Historically the languages were spoken over a larger area: West to the mouth of the Vistula river in present-day Poland, at least as far East as the Dniepr river in present-day Belarus, perhaps even to Moscow, perhaps as far south as Kiev.

Historically, the classical thermodynamics definition developed first, and it has more recently been extended in the area of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

Historically, this area of Lochaber was strongly Clan Cameron country, and there were a number of mainly Cameron settlements in the area ( such as Blarmacfoldach ).

Historically part of the parish of St Margaret in the county of Middlesex, the name Westminster was the ancient description for the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England ( and later the British government ) for almost a thousand years.

Historically the Dublin county area, parts of Wicklow and Louth, became under heavy exclusive influence from the first English settlements ( known as The Pale ).

Historically in union with Bavaria, Palatinate itself covers 5, 451. 23 km sq in area.

Historically, the larger part of the present-day Slough area was formerly in Buckinghamshire with a small part of the borough a part of Middlesex.

Historically, the area was important to the fur trade, and the county itself takes its name from one of Wyoming's early fur traders, William L. Sublette.

Historically, the province ( area ) dates from states of the Holy Roman Empire and takes its name from the nearby German city of Geldern.

Historically, the Arapaho had assisted the Cheyenne and Lakota people in driving the Kiowa and Comanche south from the Northern Plains, their hunting area ranged from Montana to Texas.

Historically the Meierij is the descendant of Taxandria, when that area comes under the rule of the dukes of Brabant in the 12th century.

Historically the area broadly covered by the département was known as Bigorre, a territory at times independent but later part of Gascony province.

Historically, the area was a hunting ground for the Wichita, Osage, and Kiowa tribes.

Historically a part of Surrey, the area takes its name from the old village of Battersea, an island settlement established in the river delta of the Falconbrook ; a river that rises in Tooting Bec Common and flows underground through south London to the River Thames.

Historically part of Lancashire, the town is located in the Furness area, close to the Lake District, and just north of Morecambe Bay and neighboured by Swarthmoor, Pennington and Rosside.

Historically, the area was renowned for mineral extraction, including clay, aggregates and notably the digging of huge amounts of chalk from the West Thurrock area for use in the now defunct cement industries.

Historically the area has had some grazing land uses as well as grain production.

Historically the area has been used for orchards and other agricultural uses.

Historically a leading seaport of the area, the story of Mystic's nautical connection is told at Mystic Seaport, the nation's largest maritime museum, which has preserved a number of sailing ships ( most notably the whaleship Charles W. Morgan ) and seaport buildings.

Historically, the Highlands neighborhood was predominantly Protestant, with several churches in the area of North Main and Rock Streets.

Historically, past industries formerly located in Rochester included a refinery for sugar beets, a paper products company, and the Western Knitting Mills factory, which was later adapted and utilized during World War II for incendiary production — businesses that no longer exist in the area.

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

Historically, women's bicycle frames had a top tube that connected in the middle of the seat tube instead of the top, resulting in a lower standover height at the expense of compromised structural integrity, since this places a strong bending load in the seat tube, and bicycle frame members are typically weak in bending.

Historically, the Upper Houses each had their own table.

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, 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, the church had censured Knapp for deviating at several points from Eddy's teaching, and had refused to publish the work.

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, the term originated in the mainframe field, where it had a well-defined meaning, very close to contemporary computer file.

Historically, lawyers in most European countries were addressed with the title of doctor, and countries outside of Europe have generally followed the practice of the European country which had policy influence through modernization or colonialization.

Historically, the majority of fiddle music was dance music, while violin music had either grown out of dance music or was something else entirely.

Historically, manual alphabets have had a number of additional applications — including use as ciphers, as mnemonics, and in silent religious settings.

Historically, John likely had a larger presence in the public mind than Jesus.

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, the Indo-European languages had eight morphological cases, though modern languages typically have fewer, using prepositions and word order to convey information that had previously been conveyed using distinct noun forms.

Historically, each of the several hundred small towns of Indiana had its own small school system.

Historically, land owners developed most roads and later Turnpike Trusts collected tolls so that as early as 1800 Ireland had a road network.

Historically, the telephone system on the Isle of Man had been run as a monopoly by the British General Post Office, and later British Telecommunications, and operated as part of the Liverpool telephone district.

Historically the Arvand Roud / Shatt-al-Arab waterway ( called Arvand Roud in Iran and Shatt-al-Arab in Iraq ) and Khuzestan Province was all that remained of their prior holdings in Mesopotamia, which had been lost to Turkey centuries earlier.

Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK, but trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant.