Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth ′ s equator to the North Pole ( at sea level ), its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology.

Originally the T1 format carried 24 pulse-code modulated, time-division multiplexed speech signals each encoded in 64 kbit / s streams, leaving 8 kbit / s of framing information which facilitates the synchronization and demultiplexing at the receiver.

Originally Viewdata was accessed with a special purpose terminal ( or emulation software ) and a modem running at CCITT V. 23 speed ( 1200 bit / s down, 75 bit / s up ).

Originally known as the Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture, the institution ’ s initial focus was crop cultivation and animal husbandry.

Originally, each volume had a word of the prayer as its name, which so marked a volume ’ s position relative to the other volumes.

Originally buried at the Fort Dearborn Cemetery, Kinzie ’ s remains were moved to City Cemetery in 1835.

Originally made for German television, Jailbait was based on a play by Franz Xaver Kroetz who violently disagreed with Fassbinder ’ s adaptation, calling it pornographic.

Originally the concept simply referred to society ’ s ability to regulate itself.

Originally, Dowd ’ s story, tentatively titled Buffalo Ghosts, focused on two women, volunteers at a veteran ’ s hospital, who must come to grip with the emotional toll the war takes on its casualties and their families.

Originally called Barber ’ s Cross Roads, it was briefly named Crenshaw ; but June 10, 1867, it was changed to Rutledge in honor of Captain Henry Rutledge, Company H. 59th Alabama Infantry, CSA.

Originally a chemical weapons manufacturing facility for World War II, the arsenal became the focal point of the Army ’ s rocket and space projects, including development of the first U. S. ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles in the 1950s.

Nathaniel Ramsay / Key-Ramsey House Site ( CE-1300 ): Originally, the home of Francis Key, birthplace of John Ross Key and Father of Francis Scott Key composer of the “ Star Spangled Banner .” This structure was indicated in Benjamin Latrobe ’ s 1813 sketch of Charlestown, located where the Charlestown Parsonage for St. John ’ s Methodist Church stands today.

Originally called Hilliard ’ s Station, the town grew around the railroad route of the Piqua and Indiana Railroad station, which bisected the former Hilliard farmland.

Originally called Swoyerville, the town held a special vote in the 1950s to decide whether to add an " s " to the town's name.

Originally, known as Canoe Place, the town ’ s name was changed to Port Allegany in 1838.

Kershaw County ’ s official web site states, “ Originally laid out in 1732 as the town of Fredericksburg in the Wateree River swamp ( south of the present town ) when King George III ordered eleven inland townships established along South Carolina's rivers, few of the area settlers chose to take lots surveyed in the town, choosing the higher ground to the north.

Originally the only option was the 12 Mbit / s Apollo Token Ring ( ATR ).

Originally Samuel Holland Rous ( who recorded as S. H. Dudley, but is not to be confused with the black vaudeville performer Sherman H. Dudley ) formed a vocal quartet in 1896 to record for Edison ’ s studios.

Originally many of the Lagoon ’ s islands were marshy, but a gradual programme of drainage rendered them habitable.

Originally unsatisfied with Allen ’ s script, he hired Hugh Wheeler to rewrite and revise Allen ’ s work.

Originally having been an ancient fort during Roman times, the first feudal lords began to inhabit the castle around 1000 AD.

Originally native to Asia ( probably northern India ), they spread to the Mediterranean Basin about 8000 BC, only spreading into the rest of Europe around 1000 BC.

Originally, 1000 limited edition copies were pressed, hand-numbered and shipped in resealable sandwich bags.

Originally limited to 1000 copies on Electric Honey, the album was picked up by Jeepster Records who re-released it in 1999 and is now often cited as a classic influential album with ' The State I Am In ' being placed at number 17 on Pitchfork Media's top 200 tracks of the 1990s.

Originally non-lakefront lots could be bought for $ 300 –$ 400, while lake front lots sold for about $ 1000.

Originally founded in 1925 and transmitting on 500 watts for the first 4 years ( the 1929 program announcing the retirement of the transmitter is not only known to survive, but also available online ), WTIC began 50, 000 watt operation on August 2, 1929 making it one of the very first few stations in the world to achieve that power level.

Originally licensed in Galveston, KGUL was the second television station to launch in the Houston area after KPRC-TV.

Originally constructed in the early 1920s, the station and depot were renovated in 2004.

Unity began without intention of becoming a “ church ” as demonstrated by the name “ Unity School of Christianity .” For the first three-quarters of a century, “ it had been an auxiliary type of religion, a booster station amplifying the power of Christian faith .” ( Bach, 1965, p 5 ) Originally it was “ A religious-educational movement teaching the use of God-consciousness in everyday life, clarifying the working of divine law, explaining the action of the mind which it calls the connecting link between God and man .” ( Bach, 1965, p 5 ) Leaders and followers, equally shared their understandings in attempts to find “ universal truths ,” or laws that were true for all persons, all religions, all places, all times.

Originally called Clifton, the place was renamed by the railroad in 1898 to Del Rey, after the Rancho del Rey ranch on which the station was located.

Originally the Chesapeake Beach Railway station at the line's intersection with Solomons Island Road was known as " Friendship.

Originally named Coo-Y-Yah, Cherokee for Huckleberry, it was renamed Pryor Creek, the name of the local railroad station ( named for the creek ).

Originally, the town and station were called Halsey, but the name was changed to Woodburn due to the existence of Halsey, Oregon, further down the valley.

Originally known as " Dansbury ", East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad opened a station in town.

Originally a service station attendant, he opened his own Conoco gasoline business, which he topped with a decorative wooden oil derrick.

Originally a watering and coaling station for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad ( CB & Q ), the blossoming town soon became the main source of civilization for nearby residents.

Originally the station had an overall roof designed by the architect G. T.

Originally named Athensville in 1853, the community and its railroad station were renamed Ardmore in 1873 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, on whose " Main Line " west out of Philadelphia Ardmore sits, at Milepost 8. 5.

Originally the only intermediate station on the London and South Western Railway's branch line from Wareham to Swanage, the station is now a stop on the Swanage Railway, a steam locomotive operated heritage railway.

Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched ( starting on 20 April 1964 based in London ), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour.

Originally Marylebone is said to have been planned as a ten-platform station, but the cost of building the GCR was far higher than expected and nearly bankrupted the company, causing the station to be scaled back to just four platforms, three within the train shed and one west of the train shed ( platform 4 ).

Originally Northern Line trains ran to a terminus at bypassing London Bridge, but the construction of a new station at Bank to provide greater capacity and allow northward extension required a new tunnel alignment, and provided the opportunity for a station at London Bridge.

Originally Embankment was called Charing Cross, while the present Charing Cross was Trafalgar Square ( Bakerloo line ) and Strand ( Northern line ) stations, combining under the new name when connected by the new Jubilee Line station in 1979.

Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel, an RER suburban-commuter-railway station, is also Originally, the Champ de Mars was part of a large flat open area called Grenelle, which was reserved for market gardening.

Originally, it was serviced by Salt Water River station, before that was demolished in the 1860s and replaced with a station on the present site.

Originally built in the 1970s with a rooftop car park and connecting bridge to the station, the older West 12 Shepherds Bush shopping centre was significantly redeveloped in the 1990s.