Starting in Beethoven's time, the fortepiano began a period of steady evolution, culminating in the late 19th century with the modern grand.

Starting in 1938, Post Office Telephones laid dedicated cables, for numerous telephone and telegraph circuits, from the nearby repeater station at Fenny Stratford ( on Watling Street, the main road linking London to the north-west, later to be designated the A5 ).

Starting in the mid-1980s, the Baltic states used the reforms provided by glasnost to assert their rights to protect their environment ( for example during the Phosphorite War ) and their historic monuments and, later, their claims to sovereignty and independence.

Starting in the later part of the 18th century, there began a transition in parts of Great Britain's previously manual labour and draft-animal – based economy towards machine-based manufacturing.

Starting with the Fairey Gyrodyne, this type of aircraft later evolved into the much larger twin-engined Fairey Rotodyne, that used tipjets to power the rotor on take-off and landing but which then used two Napier Eland turboprops driving conventional propellers mounted on substantial wings to provide propulsion, the wings serving to unload the rotor during horizontal flight.

* Starting in the year 309 BC, the later Chinese historian Sima Qian ( 145 BC – 90 BC ) wrote that the Qin-employed engineer Bi Ling of the newly conquered State of Shu in Sichuan had the shoulder of a mountain cut through, making the ' Separated Hill ' that abated the Mo River, and excavated two canals in the plain of Chengdu.

Starting with the 80486, in x86 chips the floating-point unit was integrated with the CPU, something true for almost all later x86-architecture processors.

Starting with the 1XB switch, the later and more common method was based on the link principle, and used the switches as crosspoints.

Starting at the Old State House, the road crossed the Connecticut River over the area that is now occupied by the Founders Bridge, initially by ferry and later by bridge.

Starting with the episode " The Thirty-Minute Work Week " and in later episodes, Wembley works with the fire department as their siren.

Starting no later than Robert Toll's Blacking Up ( 1974 ), a " third wave " has systematically studied the origins of blackface, and has put forward a nuanced picture: that blackface did, indeed, draw on African American culture, but that it transformed, stereotyped, and caricatured that culture, resulting in often racist representations of black characters.

Starting with his tenure at Allegheny Observatory in the Pittsburgh area in the late 1860s, Langley was a major player in the development of astronomically derived and regulated time distribution services in America through the later half of the 19th century.

Starting out as mostly men arriving first and then later on bringing their families over.

Starting out his athletic career as a boxer, Columbu progressed into the sport of Olympic Weightlifting, powerlifting and later bodybuilding, winning the title of Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981.

Starting from just a few kg before the event, maximum size had reached ~ 50 kg a few million years later, and ~ 750 kg by the end of the Paleocene.

Starting his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat ( 1973 ), Khan began his professional career eleven years later with Holi ( 1984 ) and had his first commercial success with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ( 1988 ).

Starting with two Digital Tandem Switch ( DTS ) voice-switching systems designed specifically for them by the Collins Radio Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa ( later a division of Rockwell International ), MCI began offering competitive circuit-switched direct-dial services using a combination of their own microwave circuits and leased circuits from AT & T made available to them from the landmark Carterfone decision.

Starting from Bengal in the later half of the 18th century, a series of battles for north Indian lands finally gave the British East India Company accession over the state's territories.

Starting in the 9th century, it was incorporated to English law, and it was later extended to most common law systems.

Starting with the success at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780 under then Colonel William Campbell ( he would later be appointed as a Brigadier General in 1781 ) the campaign changed.

Starting a revolution against it, which was forced to flee Mexico City and was killed a month later, the Plan de Agua Prieta used as a political banner of the 1917 Constitution, violated by Carranza.

Starting in the late 19th century, New York residents built summer homes on the shoreline, and even back then there were some who moved to Stamford permanently and started commuting to Manhattan by train, although the practice became more popular later.

Starting at the Bodhi Tree Annex in West Hollywood, he later moved them to the diocesan center in Los Angeles.

Starting with Pliny the Elder, later writers sometimes refer to Cato the Younger as " Cato Uticensis " (" the Utican ").

Starting in the Lombard period ( after 569 ), the area around Locarno ( and presumably the town ) was part of the county Stazzona and later the Mark of Lombardy.

Starting his career at sea, at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years, and was himself enslaved for a period.

Starting his career as a jurist at the University of Bordeaux, Duverger became more and more involved in political science and in 1948 founded one of the first faculties for political science in Bordeaux, France.

Starting his international sporting career only in his late thirties at the 1968 Winter Olympics of Grenoble, Krienbühl mostly skated at the back of the field.

Starting with the music as a hobby in the late 90s and at the early age of 13 he became an enthusiast of the dance music genre of the moment, and passed to be a mere follower to become a producer even before starting his career as a DJ.

Starting his professional career in 1924, Schmeling came to the United States in 1928 and, after a ninth-round technical knockout of Johnny Risko, became a sensation.

Starting a solo career, he became a hit success with his second album, Don't Be Cruel, which spawned a number of hit singles including the co-self penned " My Prerogative ", which became his signature hit.

Starting with No End, Kieślowski's career was closely associated with two regular collaborators, the screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz and the composer Zbigniew Preisner.

Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as " Roll With Me, Henry ", " At Last ", " Tell Mama ", " Something's Got a Hold on Me ", and " I'd Rather Go Blind " for which she wrote the lyrics.

Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953.

Starting her career as an extra in films, Velasco became famous for her interpretation of a Mazahua indigenous woman with the name of " La India María ", whom she portrayed on various Televisa programs.

Starting in 1822 after the death of his sister, Corot began receiving a yearly allowance of 1500 francs which adequately financed his new career, studio, materials, and travel for the rest of his life.

Starting his career writing articles for game magazines, he moved on to writing supplements for Hero Games's Champions system, and currently writes for White Wolf Game Studio.

Starting his career with a passion for rallying rather than racing, he graduated to single seaters through the French Renault 5 championship.

Starting his minor league career, Carew was assigned to play second base with the Melbourne ( FL ) Twins in the Cocoa Rookie League and hit. 325 over the final 37 games of the season.

Starting his driving career in Go-karts at age 12, Waltrip entered his first stock car race just four short years later.

Starting in 1939 with the career of Amália Rodrigues, fado was an internationally popular genre.

Starting his career at age 17, Gefen appeared on stage in drag and heavy makeup, bragged about his evasion of the draft, and sang about drugs, sex and alienation in a hard-rock style reminiscent of Punk Rock.

Starting his professional career by releasing his first long-player in 1973 subtitled " The Album-Confessions of a Big Lanky Dope ", as a member of Rhubarb's Revenge ( re-issued on CD and virgin vinyl in 1999 by GearFab Records after becoming a collector's item of rare virtue ), and going on to contribute to an interesting string of,, unsuccessful records.

Starting her career as the Rector's Assistant at Glasgow University ( 1972-3 ), she became a History and English teacher at the ( RC ) London Oratory School in Fulham ( 1974 – 86 ) and later Head of Careers ( 1984-6 ) before switching to John Archer School ( sold off for housing ) on Sutherland Grove in Wandsworth as Head of Careers between 1986-8.

Starting his career in the government, Mirza was employed by Prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan in the Ministry of Defence, being appointed as the first Defence Secretary ( one of an apex bureaucratic post ), overseeing the Indo-Pakistan war of 1947, and the Balochistan conflict in 1948.

Starting his career in 1975 with Prayanam, Bharathan rode to fame with his off-beat Thakara, a film about a dumb-witted central character who falls in love with the village beauty.