Conversely the use of true brass seems to have declined in Western Europe during this period in favour of gunmetals and other mixed alloys but by the end of the first Millennium AD brass artefacts are found in Scandinavian graves in Scotland, brass was being used in the manufacture of coins in Northumbria and there is archaeological and historical evidence for the production of brass in Germany and The Low Countries areas rich in calamine ore which would remain important centres of brass making throughout the medieval period, especially Dinant – brass objects are still collectively known as dinanterie in French.

The vast majority of ethnic Franks, divided between Salians and Ripuarians, were confined respectively to the Low Countries, the northeastern tip of modern France and the Rhine river banks all the way down to near the Main and Hesse areas.

Hanover was thus a gateway to the Rhine, Ruhr and Saar river valleys, their industrial areas which grew up to the southwest and the plains regions to the east and north, for overland traffic skirting the Harz between the Low Countries and Saxony or Thuringia.

The language area comprises the North German states of Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia ( the Westphalian part ), Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony-Anhalt ( the northwestern areas around Magdeburg ) as well as the northeast of The Netherlands ( i. e. Dutch Low Saxon, spoken in Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel and northern Gelderland ) and the Schleswigsch dialect spoken by the North Schleswig Germans in the southernmost part of Denmark.

During the High Middle Ages, German immigration and assimilation of the Slavic Pomeranians ( Ostsiedlung ) introduced Low German Pomeranian dialects which were to become dominant in Pomerania except for some areas in the East, where the populace remained largely Slavic and continued the use of the Slavic Pomeranian language.

Externally, Columbia was the first orbiter in the fleet whose surface was mostly covered with High & Low Temperature Reusable Surface Insulation ( HRSI / LRSI ) tiles as its main thermal protection system ( TPS ), with white silicone rubber-painted Nomex — known as Felt Reusable Surface Insulation ( FRSI ) blankets — in some areas on the wings, fuselage and Payload Bay Doors.

Low rents in the city's periphery, during the two decades after the Second World War ( 1939 – 1945 ), provoked continuous diversions of city housing capital for the development of suburbs and rural areas.

Moin is semantically equivalent to the Low Saxon ( Plattdüütsch ) greeting Dagg and replaced it in many areas.

They inhabited the island as well as nearby areas of the Low Country on the mainland.

Hilferding ( 1862 ) and Parczewski ( 1896 ) confirmed a progressive language shift in the Kashubian population from their Slavonic vernacular to the local German dialect ( Low German Ostpommersch or High German, in eastern Kashubian areas also Low German Low Prussian ).

The largest housing areas can be found in the areas occupying Riley, Low Town, Brickfields and Turnshaws.

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Printed music moved around Europe during the migration of Franco-Flemish composers from their home areas in the modern day Low Countries to Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland and elsewhere ; the polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish became an international language, with later regional variations.

Low seroprevalence, 4 – 39 %, was reported in southwest Asia, China and Korea as well as in cold climate areas such as Scandinavian countries ( 11 – 28 %).

One of the reasons for the diminishing use of Westphalian is the rigorous enforcement of German-only policies in traditionally Low German-speaking areas during the 18th century.

As a migrant it leaves its breeding areas and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, northern Germany and the Low Countries, with small number reaching Great Britain ( for example, at Dungeness ), mostly at regular sites.

The peripheral areas are mostly of softer sandstones and clays and form a gentler rolling landscape, the Low Weald.

" ( Controversy, 2005, p. 3 ) A report on economic development in the area, entitled Subsidizing the Low Road: Economic Development in Baltimore, states that " public and non-profit facilities such as the Maryland Science Center, the World Trade Center, the Convention Center, and the National Aquarium " ( Subsidizing, 2002, p. 11 ) were part of then-mayor Schaefer's " focus on real estate, retailing and tourism sectors " ( p. 10 ), as areas for growth, as well as his utilization of "' public / private partnerships ' to pursue economic development " ( p. 11 ).

Between these two escarpments the anticline has been subject to differential erosion so that geologically distinct areas of hills and vales lie in roughly concentric circles towards the centre ; these comprise the Greensand Ridge, most prominent on the north side of the Weald, where it includes Leith Hill, the highest hill in south-east England, the low-lying clay vales of the Low Weald, formed of less resistant Weald Clay, and finally the more highly resistant sandstones of the High Weald at the centre of the anticline, whose elevated forest ridge includes most notably Ashdown Forest.

Yet tourism has been helping substantially the local economy since the late 19th century with sanatoria and winter sports resorts built in the High Tatras and the Low Tatras, the areas of natural beauty such as the Slovak Paradise ( Slovenský raj ) in the south-west and the Pieniny National Park at the Slovak-Polish border, and also the region's many historical sites like Spiš Castle and nearby-located Spišské Podhradie, Spišská Kapitula, Žehra and the town of Levoča ( all of which are listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites ), Kežmarok, and Stará Ľubovňa Castle.

Although it also breeds from Britain east through the Low Countries to Poland, Germany and Denmark, there are fewer than 2, 000 pairs in these more southerly areas.

His father, Clovis Lowe, had been part owner in 1832 of nearby Low and Burbank's Grant, which contains much of Mount Adams and Mount Madison.

It was formerly known as Crystal Palace ( Low Level ) to differentiate it from the nearby and now demolished Crystal Palace ( High Level ) railway station.

The nearby impressive stone circle and henge, Arbor Low, was likely built around 2000 BC by people living in the village who also farmed the relatively fertile soils at the head of Lathkill Dale.

Low clouds over nearby mountains can hinder planes ' visibility and thus can also prevent planes from landing.

The complex was dismantled and relocated to nearby Agilkia Island during a UNESCO project started because of the construction of the Aswan Dam, after the site was partly flooded by the earlier Aswan Low Dam for half a century.

Until its demolition in 1970, the station was used by passengers as a short-cut to the Low Level which saved them the trouble of going around a nearby housing estate.

On 6 June 1993 the IRA attacked a gas holder in the nearby area of Low Team.

At Arbor Low in Derbyshire, all the stones except one are laid flat and do not seem to have been erected, as no stone holes have been found.

From the middle of the 14th century, blockbooks with both text and images cut as woodcut seem to have been affordable by parish priests in the Low Countries, where they were most popular.

Low dosages of tricyclic antidepressants, including amitriptyline, seem to work best for deep, aching pain.

Low levels of fibrinogen can indicate a systemic activation of the clotting system, with consumption of clotting factors faster than synthesis.

Puns that do not work in High German indicate that the book was written in Low German first and translated into High German in order to find a larger audience, although more recent research throws this into question.

Church dedications, artwork, folklore and medieval manuscripts indicate the extent of the cult of Brigid in England, Scotland and Wales, Brittany, northern and eastern France, the Low Countries, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and northern Italy.

Low ferritin may also indicate hypothyroidism, vitamin C deficiency or celiac disease

Low facial and body fluctuating asymmetry may indicate good health and intelligence, which are desirable features.

Low ETC02 readings on patients may indicate hyperventilation.

Even though there are few academic and scientific studies about it, all facts indicate that the instrument we now call a Portuguese guitar ( or depending on the used name and definition, its direct ancestor ) was known until the nineteenth century throughout Europe as citra or cítara ( Portugal and Spain ), cetra ( Italy and Corsica ), cistre ( France ), cittern ( British Isles ), zither and zitharen ( Germany and Low Countries ).

Low levels of LH and FSH with low or normal testosterone levels are indicative of pretesticular problems, while high levels of gonadotropins indicate testicular problems.

Low levels (< 7 ) during hyperkalemia may indicate mineralocorticoid deficiency, especially if accompanied by hyponatremia and high urine Na.

Low humidity, low fuel moisture, and high winds appear to be the primary factors in determining when, where, and how large a chaparral fire burns.

Low income people generally spend a similar amount on food, while high income people may spend a very large amount or as little as low income people spend.

Low agricultural productivity in the SNLs, repeated droughts, the devastating effect of HIV / AIDS and an overly large and inefficient government sector are likely contributing factors.

* Low rates of nucleation of crystals coupled with high diffusivity to force growth of a few large crystals instead of many smaller crystals

Low explosives must, therefore, be used in large quantities or confined in a container with a high burst pressure to be used as an effective bomb.

In France unofficial episodes of large scale destruction of art in churches by Huguenot Calvinists had begun in 1560 ; unlike in the Low Countries they were often physically resisted and repulsed by Catholic crowds, but were to continue throughout the Wars of Religion.

** Low serum concentration of functioning high density lipoprotein ( HDL " protective if large and high enough " particles ), i. e., " lipoprotein subclass analysis "

Mr. Liaw and Mr. Spencer were in charge of the spreadsheet engine ( written in assembly language ) while Mr. Low wrote a large chunk of the UI.

Swan lived at Underhill, a large house on Kells Lane North, Low Fell, Gateshead, where he conducted most of his experiments in the large conservatory.

In the Low Country of South Carolina, by contrast, even before the American Revolution, planters holding large rice and cotton plantations in South Carolina typically owned hundreds of slaves.

Low fire clays, fired below 1200 ° C, most often used by large commercial manufacturers and third world producers, while durable, are susceptible to scratching and wear over time.

The language originally spoken in East Frisia and Groningen was Frisian, so the current Low Saxon dialects build on a Frisian substrate, which has led to a large amount of unique lexical, syntactic, and phonological items which differ from other Low Saxon variants.

The Low Countries were favorably positioned on a crossing of east-west and north-south trade routes and connected to a large German hinterland through the Rhine river.

There are no large towns on the Low Weald, although Ashford and Reigate lie immediately on the northern edge.

The historical extent of Bowland Forest is divided into two large administrative townships, Great Bowland ( Bowland Forest High and Bowland Forest Low ) and Little Bowland ( Bowland-with-Leagram ), but the modern-day AONB covers a much larger area.

Low rents accompany the poverty in Wedding so, like many inexpensive areas in large cities, it is home to a vibrant artists ' community.

In the mid-19th century, watercress was grown at Moor Farm, known locally as " The Bog ", ( now Low Farm ) by Richard Whiting Bradbery, the son of William Bradbery, the first British watercress pioneer who had a large cress farm at West Hyde, Hertfordshire.

Middle Low German provided a large number of loanwords to the Nordic languages as a result of the activities of Hanseatic traders.

Arbor Low consists of about 50 large limestone blocks, quarried from a local site, which form an egg-shaped circle, with monoliths at the entrances, and possibly a portal stone at the south entrance.

Low content wolfdogs rarely have these problems any more strongly or significantly than any other large breed dog.

" Filming Low budget ' indie ' type movies do have their advantages ... One has to come up with ideas to try and make the shots work without the use of expensive post production effects .... The opening credits sequence with the large orb of the sun behind the Hero going through his moves was simply shot in the studio with him shot in silhouette against a large silk scrim with a lit red sun ( lots of red filters over the lamp ) from behind the scrim and by lowering the lamp stand it looked like the sun dropping down behind him.