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, funding in wild cat conservation has favoured the large, charismatic species.

Historically, adjustable speed drives were developed for process control, but energy conservation has emerged as an equally important objective.

Historically, evangelism has on rare occasions led to forced conversion under threat of death or mass expulsion.

Historically, Samaritans were a large community — up to more than a million in late Roman times, but were then gradually reduced to several tens of thousands a few centuries ago — their unprecedented demographic shrinkage has been a result of various historical events, including, most notably, the bloody suppression of the Third Samaritan Revolt ( 529 CE ) against the Byzantine Christian rulers, and mass conversion to Islam in the Early Muslim period of Palestine.

Historically agarics and boletes ( which bear their spores on a hymenium of gills or tubes respectively ) were classified quite separately from the gasteroid fungi, such as puff-balls and truffles, of which the spores are formed in a large mass enclosed in an outer skin.

Historically, in different parts of the world, at different points in time, and for different applications, the ounce ( or its translation ) has referred to broadly similar but different standards of mass.

Historically, mass surveillance has been used during wartime censorship to control communications of the populace.

Historically, it is a mass party with about 50, 000 members ( second after the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia ); most of them are of old age, however, and recruitment of new members can't keep the membership numbers from declining.

Historically, the first mass production car with front to rear mechanical interconnected suspension was the 1948 Citroën 2CV.

Historically significant in Latino working class history as a successful organizer of the Mexican American working class in the Southwestern United States in the 1930s, the Communist Party regards working-class Latino people as another oppressed group targeted by overt racism as well as systemic discrimination in areas such as education, and sees the participation of Latino voters in a general mass movement in both party-based and nonpartisan work as an essential goal for major left-wing progress.

Historically, the plateau was the target of the mass trespass in 1932, which resulted in a UK-wide rethink of access to the countryside.

Historically, the term mitral valve prolapse syndrome has been applied to MVP associated with palpitations, atypical chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, low body mass index, and electrocardiogram abnormalities in the setting of anxiety, syncope, low blood pressure, and other signs suggestive of autonomic nervous system dysfunction.

Historically, high-status items, such as metal tableware, were often recreated for the mass market using ceramics, which were a cheaper material.

Historically, bells were associated with religious rituals, and before mass communication were widely used to call communities together for both religious and secular events.

Historically, radio has been the most prevalent form of mass communication in Nepal.

Historically, for example, Lise Meitner was able to use the mass differences in nuclei to estimate that there was enough energy available to make nuclear fission a favorable process.

Historically, confusion about mass being " converted " to energy has been aided by confusion between mass and " matter ", where matter is defined as fermion particles.

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

Historically, a majority of outboards have been two-stroke powerheads fitted with a carburetor due to the design's inherent simplicity, reliability, low cost and light weight.

Historically, the pound name derives from a series of abbreviations for pound, the unit of weight.

Historically, £ 1 worth of silver coins were a troy pound in weight ; as of April 2011 this amount of silver is worth approximately £ 300 sterling.

Historically, coins had a certain amount of weight of alloy, with the purity a local standard.

Historically a diagnosis of exclusion, a diagnosis of IBS can now be made on the basis of symptoms alone, in the absence of alarm features such as age of onset greater than 50 years, weight loss, gross hematochezia, systemic signs of infection or colitis, or family history of inflammatory bowel disease.

Historically, a " rouble " was a piece chopped off a gold or silver ingot ( grivna ) of a certain weight, hence the name.

Historically, it is the sales-weighted harmonic mean fuel economy, expressed in miles per US gallon ( mpg ), of a manufacturer's fleet of current model year passenger cars or light trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating ( GVWR ) of 8, 500 pounds ( 3, 856 kg ) or less, manufactured for sale in the US.

Historically, early currencies were typically coins struck from gold or silver by an issuing authority which certified the weight and purity of the precious metal.

Historically speaking, industry has been very important for the city's development, while today more weight is placed on business and service, as well as high-tech firms.

Historically, it has also been used for weight loss.

Historically, silverpoint styli ranged widely in composition from pure silver to heavily alloyed with copper ( over 20 % weight ).

Historically, " ruble " was a piece of a certain weight chopped off a silver ingot ( grivna ), hence the name.

Historically the weight class has been dominated by Latin Americans and Asians with only a limited amount of success coming from other nationalities including, South Africans, Americans, Canadians, English, and Australians.

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.