Rayleigh and Ramsay received the 1904 Nobel Prizes in Physics and in Chemistry, respectively, for their discovery of the noble gases ; in the words of J. E. Cederblom, then president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, " the discovery of an entirely new group of elements, of which no single representative had been known with any certainty, is something utterly unique in the history of chemistry, being intrinsically an advance in science of peculiar significance ".

The final discovery was by Claude Shannon in the 1940s who recognized and proved the theoretical significance of the one-time pad system.

The possibility of STP becoming a major oil producer, following the discovery of oil reserves, has also elevated the small island state, traditionally a sleepy backwater, into an entity with potential strategic significance in the Gulf of Guinea.

The significance of such a discovery cannot be overstated.

In an interview for the TimesOnline edition, study co-author Robin Lovell-Badge explained the significance of the discovery:

Several excavations have resulted in the discovery of sites of national significance.

Although Scheele was unable to grasp the significance of his discovery of oxygen, his work was essential for the invalidation of the long-held theory of phlogiston.

In archaeology, the context ( physical location ) of a discovery can be of major significance.

The significance of Fischer's discovery, as the Australian historian John Moses has noted, is that the goal of winning Lebensraum was already in German thinking long before 1933 and thus cannot be seen, as some German historians have argued, as solely Adolf Hitler's personal brain-child.

Of great significance, according to Kinderman, is the discovery that a few crucial variations were added in the final stage of composition, 1822 – 23 and inserted at important turning-points in the series.

Although he is credited for its discovery, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach did not entirely discover the nine-point circle, but rather the six point circle, recognizing the significance of the midpoints of the three sides of the triangle and the feet of the altitudes of that triangle.

" The significance of this discovery will be reduced by thirty years later with the development of electronics, but pupinization is in some special cases used even today.

In 1924 Arthur Eddington produced the first coordinate transformation ( Eddington – Finkelstein coordinates ) that showed that the singularity at r = r < sub > s </ sub > was a coordinate artifact, although he seems to have been unaware of the significance of this discovery.

The term is a historical one whose meaning has been expanded due to the discovery of the evidential significance of various biological materials.

Knowing that Centaurus A was composite, Bracewell used the 6. 7-minute beam of the Parkes Observatory 64 m radiotelescope at 10 cm to determine the separate declinations of the components and in so doing was the first to observe strong polarisation in an extragalactic source ( 1962 ), a discovery of fundamental significance for the structure and role of astrophysical magnetic fields.

“ The method of a science is of greater significance by far than any single discovery, however amazing the later may be .” This was in direct contrast to the English traditional economist who believed that the principles of a science were only exposed long after they had performed their duties.

The significance of this discovery allows us to detect black holes. The gravitational field of a compact star commonly pulls in gas from a companion star, thus radiation ( especially X-ray ) is emitted.

The New York Times reported on Nirenberg's discovery by explaining that " the science of biology has reached a new frontier ," leading to " a revolution far greater in its potential significance than the atomic or hydrogen bomb.

The New York Times reported on Leder and Nirenberg's discovery by explaining that " the science of biology has reached a new frontier ," leading to " a revolution far greater in its potential significance than the atomic or hydrogen bomb.

Paul later learns that Marcy is not disfigured and the significance of his earlier discovery is left as a mystery to the viewer.

Both her supervisor and the laboratory director understood the significance of her discovery and a new field of polymer chemistry quickly arose.

The discovery of Roman burial sites during road and rail construction in the 1920s and 1930s indicated that the settlement was well developed and of some significance, although no prominent buildings were preserved.

Although its life was short-lived, its significance was that it led to the discovery of the entire Blind River-Elliot Lake uranium mining camp.

Besides its historical significance as a break with the centuries-old tradition of British insularity, Britain's move, if successful, will constitute an historic landmark of the first importance in the movement toward the unification of Europe and the Western world.

As to relative frequencies of competing roots ( 7 - 1 vs. 4 - 4, etc. ), Thomas with his ' weighting ' seems to be the first to have considered the significance this might have.

On my first Guy Fawkes Day here, I found Catholics as well as non-Catholics celebrating with the traditional fireworks and bonfires, and was told that most Englishmen either do not know or are not concerned with the historical significance of the day.

Some people even believe that this was the biblical event of Noah's flood, but despite their historical significance, the first spectacular images of these submarine channels were obtained in 1999 ( Di Iorio, et al., 1999 ) in the frame of a NATO SACLANT Undersea Research project using jointly the NATO RV Alliance, and the Turkish Navy survey ship Çubuklu.

In 1993 Bakelite was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society in recognition of its significance as the world's first synthetic plastic.

Most likely one of these two is the biblical Barnabas ; the first one is more likely, because the numbering by Hippolytus seems to indicate a level of significance.

The psychological significance was that this was the first open field battle won by the royal forces, so it increased the morale of the Polish forces and lowered the morale of the Teutonic Knights.

Saint Paul viewed the Nativity of Jesus as an event of cosmic significance which by the Incarnation of Christ brought forth a new world of harmony to undo the damage caused by the fall of the first man, Adam.

During the Hellenistic period, the town was of some mercantile importance, although by the first century it had dwindled greatly in size and significance.

There has also been discussion about the significance of the selection of the Ethiopian eunuch as being the first gentile conversion: inclusion of a eunuch, representing sexual minority in the context of the time.

The first 14 verses of the Gospel of John are devoted to the divinity of Jesus as the Logos, usually translated as " Word ", along with his pre-existence, and they emphasize the cosmic significance of Christ, e. g.: " All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Others have suggested a derivation from the Iron Age and Romano-British place name Camulodunum, one of the first capitals of Roman Britain and which would have significance in Romano-British culture.

* DIN # is used for German standards with primarily domestic significance or designed as a first step toward international status.

The new movement saw German cinema return to international critical significance for the first time since the end of the Weimar Republic.

His efforts left a significant impression upon the missionary history of India and, as one of the first Jesuit missionaries to the East Indies, his work is of fundamental significance to Christians in the propagation of Christianity in China and Japan.

Experts continue to debate the significance and risk of such levels, though the trend has been to recommend maintenance of glucose levels above 60 – 70 mg / dL the first day after birth.

The combination of hushed reverence, chromatic harmonies and sexualized imagery in Richard Wagner's late opera Parsifal gave new significance to the grail theme, for the first time associating the grail – now periodically producing blood – directly with female fertility.

Jordan's boundaries with Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia do not have the special significance that the border with Israel does ; these borders have not always hampered tribal nomads in their movements, yet for a few groups borders did separate them from traditional grazing areas and delimited by a series of agreements between the United Kingdom and the government of what eventually became Saudi Arabia ) was first formally defined in the Hadda Agreement of 1925.

Due to its role as humankind's first tool, certain cultures have attached spiritual and religious significance to the knife.

In terms of global significance, the first wheellock musket in Europe was sketched by Leonardo da Vinci around 1500 AD, although no use of metal flint for gunpowder weapons were known before that point in Europe.

The sense of common identity was at first a cultural movement, such as in the Völkisch movement in German-speaking states, which rapidly acquired a political significance.

Desdemona drops a handkerchief that was Othello's first gift to Desdemona and which he has stated holds great significance to him in the context of their relationship.

The 23 February 1923 " Red Army Day " has a twofold, historical significance ; the first day of drafting recruits ( in Petrograd and Moscow ) and the first day of combat against the occupying Imperial German Army.

In June 1999 the U. S. Department of the Interior designated 51 and 53 Christopher Street, the street itself, and the surrounding streets as a National Historic Landmark, the first of significance to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.