Most fundamentally all substances are matter, a theme taken up by science, which postulated one or more matters, such as earth, air, fire or water ( Empedocles ).

Most rounds fired were not aimed at an enemy combatant, but instead fired in the enemy's direction to keep them from moving and firing back ( see suppressive fire ).

Most mathematical problems considered in the Śulba Sūtras spring from " a single theological requirement ," that of constructing fire altars which have different shapes but occupy the same area.

Most early fire arms were muzzle loading.

Most automatic weapons are classed as long guns ( as the ammunition used is of similar type as for rifles, and the recoil of the weapon's rapid fire is better controlled with two hands ), but handgun-sized automatic weapons also exist, generally in the " submachine gun " or " machine pistol " class.

Most modern scholars agree that the actual Greek fire was based on petroleum, either crude or refined ; comparable to modern napalm.

Most Protea species can be placed in one of two broad groups according to their response to fire: reseeders are killed by fire, but fire also triggers the release of their canopy seed bank, thus promoting recruitment of the next generation ; resprouters survive fire, resprouting from a lignotuber or, more rarely, epicormic buds protected by thick bark.

* 1807 – Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire

Most Paranthropus species seem almost certainly not to have used language nor to have controlled fire, although they are directly associated with the latter at Swartkrans.

Most of the temples were built near springs, and in some of them there is evidence of the existence of a fire, which was always burning.

Most modern service rifles fire a projectile of approximately 5. 56mm.

Most V8 engines share a common crankpin between opposite cylinders in each bank, and a 90 ° V8 crankshaft has just four pins shared by eight cylinders, with two pistons per crankpin, allowing a cylinder to fire every 90 ° to achieve smooth operation.

Most of the models were destroyed in the 2005 Aardman studio fire, but a set from A Matter of Loaf and Death is presently on display at the At-Bristol science centre.

* 677: Most of the Arab fleet is destroyed by Greek fire ; the Persian crown prince flees to the T ' ang court.

Most engagements using guns in this size range used direct fire at enemy from 1500 to 3000 yards distant, at which ranges the residual shell velocity was correspondingly higher, as in the table-at least in the earlier stages of World War 1.

Most of his works are either in public collections, or have been destroyed in fire or other misfortunes.

Most of the old center of the city was destroyed by the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917, which started accidentally by an unattended kitchen fire on 18 August 1917.

Most of these miniatures were destroyed by fire in 1904 and survive only in photographs and copies.

Most notorious was his acquisition of burning houses: when Crassus received word that a house was on fire, he would arrive and purchase the doomed property along with surrounding buildings for a modest sum, and then employ his army of 500 clients to put the fire out before much damage had been done.

Most of them derive from early models formulated by David Marr and James Albus, which were motivated by the observation that each cerebellar Purkinje cell receives two dramatically different types of input: On one hand, thousands of inputs from parallel fibers, each individually very weak ; on the other hand, input from one single climbing fiber, which is, however, so strong that a single climbing fiber action potential will reliably cause a target Purkinje cell to fire a burst of action potentials.

On matters of race he was similarly inflexible: `` Most of the modern Latin races seem to have inherited the rigidity of the Roman mind ''.

Most of them had seen Our American Cousin before, and unless Miss Keene was on stage, there was not much to it.

Most Republicans agreed with Lincoln that the North was the aggrieved party, as the Slave Power tightened its grasp on the national government with the Dred Scott decision and the presidency of James Buchanan.

Most of Aristotle's work is probably not in its original form, since it was most likely edited by students and later lecturers.

In 1971 Agatha Christie was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Most of his cases happened during this period and he was at the height of his powers at this point in his life.

The other Rutherford films ( all directed by George Pollock ) were Murder at the Gallop ( 1963 ), based on the 1953 Hercule Poirot novel After the Funeral ( In this film, she is identified as Miss JTV Marple, though there was no indication as to what the extra initials might stand for ); Murder Most Foul ( 1964 ), based on the 1952 Poirot novel Mrs McGinty's Dead ; and Murder Ahoy!

Most of the population lives in the western and northwestern parts of the country, where the two major cities, Yerevan and Gyumri ( which was called Aleksandropol ' during the tsarist period ), are located.

Most of Armenia's ethnic Azeri population was deported in 1988 – 1989 and remain refugees, largely in Azerbaijan.

Most of the Project's titles, especially the early work, share common traits ( likely influenced by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, on which Parsons was the audio engineer in 1973 ).

Most of the music was religious, but the purpose of communal singing was not primarily spiritual.

Most recently in 2011, the Charlemagne Award was conferred on Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank.

" Most ancient writers considered him a highly successful leader in guerrilla warfare, alert and quick, yet cautious — a man, moreover, whose personal bravery was rarely questioned in his own time.

Most modern knowledge of Aristotle was preserved and presented by Albertus.

Most North American speech is rhotic, as English was in most places in the 17th century.

Most seriously injured was a technician who suffered a fractured kneecap when the GSE cart overturned on him.

Most Protestant denominations deny the need of maintaining episcopal continuity with the early Church, holding that the role of the apostles was that, having been chosen directly by Jesus as witnesses of his resurrection, they were to be the " special instruments of the Holy Spirit in founding and building up the Church ".

-short for " The Collective Consciousness Society "-which had several hit singles produced by Mickie Most, including a version of Led Zeppelin's " Whole Lotta Love ", which was used as the theme for BBC's Top Of The Pops between 1971 and 1981.

Most of the Abbasid army was killed.

Most original Cuyp paintings were signed by him, and in the script manner in which his name was inscribed.

Most of the drugs in the second generation, known as atypical antipsychotics, have been developed more recently, although the first atypical antipsychotic, clozapine, was discovered in the 1950s and introduced clinically in the 1970s.

Most major powers repudiated Cold War assassination tactics, though many allege that this was merely a smokescreen for political benefit and that covert and illegal training of assassins continues today, with Russia, Israel, the U. S., Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and other nations accused of still regularly engaging in such operations.