Most brochs have scarcements ( ledges ) which would have allowed the construction of a very sturdy wooden first floor ( first spotted by the antiquary George Low in Shetland in 1774 ), and excavations at Loch na Berie on the Isle of Lewis show signs of a further, second floor ( e. g. stairs on the first floor, which head upwards ).

This gave R. D. Low, the head of children's publications at D. C. Thomson at the time, the idea to create another Big Five, this time of comics intended for both boys and girls and consisting mainly of ' funnies ' and more lighthearted adventure and text stories.

* Low head hydro power

The traditional symbol of Mecklenburg, the grinning steer's head ( Low German: Ossenkopp, lit.

: ' oxen's head ', with osse being a synonym for steer and bull in Middle Low German ), with an attached hide, and a crown above, may have originated from this period.

It was not until John, who had been disappointed in his hope for an easy victory after being driven from Roche-au-Moine and had retreated to his transports that the Imperial Army, with Otto at its head, assembled in the Low Countries.

In Belgium, the title of Duke of Brabant ( historically the most prestigious in the Low Countries, and containing the federal capital Brussels ), if still vacant, has been awarded preferentially to the eldest son and heir presumptive of the king, other male dynasts receiving various lower historical titles ( much older than Belgium, and in principle never fallen to the Belgian crown ), such as Count of Flanders ( King Leopold III's so-titled brother held the title when he became the realm's temporary head of state as prince-regent ) and Prince of Liège ( a secularised version of the historical prince-bishopric ; e. g., the present King Albert II until he succeeded his older brother Baudouin I ).

Low End Theory was founded in 2006 by producer and Alpha Pup Records label head Daddy Kev.

In 1917, Archibald Low as head of the RFC Experimental Works, was the first person to use radio control successfully on an aircraft.

* Low head hydro power

The Count of Egmont was at the head of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the Low Countries.

Low brought in Dr Robert O. Adams, head of Colorado State University ’ s Veterinary and Biomedical Science School.

Having been promoted to the rank of general of horse on 3 January 1746, he was placed at the head of the British and British-paid contingents of the Allied army in the Low Countries in June 1746.

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.

In 1999, he took over head coaching duties from Ron Low.

He fought in the Low Countries during this period, apparently under Sir Sigismund Alexander according to Anthony a Wood, and in 1629 was indicted for assaulting one Edward Moore with his sword and wounding the man's head.

All Valve 100w EL34 based head, released in January 2012, made in China, two channel ( Clean / Dirty ), two way equalizer ( High / Low ) and volume control in the clean channel, volume, shape and gain control in the dirty channel, tube driven effects loop, power switching 1.

A flint knife and a Bronze Age stone mace head have been discovered on Werneth Low.

Relieved from fighting the Ottomans in the Mediterranean and with his treasury's coffers replenished with the help of increased inflow of silver from the Americas, King Philip II of Spain sent Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma in 1579 to head the Spanish army in Flanders to regain Spanish control over the Low Countries ( Flanders, Brabant and the United Provinces ).

The message on the scroll read: ' Low in a mead of kine under a thorn, of head bereft, lieth poor Kenelm king-born '.

Stokers ' head coach Norman Low returned to England and did scouting.

This type of system is known as LEPA ( Low Energy Precision Application ) and is often associated with the construction of small dams along the furrow length ( termed furrow diking / dyking ).

There are two waterfalls and dams on the river within the village limits, known as the Great and Little Falls ; and two auto bridges, the Walden Veterans ' Memorial Bridge ( known colloquially as the High Bridge, which carries NY 52, known in the village as West Main Street ) and Low ( Oak Street ) bridges ).

Some historians have surmised that the Africans had the knowledge and material techniques to build the elaborate earthworks of dams, banks, and irrigation systems throughout the Low Country that supported rice and indigo cultivation ; Georgia planters imported slaves chiefly from rice-growing regions of present-day Sierra Leone, the Gambia and Angola.

Although the mill buildings have mostly gone, several of the weirs and dams remain, and there are still water wheels at Malin Bridge corn mill and Low Matlock rolling mill.

Low flood levels are exacerbated by the construction of dams on the Niger river or it tributaries that retain the floodwater and thus attenuate the maximum height of the flood downstream.

* Low Impact Hydropower ( small-run-of-the-river facilities, not ones that require large dams and reservoirs, or affecting river flows adversely.

we are stronger and more self-confident -- and Low cannot so easily put us to rights.

( c ) Ligeantia localis, by operation of law, when a friendly alien enters the country, because so long as they are in the country they are within the Sovereign's protection, therefore they owe the Sovereign a local obedience or allegiance ( R v Cowle ( 1759 ) 2 Burr 834 ; Low v Routledge ( 1865 ) 1 Ch App 42 ; Re Johnson, Roberts v Attorney-General 1 Ch 821 ; Tingley v Muller 2 Ch 144 ; Rodriguez v Speyer AC 59 ; Johnstone v Pedlar 2 AC 262 ; R v Tucker ( 1694 ) Show Parl Cas 186 ; R v Keyn ( 1876 ) 2 Ex D 63 ; Re Stepney Election Petn, Isaacson v Durant ( 1886 ) 17 QBD 54 );

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.

Low serves are also used frequently, either forehand or backhand.

Low concentrations are not a problem for bacteria because they simply ignore the waste that surrounds the metals, attaining extraction yields of over 90 % in some cases.

Low cost, availability, and portability are cited by practitioners as qualities which make this common writing tool a convenient, alternative art supply.

Low, broken-in, soft-soled, non-marking shoes, such as dance shoes, sneakers, or sandals, are recommended and, in some places, required.

The term " Low Fantasy " is used to represent other types of fantasy, however, so while comic fantasies may also correctly be classified as low fantasy, many examples of low fantasy are not comic in nature.

Low carbohydrate diets such as Atkins and Protein Power are relatively high in protein and fats.

Low surface brightness dwarf galaxies are important sources of information for studying dark matter, as they have an uncommonly low ratio of visible matter to dark matter, and have few bright stars at the center which would otherwise impair observations of the rotation curve of outlying stars.

In English, the terms poniard and dirk are loaned during the late 16th to early 17th century, the latter in the spelling dork, durk ( presumably via Low German, Dutch or Scandinavian dolk, dolch, ultimately from a West Slavic tulich ), the modern spelling dirk dating to 18th-century Scots.

Low explosives are compounds where the rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.

Low explosives are normally employed as propellants.

Low percentage gels are very weak and may break when you try to lift them.

Low numbers ( below 31 and especially below 12 ) are popular because people play birthdays as their so-called lucky numbers ; hence a win in which these numbers are over-represented is more likely to result in a shared payout.

Low frequency inductors are constructed like transformers, with cores of electrical steel laminated to prevent eddy currents.

While Dutch is classified as a Low Franconian language, the Dutch Low Saxon varieties, which are also defined as Dutch dialects, form a dialect continuum with the Westphalian language.

Low temperature, starvation of the cells and high multiplicity of infection ( MOI ) are known to favor lysogeny ( see later discussion ).

Low male-to-female ratios are usually the result of a war, but these figures were lower than the sex ratio of 88. 3 males per 100 females recorded for 1953, the last year of the Korean War.

Low phosphate levels are an important limit to growth in some aquatic systems.

Low passes are lacking, and the principal roads and the railroads between France and Spain run only in the lowlands at the western and eastern ends of the Pyrenees, near sea level.