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advent and electric
By the 1970s, because of the advent of psychedelic art, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called " bright indigo " or " brite blue-violet " that are the pigment equivalent of the electric indigo reproduced in the section above became available in artists ' pigments and colored pencils.
By the 1970s, because of the advent of psychedelic art, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called " Violet " that are the pigment equivalent of the electric violet reproduced in the section above became available in artists pigments and colored pencils.
In the middle of the 20th century, the advent of diesel and electric motors led for the first time to systems that could pump groundwater out of major aquifers faster than it was recharged.
In the 1860s, the advent of electric motors made it possible for a gyroscope to spin indefinitely ; this led to the first prototype gyrocompasses.
The plating industry received a big boost from the advent of the development of electric generators in the late 19th century.
With the advent of electric tram services it also grew as a shopping centre serving a wide area to the south.
It was planned as a cable hauled railway, but the advent of electric traction resulted in a simpler solution, and the change was made before the cable system was built.
Before the advent of solid state electronics, camshaft controllers were used to control the speed of electric motors.
Particularly, the advent of electric bass guitar defined the bottom end and filled in the gaps.
But while their ninth album was one of their most interesting and varied, the advent of punk saw the mainstream market turning away from electric folk almost overnight, heralding a downturn in commercial fortunes for the band.
In the 1960s a new film format, Super8, coincided with the advent of battery operated electric movie cameras.
Note that the advent of the mini mill steelmaking facility is starting to challenge how far back JIT can be implemented, as the electric arc furnaces at the heart of many mini-mills can be started and stopped quickly, and steel grades changed rapidly.
Early petrol / gasoline-powered motor cars, before the advent of electric ignition, were ignited by ' hot tubes ' in the cylinder head which had to be pre-heated before the engine would start.
The advent of competition from Japan led to Benelli products ( still largely of single cylinder pushrod design ) losing popularity as they were perceived as old-fashioned in comparison to Hondas of the era which sported overhead cam engines with electric starters, in much the same way as the British motorcycle manufacturers such as Norton, BSA and Triumph were affected in the larger capacity sector.
Alpine regions of Europe developed the technology ; progress rapidly advanced and expanded with the advent of wire rope and, especially, electric drive.
As is the case with most other Livery Companies, the Tallow Chandlers ' Company is no longer a trade association of candlemakers, its decline precipitated by the advent of electric lighting.
The advent of electric lighting forced utilities to search for other markets for manufactured gas.
In the mid-1890s, after the advent of electric lighting, the stretch of Broadway from 23rd Street to 34th Street came to be called " The Great White Way " because of the numerous illuminated advertising signs there.
With the advent of electric lights, enclosed stages were built in Hollywood and rapidly converted to sound stages with many mattresses placed on the walls.
Before the advent of electronic computers, data processing was performed using electromechanical devices called unit record equipment, electric accounting machines ( EAM ) or tabulating machines.
Before the advent of low cost electric motors, power was distributed through factories from a central engine via overhead shafts running in hundreds of Babbitt bearings.
The advent of all electric interlocking technology allowed for more automated route setting procedures as opposed to having an operator line each part of the route manually.
With the advent of electric streetcars in the late 19th century, an amusement park was developed there and a boardwalk was built along the adjacent beach area.
As a result it was already established in Britain, albeit a difficult to define and varied sub-genre, before the advent of electric folk at the end of the 1960s.

advent and trains
A variation on the three-rail system, Trix Twin, allowed two trains to be independently controlled on one track, before the advent of Digital Command Control.
With the advent of the telegraph in 1851, a more sophisticated system became possible because this provided a means whereby messages could be transmitted ahead of the trains.
Two were constructed for elevated trains lines prior to the advent of the subway.
With the advent of power signalling in 1986, the signal box and the crossovers disappeared, and the tracks approaching the station were relaid to allow trains from any direction to enter or leave any platform.
With the advent of mass production of motorized vehicles, the economic niche occupied by trains ( compared with transport trucks ) has become more specialized and limited to long haul delivery.
Although the distinctive, articulated stainless steel trains were well known, and the railroad adopted the " Way of the Zephyrs " advertising slogan, they did not attract passengers back to the rails en masse, and the last one was retired from revenue service with the advent of Amtrak.
Passenger trains ceased running to Mount Chalmers, Cawarral, and Yeppoon in 2000 with the advent much-improved roads to Rockhampton.
These three trains were unnamed at first, but with the advent of Amtrak's first " official " timetable in November 1971, one became the Coast Starlight ( which continued south to Los Angeles ), while the other two became the Mount Rainier and Puget Sound.
With the advent of the internal combustion engine, trains slowly began to lose their advantage as a transportation option.
The privatisation of British Rail saw all but one of the fleet transferred to Virgin Trains they continued their duties until the advent of the new Pendolino trains, when they were transferred to other operators or withdrawn.
Passenger service along the line ended in 1967 with the advent of the Aldene Plan when the Bay Head trains ( the line's only remaining commuter service ) were moved to Newark Penn Station.
Until the advent of Thameslink it was served by the London Bridge loop trains via Wimbledon.
With the advent of power signalling in 1969, the signal box and the crossovers disappeared, and the tracks approaching the station were relaid to allow trains from any direction to enter or leave any platform.
With the advent of cheap airplane tickets, PT Kereta Api has experienced a downturn in the number of passengers carried, though the number has stabilized and most trains remain at more than 50 % occupancy rate.
The trams met travelers ' needs until the advent of trains ; the service closed on 31 March 1964.
By the end of the 1980s there were 14 national standards train control systems in use across the European Union, and the advent of high speed trains showed that signalling based on lineside signals is insufficient.
But the advent of the multi-trailer road trains has made this part of a bygone era.

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