Several inventions followed using rear-wheel drive, the best known being the rod-driven velocipede by Scotsman Thomas McCall in 1869.

Several days earlier, the Royals bulked up their bullpen by inking starting pitcher Storm Davis, who was enjoying a career-high 19 game win record ( third best in the AL ) with the Athletics in 1989, on a three-year $ 6 million contract.

Several months later, it amalgamated with the prestigious First Normal School of Changsha, widely seen as the best school in Hunan province ; Mao biographer Stuart Schram would later note that the environment of the school provided " an ideal training ground for his apprenticeship as a political worker.

Several works among the best known during this long period could be cited as an example, from Strabo ( Geography ), Eratosthenes ( Geography ) or Dionisio Periegetes ( Periegesis Oiceumene ) in the Ancient Age to the Alexander von Humboldt ( Cosmos ) in the century XIX, in which geography is regarded as a physical and natural science, of course, through the work Summa de Geografía of Martín Fernández de Enciso from the early sixteenth century, which is indicated for the first time the New World.

Several songs, including " There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight " and one by his first wife Jean Acker, entitled " We will meet at the end of the trail ", became best sellers.

Several embassies from the Abbaside Caliphs to the Chinese Court are recorded in the T ' ang Annals, the most important of these being those of ( A-bo-lo-ba ) Abul Abbas, the founder of the new dynasty, that of ( A-p ' u-ch ' a-fo ) Abu Jafar, the builder of Bagdad, of whom more must be said immediately ; and that of ( A-lun ) Harun al-Rashid, best known, perhaps, in modern days through the popular work, Arabian Nights.

Several historic works, known as the kings ' sagas were written in Norway and Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries, the best known of which is Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla ( c. 1220 ).

Several now legendary events took place on the Wartburg in the following decades, best known is the " Singers ' Contest on the Wartburg " ( Sängerkrieg, which is part of the Tannhäuser legend ).

Several critics have compared the film favorably to Bergman's 1973 film, Scenes from a Marriage, including Joseph McBride in Variety, who found it Allen's " most three-dimensional film to date " with an ambition equal to Bergman's best even as the co-stars become the " contemporary equivalent of ...

Several years later, Malkin would be hailed as the best pick of that draft ; a pick that would help to propel the Penguins back to a competitive level in future years.

Several of his stories have been nominated for the genre's awards ; " The Ugly Chickens " -- about the extinction of the dodo -- won a Nebula award for best novelette in 1980, and also a World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction in 1981 ; this is perhaps his best known work.

Several WCO committees, such as the Harmonized System Committee, the Permanent Technical Committee, the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation, Technical Committee on Rules of Origin, the Capacity Building Committee, and the SAFE Working Group, provide a platform for developing instruments and best practices on customs competencies.

Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are:

Several of the best known Minnesingers are also noted for their epic poetry, among them Heinrich von Veldeke, Wolfram von Eschenbach and Hartmann von Aue.

Several newer technologies are attempting to replace flash in certain roles, and some even claim to be a truly universal memory, offering the performance of the best SRAM devices with the non-volatility of flash.

Several professional actors started their stage experience there with David Warner perhaps the best known.

Several of his best books remain in print or have been reprinted, and various authors have attempted analysis of his notoriously complex personality.

Several Norwegian scientists argued against an extension, Kreyberg saying, " If it is a question of handing Dr. Reich over to the Gestapo, then I will fight that, but if one could get rid of him in a decent manner, that would be the best.

Several of his radio performers joined him, and Moorehead made her film debut as his mother in Citizen Kane ( 1941 ), considered one of the best films ever made.

Steven Watts wrote that Hitler " revered " Ford, proclaiming that " I shall do my best to put his theories into practice in Germany ," and modeling the Volkswagen, the people's car, on the model T. Several themes from the Dearborn Independent articles appear in Mein Kampf.

Several classical composers have written mazurkas, with the best known being the 69 composed by Frédéric Chopin for solo piano.

In 1744, he published his Epistle to Curio, attacking William Pulteney ( afterwards Earl of Bath ) for having abandoned his liberal principles to become a supporter of the government, and in the next year he produced a small volume of Odes on Several Subjects, in the preface to which he lays claim to correctness and a careful study of the best models.

Several leading car magazines at the time also selected the convertible as one of the best rag-tops available on the market ( see Automobile Magazine / January 1988, Performance Car Magazine / January 1989 ).

Several first and middle schools were closed or merged into new primaries, with the three high schools of King Charles I School, Wolverley C E Secondary School, and Baxter College ( formerly Harry Cheshire High School ) becoming secondary schools with sixth forms.

Several of the state secondary schools now specialise: Astor College for the Arts ; Dover Grammar School for Girls is a selective specialist Humanities College ; Dover Grammar School for Boys, a selective Business and Enterprise College ; St Edmund's Catholic College for the Performing Arts ; and Dover Christ Church Academy, a specialist Maths, ICT and Music Academy.

Several private schools at the primary and secondary levels are also maintained:

Several secondary plateaus of lower altitude are also distinguished by geographers, The Katun valley begins as a wild gorge on the south-west slope of Belukha ; then, after a big bend, the river ( 600 km long ) pierces the Katun Alps, and enters a wider valley, lying at an altitude of from 600 to 1, 100 m, which it follows until it emerges from the Altai highlands to join the Biya in a most picturesque region.

Several other secondary works are nonetheless crucial to Zoroastrian theology and scholarship.

Several portraits of Fisher exist, the most prominent being by Hans Holbein the Younger in the Royal Collection ; and a few secondary relics are extant.

Several factors can promote the formation of cataracts, including long-term exposure to ultraviolet light, exposure to ionizing radiation, secondary effects of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and advanced age, or trauma ( possibly much earlier ); they are usually a result of denaturation of lens protein.

Several petitions were made requesting the release of Yared's score either on a limited edition CD or as a bonus feature or secondary audio track on the film's DVD.

Several early primary and secondary schools in the United States were single-sex.

Several primary schools have also been built, as well as the town's secondary school-The Stourport High School & VIth Form Centre.

Several secondary sealed roads including the C161, C155 and C154 run south toward Apollo Bay and the coastal tourism areas of the Otway Ranges Great Ocean Road, Twelve Apostles and the Shipwreck Coast.

Several other features are removed such as showing the size on the status bar without selecting items, storing metadata in NTFS secondary streams, the IColumnProvider interface which allowed addition of custom columns to Explorer and folder background customization using desktop. ini.

Several clubs are in coordination with Chapelle's " brother school " Archbishop Rummel High School, an all-male Catholic secondary school also located in Metairie.

Several secondary routes connect the two roads, including Interstate 505 and State Route 113.

Several secondary stones were produced from the cut that were sold to Peter the Great of Russia.

West Bridgford also hosts two rowing clubs, Nottingham Rowing Club and Nottingham and Union Rowing Club, and a rowing shell manufacturers, Raymond Sims Ltd. Several of the town's secondary schools have rowing activities on their curriculum.

Several wildlife rehabilitation organizations encourage natural form of rodent control through exclusion and predator support and preventing secondary poisoning altogether.

Several perpendicular secondary ridges are connected to the main ridge dividing the glaciers that descend towards the Mattertal. The wall connecting the Signalkuppe with the Cima di Jazzi presents a wall of formidable precipices towards the east, but falls away in a gentle slope to the west.

Several sequential secondary structures may form a " supersecondary unit ".

Several higher level educational institutions existed, including boys ' and girls ' grammar schools, a scientific secondary school, trade schools for boys and girls both, lumber-and metal-works vocational school, and a midwifery training institute.

* Ralf Schreyer's Lester Ward web site – Several complete primary and secondary sources, including some excellent photographs of Ward

Several counties, such as Leicestershire, eliminated their secondary moderns altogether.

Several meetings between all members of the legislative assemblies and the cabinets of the three provinces were conducted during the 1960s, with the result being several important regional cooperation agreements in the areas of health care, post-secondary and secondary education, and in regional intergovernmental coordination, particularly when dealing with Ottawa.

Several OEMs such as General Motors are integrating more advanced systems into vehicle's head units such that they can control vehicular functions such as door chimes and even offer vehicle data such as trouble warnings and odometer information ; such a head unit thus serves as a secondary instrument panel.