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, archery has been used for hunting and combat, while in modern times, its main use is that of a recreational activity.

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, MLB had also used a 2-3 format in a best-of-5 series, but is rarely used.

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Historically, materials used in bicycles have followed a similar pattern as in aircraft, the goal being high strength and low weight.

Historically the term latten was used for such alloys.

Historically, the form of the gallery evolved during the 10th century from the increasingly long hallways which had earlier been used to surround the central sanctuary of a temple.

Historically, allegations of cannibalism were used by the colonial powers to justify the enslavement of what were seen as primitive peoples ; cannibalism has been said to test the bounds of cultural relativism as it challenges anthropologists " to define what is or is not beyond the pale of acceptable human behavior ".

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 it used to be possible to buy EPROMs with these register bits on the same chip.

Historically, it was widely used as a practice instrument and as an aid to composition, not being loud enough for larger performances.

Historically, a great number of coinage metals ( including alloys ) and other materials ( e. g. Porcelain ) have been used practically, artistically, and experimentally in the production of coins for circulation, collection, and metal investment, where bullion coins often serve as more convenient stores of assured metal quantity and purity than other bullion.

* Historically, valve amplifiers often used a class-A power amplifier simply because valves are large and expensive ; many class-A designs use only a single device.

Historically speaking, salt has been used as a meat preservative as salt promotes water excretion, thus working as a preservative.

Historically, several number bases have been used for representing floating-point numbers, with base 2 ( binary ) being the most common, followed by base 10 ( decimal ), and other less common varieties, such as base 16 ( hexadecimal notation ), as well as some exotic ones like 3 ( see Setun ).

Historically, the term ferromagnet was used for any material that could exhibit spontaneous magnetization: a net magnetic moment in the absence of an external magnetic field.

Historically, the term has also been used in some fields of computer science and information technology to denote the gibibyte, or ( 1024 < sup > 3 </ sup > or 2 < sup > 30 </ sup >) bytes.

Historically the term GMT has been used with two different conventions, sometimes numbering hours starting at midnight and sometimes starting at noon.

Historically the term GMT has been used with two different conventions for numbering hours.

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 it has had many definitions, but there are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon (≈ 4. 546 L ) which since metrication is used colloquially in the United Kingdom and semi-officially within Canada, the United States ( liquid ) gallon (≈ 3. 79 L ), and the lesser used US dry gallon (≈ 4. 40 L ).

Historically, all living things were grouped as either animals or plants, and botany covered the study of all organisms not considered to be animals.

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

Historically, in Europe, from the pre-Roman period on, the rings composing a piece of mail would be riveted closed to reduce the chance of the rings splitting open when subjected to a thrusting attack or a hit by an arrow.

Historically, the international community would have targeted weak states for territorial absorption or colonial domination or, alternatively, such states would fragment into pieces small enough to be effectively administered and secured by a local power.

Historically, in Canada, whisky that had some rye grain added to the mash bill to give it more flavour came to be called “ rye ”.

Historically, one of the most important protagonists of the movement was Walter Martin ( 1928 – 89 ), whose numerous books include the 1955 The Rise of the Cults: An Introductory Guide to the Non-Christian Cults and the 1965 The Kingdom of the Cults: An Analysis of Major Cult Systems in the Present Christian Era, which continues to be influential.

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, civil defendants could be taken into custody under a writ of capias ad respondendum and be forced to post bail before being released.

Historically, traditional herb combinations for ales were believed to have been abandoned when ales made with hops were noticed to be less prone to spoilage.

Historically, manufacturing tended to be more open to international trade and competition than services.

Historically known as a ' patsy ,' an insider can be induced, willingly or under duress to provide information.

Historically, kickboxing can be considered a hybrid martial art formed from the combination of elements of various traditional styles.

Historically, the Christian church and lay-people have believed that more women than men are involved in paganism and witchcraft, which can be seen as far back as 1487 with the printing of the Malleus Maleficarum Several modern authors of Wiccan books state that, in current Wicca, the situation is the same.

Historically, while the conjecture in dimension three seemed plausible, the generalized conjecture was thought to be false.

Historically some works have been executed on supports which are now extremely fragile and the support rather than the pigment needs to be protected under glass and away from light

Historically PLCs were usually configured with only a few analog control loops ; where processes required hundreds or thousands of loops, a distributed control system ( DCS ) would instead be used.

Historically, religious skepticism can be traced back to Socrates, who doubted many religious claims of the time.

Historically, Deerhounds also could be seen with true brindle, yellow, and red fawn coats, or combinations.

Historically, statements on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church have claimed her ecclesiastical structures to be a fulfillment and replacement of Jewish ecclesiastical structures ( see also Jerusalem as an allegory for the Church ).

Historically, British people were thought to be descended mainly from the different ethnic stocks that settled there before the 11th century ; pre-Celtic, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman.

Historically, only professors had the right to vote and be represented in the governing bodies of the university.

Historically, the uncertainty principle has been confused with a somewhat similar effect in physics, called the observer effect, which notes that measurements of certain systems cannot be made without affecting the systems.