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.

The second cornerstone of the Fermi paradox is a rejoinder to the argument by scale: given intelligent life's ability to overcome scarcity, and its tendency to colonize new habitats, it seems likely that at least some civilizations would be technologically advanced, seek out new resources in space and then colonize first their own star system and subsequently the surrounding star systems.

When The Second City opened its doors on December 16, 1959, directed by Paul Sill, his mother Viola Spolin began training new improvisers through a series of classes and exercises which became the cornerstone of modern improv training.

Accepting an offer is usually accompanied by adding a new offer, often building on the earlier one ; this is a process improvisers refer to as " Yes, And ..." and is considered the cornerstone of improvisational technique.

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.

* May 14 – The cornerstone of the new Stanford University, in northern California, is laid ( the college opens in 1891 ).

The Stage Manager mentions that a time capsule is being laid in the cornerstone of a new bank in town, and noting the lack of information about the common people of ancient cultures, he resolves that a copy of this play will be placed inside.

In 1401 Bishop Diego de Heredia added a transept, and in 1585 the door of Sant Joan was added, but the necessity of a complete reconstruction was soon recognized, and towards the end of the eighteenth century the building was torn down, and the cornerstone of the new one was laid on 24 September 1781.

Rupert's role in colonial commerce was marked by his being asked to lay the cornerstone of the new Royal Exchange in 1670, and being made one of its first councillors.

In 1915 the cornerstone to the new campus was laid at its present location on Peachtree Road in Brookhaven.

WGIL Radio reported that officials unveiled the cornerstone Saturday for the new $ 40 million Monmouth College Science and Business Center being built at the college.

The Komaba Campus is the cornerstone of general education, and was designated as the " center of excellence " for three new areas of research by the Ministry of Education and Science.

Their debut album, Beauty and the Beat, is considered one of the " cornerstone albums of ( US ) new wave " ( Allmusic ), breaking barriers and paving the way for a host of other new American acts.

The same year the cornerstone was laid for the new library.

For example, the reference to the " precious cornerstone " of the new Jerusalem in the Book of Isaiah 28: 16 is identified in Islamic scholarship as the cornerstone of the Kaaba.

A transcript of Welch's two-day presentation at the founding meeting was published as The Blue Book of the John Birch Society, and became a cornerstone of its beliefs, with each new member receiving a copy.

Ziff announced that Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates would be the cornerstone of a new company, Strategic Information, which planned to spend tens of millions of dollars in the next five to six years to acquire state of the art computer equipment, according to Dennis O ' Brien, who was named COO and Executive Vice President.

" The students of University of Maryland asked Dan Savage to " Please assign new salacious definitions to the following terms: cornerstone, fear the turtle and diamondbacking.

Politically a socialist leader, the cornerstone of his presidency has been a focus on implementing new policies in the country, introducing a new constitution, land reforms, nationalizing various key industries, opposing United States involvement in the country's politics, and reducing poverty.

He declared, " Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.