Historically, white footballs have been used in football games played at night so that the ball can be seen more easily ; however, this practice is no longer commonplace, as artificial lighting conditions have improved to the point where it is no longer necessary.

Historically, however, Almaty does have a record of some large destructive earthquakes.

Historically, however, the right to a defense attorney has not always been universal.

Historically, the concept of entropy evolved in order to explain why some processes ( permitted by conservation laws ) occur spontaneously while their time reversals ( also permitted by conservation laws ) do not ; systems tend to progress in the direction of increasing entropy.

Historically, FPTP has been a contentious electoral system, giving rise to the concept of electoral reform and a multiplicity of different voting systems intended to address perceived weaknesses of plurality voting.

Historically, the concept of fundamental group first emerged in the theory of Riemann surfaces, in the work of Bernhard Riemann, Henri Poincaré and Felix Klein, where it describes the monodromy properties of complex functions, as well as providing a complete topological classification of closed surfaces.

Historically, the concept of regular expressions is associated with Kleene's formalism of regular sets, introduced in the 1950s.

Historically, simulations used in different fields developed largely independently, but 20th century studies of Systems theory and Cybernetics combined with spreading use of computers across all those fields have led to some unification and a more systematic view of the concept.

Historically, the concept of temperament was part of the theory of the four humours, with their corresponding four temperaments.

Historically, the notion of " good " as an absolute concept has emerged in parallel with the notion of God being the singular entity identified with good.

Historically, the number " 10, 000 " was used to represent the concept of " forever " in China and many other Asian countries ( see Ten thousand years ).

Historically, the radical concept of the medieval pintle-and-gudgeon rudder did not come as a single invention into being.

Historically, the concept of codependence " comes directly out of Alcoholics Anonymous, part of a dawning realization that the problem was not solely the addict, but also the family and friends who constitute a network for the alcoholic.

Historically, the concept of the physical object arose from an animistic conception of the universe.

Historically, one of the first tie-breaking procedures was contained in the Sheffield Rules between 1862 and 1871, with the concept of the rouge, scorable when the ball went narrowly wide of the goal.

Historically, the concept of an American was conceived in the U. S. as a person of European ancestry to the exclusion of African Americans and Native Americans.

Historically, and in particular before the founding of the police and the modern legal system, the concept of the Queen's peace was much more important.

Historically, the concept of number has been repeatedly generalized.

Historically, the concept of ' hysteria ' was originally understood to be a condition exclusively affecting women, though the concept was eventually extended to men.

Historically, the mixture descends from the medieval Blockwerk concept, an organ in which there were no stops and all the ranks sounded simultaneously.

Historically, pharmacophores were established by Lemont Kier, who first mentions the concept in 1967.

Historically, progressive disclosure is a concept that came from the software usability experience.

Historically, the concept is usually associated with Communist states and parties where, as a result of shifting political lines often as part of a power struggle, leading members of the Communist Party find themselves on the losing side of a political conflict and out of favour ( often to the point of being denounced or even imprisoned ) as a result.

" Historically, the concept of ' conation ' was coordinated with cognition and affect, the three comprising the main domains of mental life.

Historically, floating charges are a fascinating concept in that they are legal devices created entirely by lawyers in private practice ; there is no legislation and no judicial decision that was the genesis of a floating charge.

Historically, the concept of tuning was to maintain a specific musical scale.