Over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries, these amalgamated or were bought by competitors until only a handful of larger companies remained ( see railway mania ).

This part of New York was in the so-called " Burnt Over District ," which earlier in the 19th century had generated much religious excitement, including the beginnings of Mormonism, and social causes, such as abolitionism and support for the Underground Railroad.

Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, franchise jurisdictions were largely eliminated.

Over the 19th century, bullet design also evolved, the bullets becoming gradually smaller and lighter.

Over the course of the 19th century that gradually changed: the British and Creoles in the Freetown area increased their involvement in — and their control over — the surrounding territory by engaging in trade, treaty making, and military expeditions.

Over 6500 different tangram problems have been compiled from 19th century texts alone, and the current number is ever-growing.

Over time it began to silt up and in the 19th century it was filled in.

Over the following 60 years or so, he was involved in many of the major military conflicts of the 19th century — always in spite of his best efforts to evade his duty.

Over the course of the 19th Century, many of the settlers came from Scandinavian countries, as documented in the Saga of the Sanpitch.

Over time, the name became Bethan Hall Green, which, because of local pronunciation as Beth ' n'all Green, had by the 19th century changed to Bethnal Green.

Over the centuries, the name has changed, and has been known as ' Illing ', 1130 ; ' Gilling ', 1243 ; and ' Ylling ', 1254, until ' Ealing ' became the standard spelling in the 19th century.

Over six billion knots and links have been tabulated since the beginnings of knot theory in the 19th century.

Over the last decade a concerted effort by ARCUS and the University of Sheffield has led to Sheffield's 18th and 19th century history as a steel producer being revealed.

Over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, the status of the Sun as merely one star among many became increasingly obvious.

Over the past centuries practical visionaries, from the Franciscan monks who founded the community-oriented pawnshops of the 15th century, to the founders of the European credit union movement in the 19th century ( such as Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen ) and the founders of the microcredit movement in the 1970s ( such as Muhammad Yunus ) have tested practices and built institutions designed to bring the kinds of opportunities and risk-management tools that financial services can provide to the doorsteps of poor people.

Over the 18th and 19th centuries, zoology became increasingly professional scientific disciplines.

Over 130 members of Delavan's 19th century circus colony are buried in Spring Grove and St. Andrew cemeteries.

Over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries, these amalgamated or were bought by competitors until only a handful of larger companies remained ( see railway mania ).

Over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries, most of the pioneering independent railway companies amalgamated or were bought by competitors, until only a handful of larger companies remained ( see Railway Mania ).

Much of this fascination was due to rumours surrounding the Oera Linda Book " found " by Cornelis Over de Linden during the 19th century.

Over the 18th and 19th centuries, biological sciences such as botany and zoology became increasingly professional scientific disciplines.

Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, in accordance with their increasingly modern societies and outlooks, liberal Muslims have tended to reinterpret many aspects of the application of their religion in their life in an attempt to reconnect with the original message, untouched by harmful cultural influences.

Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, the middle class of Europe and North America increased in both numbers and prosperity.

Over 100 cultivars have been produced since selective breeding started in the 19th century.

Over the later 20th century this assumption was increasingly challenged.

Over the last half of the 20th century, historical and archaeological research has increasingly supported the theory that the remnants of the Celtic Boii were absorbed into the Roman Empire and later intermingled with other Germanic peoples who chose to stay ( or were stationed by the Romans ) in the area.

Over the course of the 20th century, Domitian's military, administrative and economic policies were re-evaluated.

Over the course of the 20th century it became increasingly common for first ladies to select specific causes to promote, usually ones that are not politically divisive.

Over the course of the twentieth century, the population of the country grew by a factor of fourteen.

Over the next century, the island was seized several times by the British.

Over the course of the 20th century, the UK gradually implemented tighter regulation of the civilian ownership of firearms through the enactment of the 1968, 1988, 1994 and 1997 Firearms ( Amendment ) Acts < ref >

Over the course of subsequent centuries, the term persisted and developed into its 21st century meaning of " recreational " or " leisurely pursuit ".

Over the next century, half of the estimated 200, 000 Spanish Jews converted to Christianity ( becoming " conversos ").

Over the past few decades, some scholars have argued for a 7th century BC date.

Over the course of the 18th century, the Authorized Version supplanted the Latin Vulgate as the standard version of scripture for English speaking scholars.

" Over the last century, research on the nature of human mating has generally found this not to be true when it comes to character and personality — people tend to like people similar to themselves.

Over subsequent centuries, the strings were doubled to courses, and eventually ( in Europe ) frets were added, leading to the first lute appearing in the thirteenth century.

Over the next 50 years many Mormons entered into plural marriages as a religious duty, with the number of plural marriages reaching a peak around 1860, and then declining through the rest of the century.

Over the rest of the sixteenth century further protectionist measures were introduced.

Over a century later, in 1645, Horacio Carochi defined macrons to mark long vowels ā, ē, ī and ō, and short vowels with grave (`) accents.

Over the last two millennia, physics was a part of natural philosophy along with chemistry, certain branches of mathematics, and biology, but during the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century, the natural sciences emerged as unique research programs in their own right.

Over the past century, people studying rhetoric have tended to enlarge its object domain beyond speech texts.

Over the 20th century, with the influence of social constructionism and pragmatism, this tradition began to change.

Over the next century, the region was studied by scientists from a number of countries, including Russia ( geologist Alexander Karpinsky, botanist Porfiry Krylov and zoologist Leonid Sabaneyev ), England ( geologist Sir Roderick Murchison ), France ( paleontologist Edouard de Verneuil ), and Germany ( naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, geologist Alexander Keyserling ).

Over time, the general view in the Jewish community came to be one of acceptance of Moses de Leon's claims, with the Zohar seen as an authentic book of mysticism passed down from the 2nd century.

Over half a century since their last short film was released, the Three Stooges remain wildly popular with audiences.