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Prior to the mid-20th century, double bass strings were usually made of gut, but since that time, steel strings have largely replaced gut strings, because steel strings hold their pitch better and yield more volume when played with the bow.
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Prior and century
With the Prior Analytics, Aristotle is credited with the earliest study of formal logic, and his conception of it was the dominant form of Western logic until 19th century advances in mathematical logic.
Prior to the 19th century, artists mixed their own paints which allowed them to achieve the desired color, thickness, and to control the use of fillers, if any.
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern and central Chile was under Inca rule while independent Mapuche inhabited south-central Chile.
Prior to the development of the pound lock in 984AD in China by Chhaio Wei-Yo and later in Europe in the 15th century, either flash locks consisting of a single gate were used or ramps, sometimes equipped with rollers, were used to change level.
Prior to the 17th century most money was commodity money, typically gold or silver.
Prior to the early 20th century, all shotgun barrels were forged by heating narrow strips of iron and steel and shaping them around a mandrel.
: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:
: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:
: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:
Prior to the late 18th century, diners who wished to " dine out " would visit their local guild member's kitchen and have their meal prepared for them.
Prior to the 19th century, all handguns were single-shot muzzleloaders.
Prior to that, hunting by local natives can be documented from Late Stone Age Scandinavia and eastern North America, as well as from early 5th century Labrador, where the bird seems to have occurred only as a straggler.
Prior to the twentieth century, Laotian kingdoms and principalities encompassed areas on both sides of the Mekong, and Thai control in the late nineteenth century extended to the left bank.
Prior to the 19th century, the area which became Mali was criscrossed by trade and communication links, the most important being the Niger River, and important southern terminals of the Trans-Saharan trade routes.
Prior to Buzan's popularization, the phrase " mind map " dates back at least a century.
Prior to the 19th century distinctive May day celebrations were widespread throughout West Cornwall, and are being revived in St. Ives and Penzance.
Prior to the 18th century, Afghans have served in the militaries of the Ghaznavids ( 963 – 1187 ), Ghurids ( 1148 – 1215 ), Delhi Sultanate ( 1206 – 1527 ) and the Mughal Empire of India ( 1526 – 1858 ) as well as in the army of the Persian Empire.
Prior to China's adoption of communism, Confucianism remained the dominant political philosophy of China up to the 20th century.
Prior to the 20th century, it was also known as Piscis Notius.
Prior to the 19th century, however, they had significant influence, using to their advantage the fact that most citizens were disenfranchised and seats in the Commons were allocated disproportionately.
Prior to the 19th century, suburb often referred to the outlying areas of cities where work was most inaccessible — implicitly, where the poorest people had to live.
Prior thinkers, particularly nominalist William of Ockham in the early 14th century, had begun the intellectual movement toward empiricism.
Prior to the southwards migration of the Tai people from Yunnan in the 10th century, the Indochina peninsula had been a home to various indigenous animistic communities for as far back as 500, 000 years ago.
Prior and double
Prior to this system being put in place, users could " double dose " if they were able to convince the prescriber to give them a new prescription to replace the one that they had " lost ", by taking each prescription to a different pharmacy.
Casa Rocca Grande was built by Fra Pietro La Rocca, Prior of Santo Stefano, towards the end of the 16th century and formed part of a magnificent palace with double entrances in the style of the Grandmaster's Palace.
Prior to 1827 Jews did not serve in the Russian army, but they were subject to double taxation in lieu of military service.
Prior to filming, Fry and Laurie were already a successful double act with TV series A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster.
Prior to the double cohort in 2003, F1 and F2 formed both halves of the Ontario Grade 7-9 curriculum ; M3 was equivalent to Grade 10, and so forth.
Prior struggled with his command and gave up the lead with the aid of poor defensive play, most notably the booted double play grounder and error by shortstop Alex Gonzalez.
Prior to its release, the expansion was said to double the amount of room in the game, but that it would not use a duplicate of the map, rather it would be adding new content.
Prior to Decimal Day the double pricing was displayed as e. g. 1s ( 5p ); from Decimal Day the order was switched to 5p ( 1s ).
Prior to acting in Malayalam movies, he worked as a stunt double for Bollywood star Dev Anand.
Prior Court consists of 18 single and 6 double flats which are designed to accommodate people who need regular support.
Prior to this a double deck bus had not used the bridge in 30 years.
Prior to season two, he went to the producers and said: " Listen I want to have a stunt double, I want to do some stunts, I want to run, I want to kick ; I want to have a love life ".
Prior to the dominance of front wheel drive in the 1980s, many everyday cars used double wishbone front-suspension systems, or a variation on it.
Prior to JVM 1. 2, floating-point calculations were strict ; that is, all intermediate floating-point results were represented as IEEE single or double precisions only.
Prior to that a company would pay company tax on its profits and if it then paid a dividend, that dividend was taxed again as income for the shareholder, i. e. a part owner of the company, a form of double taxation.
Prior to Guy's arrival in Oakland, many teams trained a position player to double as a punter.
Prior to 1998, when the NCAA had, for most part of its history, six teams, employed a double round robin tournament.
Prior to the release of their second LP release, Adequate Seven announced that a double A-side single-" Head Up High " / " Gotta Stay Focused "-would be released on 12 June 2006 via the band's own label, Breaking World Records.
The star Delta Ophiuchi, with which it forms a naked eye optical double, is named Yed Prior.
António, Prior of Crato decided to concentrate his defense in Alcântara along the Caia ravine, where a double line of defense supported 36 carracks and nine galleons.
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