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

Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began.

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

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 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 this use of the term was often contrasted with the term " Labor " referring to those being managed.

Historically this has led to its use for plating metals such as iron and brass, to its use for chemical apparatus, and its use in certain alloys that will retain a high silvery polish, such as German silver.

Historically, the use of neural networks models marked a paradigm shift in the late eighties from high-level ( symbolic ) artificial intelligence, characterized by expert systems with knowledge embodied in if-then rules, to low-level ( sub-symbolic ) machine learning, characterized by knowledge embodied in the parameters of a dynamical system.

Historically, the prayer rope would typically have 100 knots, although prayer ropes with 50 or 33 knots can also be found in use today.

Historically, Fermat's principle has served as a guiding principle in the formulation of physical laws with the use of variational calculus ( see Principle of least action ).

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, military fiat had no relation to particular theories of economics or how to use the power of the state (" political science ").

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, dating from ancient Sumerian use of sheep or goats, other peoples using pigs, rare seashells, or other items as commodity money, people have sought ways to standardize and trade contracts in the delivery of such items, to render trade itself more smooth and predictable.

Historically, the use of representative money predates the invention of coinage.

Historically schools incorporated sparring under a variety of conditions, from using solid wooden bokutō to use of bamboo sword ( shinai ) and armor ( bogu ).

Historically, and sometimes today, tolls are collected as a type of tax for the use of the local government or lord.

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 term barbarian has seen widespread use, in English.

Historically optical microscopes were easy to develop and are popular because they use visible light so that samples may be directly observed by eye.

Historically, the ace had the lowest value and this still holds in many popular European games ( in fact most European decks, including the French Tarot Nouveau, do not use the " A " index, instead keeping the numeral " 1 ").

Historically, people secured food through two methods: hunting and gathering, and agriculture.

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, two parties dominated Jersey politics.

Historically there were public railway services in the island, provided by two railway companies:

Historically, letters ( in paper form ) were the only reliable means of communication between two people in different locations.

Historically, Lesser Poland was divided into two lands-Kraków Land and Sandomierz Land, both of which emerged after the Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty.

Historically, two doctrines concerning executive power have developed that enable the president to exercise executive power with a degree of autonomy.

Historically and internationally known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf or simply The Gulf by most Arab states, although neither of the latter two terms are recognized internationally.

Historically, the most obvious way of combining the two ( such as treating gravity as simply another particle field ) ran quickly into what is known as the renormalization problem.

Historically, the training and guild organization of goldsmiths included silversmiths as well, and the two crafts remain largely overlapping.

Historically, these have been of many types, but two dominate:

Historically, there have been two main types of vermouth, sweet and dry.

Historically, therefore, an alternative means of distinguishing between the two types of radiation has been by their origin: X-rays are emitted by electrons outside the nucleus, while gamma rays are emitted by the nucleus.

Historically there have been two conflicting yet widely used definitions for phase noise.

Historically the simplicity of game environments reduced the required number of sounds needed, and thus only one or two people were directly responsible for the sound recording and design.

Historically, the two camps have been called Whole Language and Phonics, although the Whole Language instructional method has also been referred to as " literature-based reading program " and " integrated language arts curriculum ".

Historically, the number of kingdoms in widely accepted classifications has grown from two to six.

Historically, the two states were long-standing enemies, but in recent years, they have enjoyed a much friendlier relationship and in 1986, they entered the European Union together.

This game is played annually in the Roanoke Valley and consists of two football teams from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Historically this was two separate open spaces: Tooting Graveney Common nearer to Tooting, and Tooting Bec Common towards Streatham.

Historically, the parish of Sheringham comprised the two villages of Upper Sheringham, a farming community, and Lower Sheringham, which combined farming with fishing.

Historically, kimberlites have been subdivided into two distinct varieties termed ' basaltic ' and ' micaceous ' based primarily on petrographic observations ( Wagner, 1914 ).

Historically, West Helena and its sister city Helena, located on the Mississippi River, have been two of the focal points in the history of the development of the blues.