Historically, The Birth of a Nation was the first blockbuster.

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

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 first decade of semiconductor electronics were entirely based on germanium, although its production for such use today is a small fraction ( 2 %) of that of ultra-high purity silicon, which has largely replaced it.

Historically, the first true GUT which was based on the simple Lie group SU ( 5 ), was proposed by Howard Georgi and Sheldon Glashow in 1974.

Historically, presents were given in Scotland on the first Monday of the New Year.

He first discussed some of these oriental practices in a series of articles entitled Magic, Mesmerism, Hypnotism, etc., Historically & Physiologically Considered.

Historically, until the first third of the twentieth century or later in most jurisdictions, all committals to public psychiatric facilities and most committals to private ones were involuntary.

Historically, classical mechanics came first, while quantum mechanics is a comparatively recent invention.

Historically, international shipping to and from New Zealand started out with the first explorer-traders, with New Zealand waters soon becoming a favourite goal for whalers as well as merchants trading with the Maori and beginning European colonies.

Historically, throughout the Christian world and in the context of Christian missionary activity, the New Testament ( or portions thereof ) has been that part of the Christian Bible first translated into the vernacular.

Historically, Newfoundland English was first recognized as a separate dialect by the late 18th century when George Cartwright published a glossary of Newfoundland words.

Historically, the ray-based model of light was developed first, followed by the wave model of light.

Historically, the apparent motions of the planets were first understood geometrically ( and without regard to gravity ) in terms of epicycles, which are the sums of numerous circular motions.

Historically, it is the Huangdi Neijing translated as, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine ( circa 2nd century BCE ) that is credited with first establishing the pathways through which qi circulates in the human body.

Historically an amateur sport, in 1995 the International Rugby Board ( IRB ) removed restrictions on payments to players, making the game openly professional at the highest level for the first time.

Historically, the first attempt is 6 poems translated by Kambara Ariake in 1908.

Comedy of manners, sometimes also called satire of manners, criticizes mode of life of common people ; political satire aims at behavior, manners of politicians, and vices of political systems ; Historically, Comedy of manners, which first appeared in British theater in 1620, has uncritically accepted the social code of the upper classes.

Historically, one of the first topics in physics where statistical methods were applied was the field of mechanics, which is concerned with the motion of particles or objects when subjected to a force.

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, the first term for optimization was " linear programming ", which was due to George B. Dantzig, although much of the theory had been introduced by Leonid Kantorovich in 1939.

Historically, a dhimmi was a person who is protected under Islamic law by a pact contracted between non-Muslims and authorities from their Muslim government: this status was first made available to non-Muslims who were People of the Book ( e. g. Jews and Christians ), but was later extended to include Sikhs, Zoroastrians, Mandeans, Hindus and Buddhists.

Historically, armorial bearings were first used by feudal lords and knights in the mid-12th century on battlefields as a way to identify allied from enemy soldiers.

Historically, the language was first called Khaskura ( language of the khas ' rice farmers '), then Gorkhali or Gurkhali ( language of the Gurkha ) before the term Nepali was taken from Nepal Bhasa.

Historically, the first successful full metal jacket rifle bullets were invented by Lt. Col. Eduard Rubin of the Swiss Army in 1882.

Historically, the rule against hearsay is aimed at prohibiting the use of another person's statement, as equivalent to testimony by the witness to the fact.

Historically, children across Israel used to go out and play with bows and arrows, reflecting the Midrashic statement that the rainbow ( the sign of Gods promise to never again destroy the earth with a flood Gen9: 11-13 ) was not seen during Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's lifetime, as his merit protected the world.

* Historically, anything relating to the medieval Norse communities in southwestern Greenland ( see History of Greenland )

Historically, the text is of interest primarily for materials relating to the Second Barons ' War, to which the author ( or an author of a portion of the text ) seems to have been a witness.

Historically, distances were often measured by chains such as Gunter's chain, and angles using graduated circles and, later, the theodolite.

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, this approach is associated mainly with Aristotle or Thomas Aquinas later.

Historically the record locking was accomplished in the DASD control unit via an RPQ known as LLF ( Limited Locking Facility ) and later ELLF ( extended ).

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 word ninja was not in common use, and a variety of regional colloquialisms evolved to describe what would later be dubbed ninja.

Historically, the term match referred to lengths of cord ( later, cambric ) impregnated with chemicals, and allowed to burn continuously.

Historically, women were not allowed to sing in the Church so the soprano roles were given to young boys and later to castrati — men whose larynxes had been fixed in a pre-adolescent state through the process of castration.

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 ancient parish included several other chapelries or townships which later became separate civil parishes: Blawith, Church Coniston, Egton with Newland, Lowick, Mansriggs, Osmotherley, Subberthwaite and Torver.

Historically, before incorporation when it was called " Mount Wollaston " and later as the " North Precinct " of Braintree, Quincy roughly began at the Neponset River in the north and ended at the Fore River in the south.

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, Orsi, Rampone ( later Rampone & Cazzani ), Buffet ( under the ownership of Evette & Schaeffer ), Conn ( E ♭ contrabass only ), Gautrot and Couesnon ( Gautrot's successor ) were the best known and possibly, only makers that produced in quantity.

Historically it paralleled the lay movement of monasticism or the eremetical life from which the friars were later to develop.

It was Buñuel's intention to shock and insult the intellectual bourgeoisie of his youth, later saying: " Historically the film represents a violent reaction against what in those days was called ‘ avant-garde ,’ which was aimed exclusively at artistic sensibility and the audience ’ s reason .” Against his hopes and expectations, the film was a huge success amongst the French bourgeoisie, leading Buñuel to exclaim in exasperation, " What can I do about the people who adore all that is new, even when it goes against their deepest convictions, or about the insincere, corrupt press, and the inane herd that saw beauty or poetry in something which was basically no more than a desperate impassioned call for murder?

Historically, Biscay was divided into merindades ( called eskualdeak in Basque ), which were two, the Constituent ones and the ones incorporated later.

Historically, the river formed the northern border of Moshoeshoe I's Basotho kingdom at its height in the mid-19th century, then became the boundary between two Boer republics ( and later provinces ): Transvaal and the Orange Free State.

Historically, Wolves have been highly influential, most notably as being founder members of the Football League, as well as having played an instrumental role in the establishment of the European Cup, later to become the UEFA Champions League.

Historically, the wheels on railroad cars used sleeve bearings packed with waste or loose scraps cotton or wool fiber soaked in oil, then later used solid pads of cotton.

Historically, it was Gia Định ( 1779 – 1832 ), Nam Kỳ ( 1834 – 1945 ), Nam Bộ ( 1945 – 48 ), Nam phần ( 1948 – 56 ), Nam Việt ( 1956 – 75 ), and later Miền Nam.

Launceston Gas Company's 1930s vertical retort from the east Historically, Launceston was powered by gas from the Launceston Gas Company ( later Gas Corporation of Tasmania ).