The experimental measurements on which the pair based their action potential theory represent one of the earliest applications of a technique of electrophysiology known as the voltage clamp.

With Andrew Fielding Huxley, Hodgkin worked on experimental measurements and developed an action potential theory representing one of the earliest applications of a technique of electrophysiology, known as the " voltage clamp ".

The earliest systems used direct current as, initially, alternating current was not well understood and insulation material for high voltage lines was not available.

The earliest sets used a shunt vacuum tube regulator, but the introduction of solid state sets employed a simpler voltage dependant resistor.

Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written in 360 BC, contain the earliest references to Atlantis.

* c. 600 The earliest references to chaturanga written in Subandhu's Vasavadatta and Banabhatta's Harsha Charitha early Indian books.

One of the earliest references to couscous in France is in Brittany, in a letter dated January 12, 1699.

One of the earliest references to the clavichord in England occurs in the privy-purse expenses of Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII, in an entry dated August 1502:

The earliest references to the Euphrates come from cuneiform texts found in Shuruppak and pre-Sargonic Nippur in southern Iraq and date to the mid-3rd millennium BCE.

The earliest written references that have survived relating to the islands were made by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, where he states that there are 30 " Hebudes ", and makes a separate reference to " Dumna ", which Watson ( 1926 ) concludes is unequivocally the Outer Hebrides.

The earliest references to ‘ broomstick ’ marriages in England did not refer to a practice of jumping over a stick, but rather to any kind of sham or dubious ceremony.

The earliest literary references to Arthur come from Welsh and Breton sources.

This is one of the earliest references linking an area legend with dinosaurs, and has been argued to describe a Mokèlé-mbèmbé-like creature.

It is generally agreed that " Unlike the Vedas, which have to be preserved letter-perfect, the epic was a popular work whose reciters would inevitably conform to changes in language and style ," so the earliest surviving components of this dynamic text are believed to be no older than the earliest external references we have to the epic, which may include an allusion in Panini's fourth century BCE grammar ( Ashtādhyāyī 4: 2: 56 ).

The earliest known references to the Mahabharata and its core Bharata date back to the Ashtadhyayi ( sutra 6. 2. 38 ) of Pāṇini ( fl.

One of the earliest references is in Robert of Brunne's early 14th century Handlyng Synne ( Handling Sin ) where it occurs as a verb.

She also says that " the Persian affiliation of the Mysteries is acknowledged in the earliest literary references to them.

The game is said to have originated in China ( it closely resembles the Chinese game of " Jianshizi ", or " picking stones "), but the origin is uncertain ; the earliest European references to Nim are from the beginning of the 16th century.

Michael Neill, editor of the Oxford Shakespeare edition, notes that the earliest critical references to Othello's colour, ( Thomas Rymer's 1693 critique of the play, and the 1709 engraving in Nicholas Rowe's edition of Shakespeare ), assume him to be Sub-Saharan, while the earliest known North African interpretation was not until Edmund Kean's production of 1814.

One of the earliest known references to what served the major role of a passport is found in the Hebrew Bible.

The earliest surviving references to the city are found in the chronicles of Thietmar of Merseburg, written between 1012 and 1018: episcopus Posnaniensis (" bishop of Poznań ", in an entry for 970 ) and ab urbe Posnani (" from the city of Poznań ", for 1005 ).

One of the earliest references to preterism comes from Eusebius of Caesarea ( c. AD 263 – 339 ).

Even since the earliest recorded references to rowing, the sporting element has been present.

The earliest references to Nubia's successor kingdoms are contained in accounts by Greek and Egyptian Coptic authors of the conversion of Nubian kings to Christianity in the 6th century AD.

One of the earliest historical references to sugarcane is in Chinese manuscripts dating back to 8th century BC which mention the fact that the use of sugarcane originated in India.

Some of the earliest references include the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible ( Ezekiel 47: 5, Acts 27: 42, Isaiah 25: 11 ), Beowulf, and other sagas.

Assuming all references are to the same person, as some ( but by no means all ) of the Church fathers did, the earliest reference to him is the canonical Acts of the Apostles, this is his only appearance in the New Testament.

The comic poet, Aristophanes, is the earliest known critic to characterize Euripides as a spokesman for destructive, new ideas, associated with declining standards in both society and tragedy ( see Reception for more ).

This practice seems to have grown out of the use of animal mascots, whose pelts or bodies were literally affixed to staves or standards, as depicted on the earliest cosmetic palettes of the period.

Tangerine Dream's earliest concerts were visually simple by modern standards, with three men sitting motionless for hours alongside massive electronic boxes festooned with patch cords and a few flashing lights.

The album Far Cry contains his famous performance of the Gross-Lawrence standard " Tenderly " on alto saxophone, and his subsequent tour of Europe quickly set high standards for solo performance with his exhilarating bass clarinet renditions of Billie Holiday's " God Bless the Child " ( the earliest known version was recorded at the Five Spot during his residency with Booker Little ).

The Kinks ' early recordings of 1964 ranged from covers of R & B standards like " Long Tall Sally " and " Got Love If You Want It "; to the chiming, melodic beat music of Ray Davies ' earliest original compositions for the band, " You Still Want Me " and " Something Better Beginning "; to the more influential proto-metal, protopunk, power chord-based hard rock of the band's first two hit singles, " You Really Got Me " and " All Day and All of the Night ".

The earliest models appeared at the same time as the first personal computers were produced, in the mid-1970s, although they were primitive by today's standards.

OpenDoc was one of Apple's earliest experiments with open standards and collaborative development methods with other companies.

In 1764 it established the British standard ordnance weights and measurements for the artillery, one of the earliest standards in the world.

The earliest versions described by A. K. Dewdney differ in many respects from the later standards established by the International Core War Society, and could be considered a different, albeit related, language.

Some of the earliest remakes to be recognized as such were attempts to modernize games to the standards of later games in the series.

* The earliest Ontario 400-series highways and other expressways do not meet current standards, however it would be prohibitively expensive to immediately rebuild them all to updated guidelines, unless a reconstruction is warranted by safety concerns and traffic levels.

The rise of the Broadway theatres began in the early part of the century ; the songs from Broadways musicals became some of the earliest American popular music, and eventually came to be treated as pop standards.

Many of these earliest castles would have appeared quite crude and rustic by later standards, belying the power and prestige of their builders.

An " advanced computer " appears in The Austere Academy, which, while outdated by current standards, is nonetheless more advanced than the earliest computers ; this computer's exact functions are never stated, as its only use in the book is to show a picture of Count Olaf ( which both Mr. Poe and Vice Principal Nero believe will keep him away ), but in the companion book The Unauthorised Autobiography, one of the letters describes the computer as capable of an advanced act of forgery.

Dafne is the earliest known work that, by modern standards, could be considered an opera.

Equal-loudness contours are often referred to as " Fletcher-Munson "' curves, after the earliest researchers, but those studies have been superseded and incorporated into newer standards.

Even before Interstate 64 was built beginning in 1958, from some of the earliest planning stages, there were hopes of a circumferential highway to Interstate highway standards for the Hampton Roads region.

The earliest and broadest-based example of linking international labor standards with trade is found in U. S. legislation under the Trade Act of 1974, creating the Generalized System of Preferences ( GSP ).

He also developed one of the earliest online bulletin board systems used to keep telephone operating companies informed about Bell System software standards.

The Mobile Telephone Service was one of the earliest mobile telephone standards.

As in the case of the Danes the Norwegians ' earliest standards of measure can be derived from their ship burials.

The need for a separate justice system to enforce disciplinary standards in the military has a history that dates back to the earliest organized military forces.