Initially selling over 75, 000 copies, it became the first hardcover best-seller ever in the science fiction field.

Initially unaware of Gibbs's contributions in that field, Albert Einstein wrote three papers on statistical mechanics, published between 1902 and 1904.

Initially the fence was from home plate down the right-field line, referred to as the " short porch ", and to near right field, compared with to the deepest part of center field, nicknamed Death Valley.

Initially a laboratory instrument relying on the Earth's own magnetic field to provide restoring force for the pointer, galvanometers were developed into compact, rugged, sensitive portable instruments that were essential to the development of electrotechnology.

Initially, as a result of the interaction of the electromagnetic field with the conducting surface of the mirror, both orthogonal components are effectively shifted by one half of a wavelength.

Initially, Curie was taken by her mother to Brittany, but a year later when she turned 18 she was re-united with her mother, running the 20 mobile field hospitals that Marie had established.

Initially, the favourite among Red Tories was Flora MacDonald ; however she did worse than expected while Clark placed a surprising third in a field of eleven on the first ballot of convention delegates, behind only Claude Wagner and Brian Mulroney.

Initially, international relations as a distinct field of study was almost entirely British-centered.

Initially the festival was held in a tent on a playing field, and later a weaver's shed.

Initially, radio, or wireless as it was more commonly called, was an open field of hobbyists and early inventors and experimenters, including Nikola Tesla, Lee De Forest, and Thomas Edison.

Initially the oil drops are allowed to fall between the plates with the electric field turned off.

Initially, Herzberg considered a career in astronomy, but his application to the Hamburg Observatory was returned advising him not to pursue a career in the field without private financial support.

Initially Kenny was perceived, by a critic, as being unsuited to the field of light entertainment as this description of Kenny Live!

Initially, the baby makes her self-healing, and later protects her with a force field.

Initially, Edward seemed interested in helping out at a field hospital, but in letters to his father later on in the war this aspiration seemed to disappear ; instead Edward considered working in the American South to assist freed African-Americans.

Initially hindered by political instability and turmoil on Madagascar during the mid-1970s, field studies resumed in the 1980s and have greatly increased our understanding of these primates.

Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X ( 1950 – 51 ), the first 15 episodes of X Minus One were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations by NBC staff writers, including Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon, along with some original scripts by Kinoy and Lefferts.

Initially, the implant allowed Jerry to see shades of grey in a limited field of vision at a low frame-rate.

Initially the rules and regulations were very simplified, with the size of the field and the ball varying greatly.

Initially, when Edmonton was chosen to host the games, thought was given to rebuild the existing Clarke Stadium to make it large enough to host the main track and field, and other sports events for the games.

Initially, managed by Mutrie, the Metropolitans enjoyed greater success on the field than the Gothams.

Initially raised as self-defence units, the Harkis, from 1956 on, increasingly served alongside the French Army in the field.

Initially, as admitted to Shapiro by executives during taped interviews, this view was promoted by the ABC since the network had poor ratings and needed to increase advertising revenue in some way.

Initially, all webmasters needed to do was to submit the address of a page, or URL, to the various engines which would send a " spider " to " crawl " that page, extract links to other pages from it, and return information found on the page to be indexed.

Initially Britain's involvement was limited to financial subsidies and diplomacy in support of Austria, By 1742 it was apparent that a more substantial commitment would be needed, if the alliance wasn't to end in defeat.

Initially posted to 77th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Manhattan Beach, California, Hackworth was eventually assigned to Germany, initially in staff roles but returning to infantry in the early 1960s as an Infantry company commander under Colonel Glover S. Johns, and learned a great deal of the skills that were needed to be an effective officer from this veteran.

Initially, parliaments were mostly summoned when the king needed to raise money through taxes.

Initially, during the invasion of the Islands on 2 April and before hostilities broke out, the islands were supposedly to be under their command and was considered as the only organisation needed to managed the crisis.

Initially a direct to video movie focusing on politicians and drug lords, produced by a small company, it was professionally post-produced for theatrical release and the storyline heavily oriented towards political satire, filming new scenes as needed.

Initially in the early 1950s monohull ships were used like CUSS I, but these were found to have significant heave, pitch and yaw motions in large waves, and the industry needed more stable drilling platforms.

Initially, Governor Winslow did have a chance, while the fighting was still contained locally, to resolve the situation peacefully by diplomatic means, but did not take needed action and brought about a major conflagration that actually need not have happened.

Initially a supporter of Lyndon B. Johnson's programs, Ribicoff eventually turned against the Vietnam War and the president's management of it, believing that it drained badly needed resources away from domestic programs.

Initially, the only full interchange will be with the present I-530 at Pine Bluff ; grade crossings will be built at other planned interchanges ( thus interrupting the freeway ), but the stretches between grade crossings will be true two-lane freeways with grade separations and service roads where needed.

Initially, as many students who needed transportation lived in rural areas, the need was filled by adapted farm vehicles.

Initially, a printer needed a separate card for each protocol, such as TCP / IP, IPX / SPX, AppleTalk, or DLC / LLC.

Initially, these techniques could only be implemented on expensive mainframes or supercomputers due to the amount of circuitry needed for these techniques.

Initially, Caballero had wide support, however over time voters increasingly questioned his stand, as El Paso is a relatively poor and economically disadvantaged city, and many felt the industries that Caballero opposed brought needed jobs.

Initially thinking these additions were all that was needed, he realized that an overhaul of the opera was required.

Initially, all persons seeking to be free needed to take the Oath of a Freeman, in which they vowed to defend the Commonwealth and not to conspire to overthrow the government.

Initially it was thought that a repair could be performed using copper welding, but further inspection showed a more extensive repair was needed and 60007 was not operational until April 2012.

Initially the bikes were an offshoot of the Invacar company which produced invalid cars and needed to diversify its products, and the founder of the concern was O. B.

Initially composing TV themes for shows and commercial buffers as they were needed, Johnston gravitated towards becoming complete Composer, Director and Producer of Music for the company.

Initially a pump was needed to pull water from the bottom, but as carbon dioxide began to come out of solution it created buoyancy in the water in the pipes, allowing the pump to be turned off.