Much of the early development of purification methods is described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia.

Much of Afghanistan's livestock was removed from the country by early waves of refugees who fled to neighboring Pakistan and Iran.

" Much of the TMRC's jargon was later imported into early computing culture, because the club started using a DEC PDP-1 and applied its local model railroad slang in this computing context.

Much of it is permanent marsh, but some parts dry out in early winter, and other parts become marshland only in years of great flood.

Much of the scholarly work concerning the references to Jesus in Josephus has thus concentrated on close textual analysis of the Josephan corpus to determine the degree to which the language, as preserved in both early Christian quotations and the later transmissions, should be considered authentic.

Much of his early work was financed by his family and commerce, but after 1939 he was given resources by the Nazi German government.

Much of the area came under European domination quite early.

Much of his early work put Mazda back into profitability and laid the foundations for future success.

Much current research ( in the early 21st century ) on optical microscope techniques is focused on development of superresolution analysis of fluorescently labeled samples.

Much early commercial radio was completely freeform ; this changed drastically with the payola scandals of the 1950s.

Much like MADtv's early years, this series also features appearances by " Spy vs. Spy " and Don Martin cartoons.

Much suggests she was early on an alcoholic and took little interest in the upbringing of the children.

Much of the early work leading up to the discovery of the ubiquitin proteasome system occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s at the Technion in the laboratory of Avram Hershko, where Aaron Ciechanover worked as a graduate student.

Much of the early theoretical and applied work in psychometrics was undertaken in an attempt to measure intelligence.

Much of this success in defense lay in the world's first use of gunpowder ( i. e. with early flamethrowers, grenades, firearms, cannons, and land mines ) to fight back against the Khitans, the Tanguts, the Jurchens, and then the Mongols.

The Economist described the sentiments, stating that " Much as Adolf Hitler won early praise for galvanising German industry, ending mass unemployment and building autobahns, Saddam earned admiration abroad for his deeds.

Much later, the European colonial powers threatened in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but Thailand survived as the only Southeast Asian state to avoid European colonial rule because the French and the English decided it would be a neutral territory to avoid conflicts between their colonies.

Much of the early development work on naval reactors was done at the Naval Reactor Facility on the campus of the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL, previously INEL ).

Much of PARC's early success in the computer field was under the leadership of its Computer Science Laboratory manager Bob Taylor, who guided the lab as associate manager from 1970 – 77 and as manager 1977 – 83.

Much of X's early material had a rockabilly edge.

Much of Chatterton, however, was recorded by the Gramophone Company ( later HMV ) as early as 1908, and remastered on CD almost 100 years later by Marston Records.

Much of the material written about her was aimed at children, and tended to focus on her childhood and early career.

The editors of the Oxford and Norton Shakespeare believe the name of Imogen is a misspelling of Innogen — they draw several comparisons between Cymbeline and Much Ado About Nothing, in early editions of which a ghost character named Innogen was supposed to be Leonato's wife ( Posthumus being also known as " Leonatus ", the Latin form of the Italian name in the other play ).

Much of his early life was portrayed in his autobiographical book, America America, which he made into a film in 1963.

Much of his sacred music dates from after his appointment as Hofkapellmeister in 1788.

Much of the music of this region is Celtic in nature, but originates in the local area and celebrates the sea, seafaring, fishing and other primary industries.

Much of the work on computer music has drawn on the relationship between music theory and mathematics.

Much of the musical repertoire written for harpsichord and organ from the period circa 1400 – 1800 can be played on the clavichord ; however, it does not have enough ( unamplified ) volume to participate in chamber music, with the possible exception of providing accompaniment to a soft baroque flute, recorder, or single singer.

Much of the folk music growth in the 1930s was in the area of live performance, particularly in folk festivals that began during the 1930s.

Much like Vapor Trails, the music is primarily recorded with multiple layers of guitars, bass, drums and percussion.

Much of the music by the band The Acacia Strain is written from a nihilistic point of view.

Much of the most widely admired piano repertoire in classical music, for example, that of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, was composed for a type of instrument ( the fortepiano ) that is rather different from modern instruments this music is normally performed on today.

Much like music, chess would remain a passion, and he became acquainted with world chess champions José Raúl Capablanca, whom he beat in a simultaneous exhibition match in 1914, and Mikhail Botvinnik.

Much of the music was made with MIDI devices.

Much viol music predates the adoption of equal temperament tuning by musicians.

Much of the music in these years was ballroom-themed.

Much of their work has been inspired by hip hop music, as suggested in the cover song " Wicked ", and " All in the Family ".

" had composed a brilliant new score ( his most subtle yet ) to a scintillating libretto .... Iolanthe is the work in which Sullivan's operetta style takes a definite step forward, and metamorphosis of musical themes is its characteristic new feature .... By recurrence and metamorphosis of themes Sullivan made the score more fluid ...." Much of Sullivan's " fairy " music pays deliberate homage to the incidental music written by Felix Mendelssohn for a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Much of the recitative of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, for instance, is merely DuBose and Dorothy Heyward's play Porgy set to music as written-in prose-with the lyrics of the arias, duets, trios and choruses written in verse.

Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire.

Although earlier BBC radio shows such as Much Binding in the Marsh, Take It From Here and Beyond Our Ken had conditioned listeners to a mix of music, sketches and jokes within a 30 minute show, and Round the Horne was also doing this, ISIRTA ( as it was known to its friends ) accelerated the transitions, and it certainly seemed more improvised.

Much of the plot is also similar ; Petruchio vows to marry Catharine before he has even seen her, she smashes a lute over the music tutor's head, Baptista fears no one will ever want to marry her ; the wedding scene is identical, as is the scene where Grumio teases her with food ; the haberdasher and tailor scene is very similar ; the sun and moon conversation, and the introduction of Vincentio are both taken from Shakespeare.

Much of Bizet's larger-scale vocal music is lost ; the early Te Deum, which survives in full, is rejected by Dean as " a wretched work merely illustrates Bizet's unfitness to write religious music.