He seemed very pleased with himself, as though some intricate scheme was working out exactly as he had planned.

Historical records indicate that Copernicus was unaware of the fundamental aspects of his so-called ' revolution ', unaware perhaps of its historical importance, he rested content with having produced a simpler scheme for prediction.

One item in this unhappy scheme was to have Germany policed exclusively by its continental neighbors, among whom only the Soviet Union possessed real military strength.

The committee's final report, on December 30, 1907, stated, in part, that " the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.

" The project, later called the Mills Commission, concluded that " Base Ball had its origins in the United States " and " the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence available to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1839.

Of great surprise to many fans was a brand new color scheme ; apparently the original colors used by the franchise since Major League Baseball awarded it to Jerry Colangelo's ownership group in 1995 were to be discontinued.

While some fans applauded the redesign, most of the reaction to the new color scheme, which included the changing of the historical purple and traditional Arizonan colors of copper and turquoise to a reddish color known as " Sedona Red " similar to that of the Phoenix Coyotes and Arizona Cardinals color schemes, was pointedly negative.

The National Cartoonists Society ( NCS ) convened an ethics hearing, and Fisher was expelled for the forgery from the same organization that he had helped found ; Fisher's scheme had backfired in spectacular fashion.

Originally Gaussian frequency-shift keying ( GFSK ) modulation was the only modulation scheme available ; subsequently, since the introduction of Bluetooth 2. 0 + EDR, π / 4-DQPSK and 8DPSK modulation may also be used between compatible devices.

Although each variant of bridge has its own particular scheme for awarding and accumulating points, all are based upon whether or not the contract for each deal was made or defeated and by how many tricks.

The scheme was abandoned when Corel's shares fell and it became clear that there was really no strategic fit.

However, it seems that the Duke ’ s favoured scheme was to return to the Moselle valley ( where Marshal Marsin had recently taken command of French forces ) and once more attempt an advance into the heart of France.

The naming scheme for " Bollywood " was inspired by " Tollywood ", the name that was used to refer to the cinema of West Bengal.

The midrashic book of Jasher argues that prior to revealing his identity, Joseph asked Benjamin to find his missing brother ( i. e. Joseph ) via astrology, using an astrolabe-like tool ; it continues by stating that Benjamin divined that the man on the throne was Joseph, so Joseph identified himself to Benjamin ( but not the other brothers ), and revealed his scheme ( as in the Torah ) to test how fraternal the other brothers were.

Rather than being written as history, the Deuteronomistic history – Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings – was intended to illustrate a theological scheme in which Israel and her leaders are judged by their obedience to the teachings and laws ( the covenant ) set down in the book of Deuteronomy.

Carl Linnaeus ( Swedish original name Carl Nilsson Linnæus, 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778 ), also known after his ennoblement as, was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature.

ASCII was introduced in 1963 and is a 7-bit encoding scheme used to encode letters, numerals, symbols, and device control codes as fixed-length codes using integers.

The scheme was not a success, however, as the Cubans either succumbed to diseases brought from Spain such as measles and smallpox, or simply refused to work, preferring to slip away into the mountains.

Improvements were made in nursing accommodation in order to recruit more nurses and reduce labour shortages which were keeping 60, 000 beds out of use, and efforts were made to reduce the imbalance “ between an excess of fever and tuberculosis ( TB ) beds and a shortage of maternity beds .” In addition, BCG vaccinations were introduced for the protection of medical students, midwives, nurses, and contacts of patients with TB, while a pension scheme was set up for employees of the newly-established NHS.

Under the Coal Industry Nationalisation ( Superannuation ) Regulations of 1950, a pension scheme for mineworkers was established.

This ' new colonialism ' was generally a failure, at times even spectacularly so ( such as the Tanganyika groundnut scheme ).

The most commonly used classification scheme was originally developed by Wladimir Köppen.

With the main aims in mind, the group launched the LocAle scheme in 2007 which was developed by Steve Westby of the Nottingham branch to help promote locally brewed beers and also help with environmental issues.

By this scheme, pulling one signal to clear locks all the other switch and signal levers in safe positions until the first signal is again restored to normal.

The philosophical works, occupying the first six and the last of the twenty-one volumes, are generally divided according to the Aristotelian scheme of the sciences, and consist of interpretations and condensations of Aristotle's relative works, with supplementary discussions upon contemporary topics, and occasional divergences from the opinions of the master.

Aalto first presented his scheme in 1961, but it went through various modifications during the early 1960s.

He used a two-part naming scheme where the first name represented the genus and the second the species.

The first full-length feature produced under the BFI's new scheme was Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo's Winstanley ( 1975 ), while others included Moon Over the Alley ( 1975 ), Requiem for a Village ( 1975 ), the openly avant-garde Central Bazaar ( 1973 ), Pressure ( 1975 ) and A Private Enterprise ( 1974 ) -- the last two being, respectively, the first British Black and Asian features.

The scheme is named for its inventor, Nobel Prize-winning American physicist Richard Feynman, and was first introduced in 1948.

Mullan was actively involved in the scheme to create the first monument to a goalkeeper in the Western World with the assistance of Banks ' legendary teammate Terry Conroy and emerging local sculptor Andrew Edwards.

This was first done in algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory by Alexander Grothendieck to define the étale cohomology of a scheme.

This is the first time a Red Funnel ferry has been re-painted out of its own red and white colour scheme.

The present meaning of " Judeo-Christian " regarding ethics first appeared in print on July 27, 1939, with the phrase " the Judaeo-Christian scheme of morals " in the New English Weekly.

Its rhyme scheme found in the first seven lines is repeated in the first seven lines of the second stanza.

Bradman missed the first Test due to illness, although Jardine refused to believe this and thought the real reason was that the batsman had suffered a nervous breakdown due to his tactical scheme.

Passcard has been claimed to be the first reward scheme or discount card, created around by Gary Wilson in 1981 and later known as Passkey.

After trials in 1994, Tesco launched its Clubcard program, the UK's first nationwide supermarket-only loyalty card scheme, in 1995 with dunnhumby.

loyalty programme in late 2007, the first retail betting loyalty scheme in Europe.

The first known scheme similar to manorialism was seen in ancient China in 365 BCE, during the Warring States Period.

" Working with Lenox, the primary porcelain manufacturer in America, the first lady chose a design scheme of a red with etched gold band, bordering the scarlet and cream colored ivory plates with a raised presidential seal etched in gold in the center.

The classical scheme of NLS-protein importation begins with Importin-α first binding to the NLS sequence, and acts as a bridge for Importin-β to attach.

Most rhyme schemes are described using letters that correspond to sets of rhymes, so if the first, second and fourth lines of a quatrain rhyme with each other and the third line does not rhyme, the quatrain is said to have an " a-a-b-a " rhyme scheme.

From its first release, PGP products have included an internal certificate ' vetting scheme ' to assist with this ; a trust model which has been called a web of trust.