Late in his life, Babbage sought ways to build a simplified version of the machine, and assembled a small part of it before his death in 1871.

* c. 4 Ga: End of Late Heavy Bombardment, first life

The economic might and relatively advanced development of Tuscany at the time ( Late Middle Ages ) gave its dialect weight, though the Venetian language remained widespread in medieval Italian commercial life, and Ligurian ( or Genoese ) remained in use in maritime trade alongside the Mediterranean.

Late in the summer of 388 he was back in Israel, and spent the remainder of his life in a hermit's cell near Bethlehem, surrounded by a few friends, both men and women ( including Paula and Eustochium ), to whom he acted as priestly guide and teacher.

Late in life and after his death Hoover became a controversial figure, as evidence of his secretive actions became known.

Late in life Ayn Rand renewed her childhood interest in stamps and became an enthusiastic collector.

Late in his life Fyodor Dostoyevski wrote " The Meek One " ( 1876 ) and " The Dream of a Ridiculous Man " ( 1877 ), two stories with great psychological and philosophical depth.

Late that day, Police Commissioner J. M. Adkison said he had received an anonymous telephone call threatening Rowland's life.

Late in life he wrote two greatly admired sonatas for clarinet and piano, his Op. 120 ( 1894 ): he later transcribed these works for the viola ( the solo part in his horn trio is also available in a transcription for viola ).

Late in life Turnbull took up the political cause of death row inmates.

Released from the burdens of spiritual leadership, which passed to the reformed Cluniac movement after the mid-tenth century, and occupied with the administration of great landed properties, some of which lay far from Westminster, " the Benedictines achieved a remarkable degree of identification with the secular life of their times, and particularly with upper-class life ", Barbara Harvey concludes, to the extent that her depiction of daily life provides a wider view of the concerns of the English gentry in the High and Late Middle Ages.

Late in life, regarding his time in real-estate-speculation-mad San Francisco, Sherman recalled: " I can handle a hundred thousand men in battle, and take the City of the Sun, but am afraid to manage a lot in the swamp of San Francisco.

Late in his life, he lived in Eilat, Israel.

* Late in his life, the widowed ex-king Fernando II of Portugal married the opera singer Elise Hensler, who was created countess of Edla.

Late in the 19th century, Richards convened a group of contemporaries to discuss the essence of domestic science and how the elements of this discipline would ultimately improve the quality of life for many individuals and families.

Late in his life, Derrida participated in two biographical documentaries, D ' ailleurs, Derrida Elsewhere by Saafa Fathy ( 1999 ), and Derrida by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman ( 2002 ).

Late in life she moved to Barbados, where she died at the age of 92, following a series of strokes.

Late in his life he was briefly director of New York's Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic.

Late in life, he served as narrator for a British television series on the films of Charlie Chaplin, Unknown Chaplin, which was aired in the U. S. on PBS and later issued on home video.

Late in his life, Melampus was kidnapped.

By 1851 the " Chaumont suite " of early-16th century Late Gothic tapestries with subjects of courntry life emblemmatic of the triumph of Eternity, closely associated with Chaumont and now at the Cleveland Museum of Art, was still hanging in the " Chambre de Catherine de Médicis "; the tapestries had been cut and pieced to fit the room.

Late in life he came to regret his role in helping U. S. slavery to expand, and became a leading opponent of the annexation of Texas.

Late in life Eakins did experience some recognition.

Late that afternoon, it seemed, he had fallen off the roof while on some obscure errand or inspection.

The oldest known caecilian is Eocaecilia micropodia, also from Arizona, while the earliest salamander is Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis from the Late Jurassic of northeastern China.

The term dagger appears only in the Late Middle Ages, reflecting the fact that while the dagger had been known in antiquity, it had disappeared during the Early Middle Ages, replaced by the hewing knife or seax.

Late spring, summer, and autumn afforded abundance, while winter meals were more sparse.

Hillforts were known since the Late Bronze Age, but a huge number were constructed in the period 600-400 BCE, particularly in the South ; after about 400 however new ones largely cease to be built and a large number cease to be regularly inhabited, while a smaller number of others become more and more intensively occupied, suggesting a degree of regional centralisation.

In the Late Bronze Age there were no more than about 25 villages in the highlands, but this increased to over 300 by the end of Iron I, while the settled population doubled from 20, 000 to 40, 000.

This branch of the family was often involved in the baronal struggles of the Late Middle Ages Rome, at least three members of the family being elected as Senators, while others foughts as condottieri.

Late in the 20th century, almost all connections between telephone exchanges were four-wire circuits, while conventional phone lines into residences and businesses were two-wire circuits.

Hanks is one of several celebrities who frequently participates in planned comedy bits on Conan O ' Brien's talk shows, including Late Night, The Tonight Show, and Conan while a guest.

The oldest alcid fossil is Hydrotherikornis from Oregon dating to the Late Eocene while fossils of Aethia and Uria go back to the Late Miocene.

Recent archaeological excavations in Greece suggest that modern-day Laconia was a distinct territory in the Late Bronze Age, while the poets narrate that it was a rich kingdom.

It is interesting that Brian is not referred to in the passage from the ' Book of Armagh ' as the ' Ard Ri ' — that is, High-King — but rather he is declared " Imperator Scottorum ," or " Emperor of the Irish " (" Scottorum " then being the common Late Latin term for the Irish: Ireland was usually referred to in Latin as " Scotia Major " while Scotland was referred to as " Scotia Minor ").

His live performances at their best are described as transcendental, while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are critically acclaimed and appear at the top of many greatest album lists.

St. Francis Xavier Church ( 1939 ) was designed in the Late Gothic Revival mode while McCarthy, Smith & Eppig were simultaneously working on St. Joseph's.

Late spring is the wettest time of the year for the city, while winter is the driest.

Late one evening, while returning from a hunt, a pack of wolves attacked Peter Duffy along the Great Shamokin Path.

Late on the evening of January 3, at the Ambassador Billiard Parlor at Broadway and 52nd Street in Manhattan, while George Gershwin and Buddy De Sylva were playing billiards, his brother Ira Gershwin was reading the January 4 edition of the New York Tribune.

The Late Jōmon covered the period of history from around 2000 to 1000 BC, while the Final Jōmon spanned from around 1000 to 300 BC.

Most of the city's major construction took place while Uxmal was the capital of a Late Classic Maya state around 850-925 AD, though after about 1000 AD, Toltec invaders took over and most building ceased by 1100 AD.

In artworks of the Late Period of Ancient Egypt, Thoth is popularly depicted as an ibis-headed man while consumed in the act of writing.

Late in the primary race, Republican contender Will McBride polled only 31 points behind Nelson in a hypothetical election against him, while Harris polled 33 points behind Nelson in the same poll.

O ' Sullivan stuck with acting after Farrow's death: she was the Today Girl for NBC for a while, then made the movie version of Never Too Late ( 1965 ) for Warner Bros .. She was also an executive director of a bridal consulting service, Wediquette International.

But while a comprehensive review of the Anatidae which unites all evidence into a robust phylogeny is still lacking, the reasons for the confusing data are at least clear: As demonstrated by the Late Cretaceous fossil Vegavis iaai — an early modern waterbird which belonged to an extinct lineage — the Anatidae are an ancient group among the modern birds.

Late in 1970, while on break from touring in Florida, the band recorded their cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's " Proud Mary ".