Meanwhile Newton ( 1642 – 1727 ) derived the relationship for wave velocity in solids, a cornerstone of physical acoustics ( Principia, 1687 ).

* 1576 – The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Ven, Sweden.

* 1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island ( now Liberty Island ) in New York Harbor.

The creation myth acts as a cornerstone for distinguishing primary reality from relative reality, the origin and nature of being from non-being.

Hume's views on human motivation and action formed the cornerstone of his ethical theory: he conceived moral or ethical sentiments to be intrinsically motivating, or the providers of reasons for action.

This arrangement was to provide the cornerstone for the privileged status which ultimately came to be enjoyed by the whole of Mount Lebanon in Ottoman Syria, Druze and Christian areas alike.

However, the front office's demand for quantity over quality in their return for their cornerstone players hurt them dearly.

* 1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.

Magna Carta, viewed by many as a cornerstone of Anglo-American political liberty, explicitly proposes the right to revolt against the ruler for justice sake.

This was a cornerstone of the privileges claimed for the Gallican Church, and could never be shifted as long as Louis XI maneuvered to replace King Ferdinand I of Naples with a French prince.

Petroleum is the cornerstone of Qatar's economy and accounts for more than 70 % of total government revenue, more than 60 % of gross domestic product, and roughly 85 % of export earnings.

Hit singles such as " Jam-Master Jay " and " Hard Times " proved that the group were more than a one-hit wonder, and the landmark single " Rock Box " was a groundbreaking fusion of raw hip-hop and hard rock that would become a cornerstone of the group's sound and paved the way for the rap rock movement of the late 1990s.

He was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1978 " for his contributions to the silicon integrated circuit, a cornerstone of modern electronics.

In 1911 the cornerstone was laid for the Institute's first building, the Administration Building, now known as Lovett Hall in honor of the founding president.

In 1941, before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the cornerstone was laid for a research and development facility, RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey.

The cornerstone for St Matthew ’ s church at Hutt ’ s Gate was laid in 1861.

Taft attended Woodward High School in Cincinnati, and laid the cornerstone of the new Woodward High School, now the site of the School for Creative and Performing Arts ( SCPA ).

* May 1-' Abdu ' l-Baha lays the cornerstone for the Baha ' i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois

* October 13 – Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes lays the cornerstone for a new U. S. Supreme Court building.

* August 5 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

Although undeniably a cornerstone of organic chemistry, Hückel's concepts were undeservedly unrecognized for two decades.

He is entombed in the monastery church of Saints Peter and Paul at Königslutter, which he endowed as his burial church and for which he lay the cornerstone in 1135.

* Video of cornerstone laying ceremony for the Freedom Tower on July 4, 2004

Baskin-Robbins made its 31 flavours (" one for every day of the month ") the cornerstone of its marketing strategy.

His first official act as Missionary Bishop, in what would become Wisconsin, was the laying of the cornerstone for a new frame church building for Hobart Church, Duck Creek, which served the Oneida Indian Mission.

Sent from Nauvoo, Illinois on June 19, 1844 to Strang in Burlington, Wisconsin, this missive served as the cornerstone of Strang's claims, which were ultimately rejected by the majority of Latter Day Saints.

Following the placing of the cornerstone July 4, 1840, the building housed the Fifth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa ( December 5, 1842 ) and then became the first capitol of the State of Iowa ( December 28, 1846 ).

Oxendine has worked with fellow governors to encourage Congress to adopt The Fair Tax He has stated that " The Fair Tax is a cornerstone of my campaign ; it is right for America and will help our children by once again making America the greatest manufacturing and economic capitol of the world.

Since the Dictator exercised his own authority, he did not suffer this limitation, which was the cornerstone of the office's power.

Drexel's cornerstone of the career preparation, the cooperative education program, was introduced in 1919. The program became integral to the university's unique educational experience.

A cornerstone of Indonesia's contemporary foreign policy is its participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ), of which it was a founding member in 1967 with Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

Ul-Haq was much more committed to Islamism, and " Islamization " or implementation of Islamic law ( AKA sharia ), became a cornerstone of his eleven-year military dictatorship and Islamism became his " official state ideology ".

The church, Falwell asserted, was the cornerstone of a successful family.

The Anglo-French effort to include the Balkans into the “ peace front ” had always rested on the assumption that the cornerstone of the “ peace front ” in the Balkans was to be Turkey, the regional super-power.

Bosio writes that when the cornerstone of Valletta was placed, a group of Maltese elders said " Iegi zimen en fel wardia col sceber raba iesue uquie " ( which in modern Maltese reads, " Jiġi żmien li fil-Wardija Sciberras kull xiber raba ’ jiswa uqija ," and in English, " There will come a time when every piece of land on Sciberras Hill will be worth its weight in gold ").

Following the Islamic concept that before Islam there was the time of Jahiliya ( ignorance ), in the history books used by Maldivians the introduction of Islam at the end of the 12th century is considered the cornerstone of the country's history.

Nevertheless, he was posthumously acknowledged to be one of the foremost rabbinical arbiters and philosophers in Jewish history, his copious work a cornerstone of Jewish scholarship.

Musically, although Lee's use of sequencers and synthesizers remained the band's cornerstone, his focus on new technology was complemented by Peart's adaptation of Simmons electronic drums and percussion.

Exclusively, Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which is entitled by the founding of United Nations as the cornerstone of modern day diplomacy since the Vienna Congress, was signed and ratified by the Republic of China on 18 April 1961 and 19 December 1969.

Washington, dressed in masonic attire, laid the cornerstone, which was made by silversmith Caleb Bentley.

On September 18, 1993, to commemorate the Capitol's bicentennial, the Masonic ritual cornerstone laying with George Washington was reenacted.

Construction of the White House began with the laying of the cornerstone on October 13, 1792, although there was no formal ceremony.

" Capturing NBC's cornerstone show was coup enough, but Paley repeated in 1948 with longtime NBCers Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and Red Skelton, as well as former CBS defectors Jack Benny, radio's top-rated comedian, and Burns and Allen.

Construction on the cathedral was begun with the laying of the cornerstone on December 27, 1892, St. John's Day, when Bishop Henry Potter hit the stone three times with a mallet and said " Other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid which is Jesus Christ .".

Despite losing a long battle with the Associated Press, called " Rox " by UPI employees, United Press International's legacy was recognized by AP when it made the UPI mantra " get it first but get it right " a cornerstone of a branding campaign launched on ap. org.

On 22 May 1872 the cornerstone for the Festival Hall was laid and, on 13 August 1876, it was officially opened ( see Bayreuth Festival ).