By the mid late 18th century developments in cheaper zinc distillation such as John-Jaques Dony's horizontal furnaces in Belgium and the reduction of tariffs on zinc as well as demand for corrosion resistant high zinc alloys increased the popularity of speltering and as a result cementation was largely abandoned by the mid 19th century.

Once above the majority of the atmosphere the vehicle then angles the rocket jet, pointing it largely horizontally but somewhat downwards, this permits the vehicle to gain and then maintain altitude while increasing horizontal speed.

The curved path of a golf ball known as slice or hook is due largely to the ball's spinning motion ( about its vertical axis ) and the Magnus effect, causing a horizontal force that moves the ball from a straight-line in its trajectory.

Whereas conventional, non-hydrostatic waves are characterized by horizontal undulations of lift and sink, largely independent of altitude, hydrostatic waves are characterized by undulations of lift and sink at different altitudes over the same ground position.

There are two largely used single reel systems ( also known as long-play systems ) today: the tower system ( vertical feed and takeup ) and the platter system ( non-rewinding ; horizontal feed and takeup ).

In 1928, Sporting first appeared in its famous shirts with horizontal white and green strips, a change caused, largely, by the rugby team.

The strata are largely horizontal, and have weathered into terraces on the mountains.

According to a study by Phil Senter in 2006, the joint was even pointed largely downwards meaning that the humerus could not be lifted above the horizontal.

It is a shrub growing to 50-200 cm tall, with largely horizontal branching.

Turkey's First Geography Congress in 1941 created two regions to the east of the Gulf of Iskenderun-Black Sea line named the Eastern Anatolia Region and the Southeastern Anatolia Region, the former largely corresponding to the western part of the Armenian Highland, the latter to the northern part of the Mesopotamian plain.

Sri Lankan astrology is largely based on Hindu astrology with some modifications to bring it in line with Buddhist teachings.

At MIT, Olsen and Anderson noticed something odd: students would line up for hours to get a turn to use the stripped-down TX-0, while largely ignoring a faster IBM machine that was also available.

Hewlett-Packard purchased Compaq later that same year, continuing development of the existing product line until 2004, and promising to continue selling Alpha-based systems, largely to the existing customer base, until October 2006 ( later extended to April 2007 ).

At the failure of the direct Carolingian male line in 911, Conrad was acclaimed King of the Germans, largely because of his weak position in his own duchy.

In 1970 75 percent of Malaysians living below the poverty line were Malays, the majority of Malays were still rural workers, and Malays were still largely excluded from the modern economy.

An example of this is Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire, the second section of which is a 999 line, 4 canto poem largely written in loose heroic couplets but also allowing for frequent enjambment.

The Giants struggled to a 6 – 9 record in the strike-marred 1987 season, due largely to a decline in the running game, as Morris managed only 658 yards behind an injury-riddled offensive line.

After updating the 911 line-up to include both a more powerful 911S and a less expensive 911T, Porsche executives began to feel that the 912 had become redundant, that the 911 platform was sufficiently diverse and that pricing had largely come into line with market expectations.

This is largely due to reduced hull-building costs brought about by the introduction of fibreglass hulls, and increased automation and " production line " techniques for yacht building, especially in Europe.

If the transmission line is uniform along its length, then its behaviour is largely described by a single parameter called the characteristic impedance, symbol Z < sub > 0 </ sub >.

The treaty divided the ( largely undiscovered ) world equally between the Spanish and the Portuguese, along a north-south meridian line 370 leagues ( 1770 km / 1100 miles ) west of the Cape Verde islands, with all lands to the east belonging to Portugal and all lands to the west to Spain.

More importantly however, the party had been squeezed out by the tougher line on immigration issues by mainstream politicians such as Minister for Integration and Immigration Rita Verdonk, who largely adopted Fortuyn's policies.

The electronic video camera tube was invented in the 1920s, starting a line of development that eventually resulted in digital cameras, which largely supplanted film cameras after the turn of the 21st century.

Geologically the region is divided into the largely igneous and metamorphic west and sedimentary east, the dividing line slightly to the west of the River Exe.

Pioneer Muslim missionaries to the Kenyan interior were largely Tanganyikans, who coupled their missionary work with trade, along the centres began along the railway line, such as, Kibwezi, Makindu and Nairobi.

Most remaining allies were largely self-sufficient in front line equipment ( such as tanks and fighter aircraft ) by this stage, but Lend-Lease provided a useful supplement in this category even so, and Lend-Lease logistical supplies ( including motor vehicles and railroad equipment ) were of enormous assistance.

The First Ward is largely a residential neighborhood best known for the antique shops that line Clinton Street.

The Germans were largely deployed in strongpoints along the coast — the German strategy was based on defeating any seaborne assault at the water line.

' In this line of thinking, they think he largely neglected the human societies amidst this nature.

The line was as strong as it could be made under the circumstances, but on 28 May the Belgian army, largely outnumbered by the attacking German troops, abandoned by the Belgian government but still under the direct command of King Leopold who had refused to abandon his troops and the Belgian refugees inside the little enclave of what remained of unoccupied Belgium, surrendered, leaving a gap on Gort's eastern flank between the British and the sea.

The line had eleven halts which largely served visitors wishing to enjoy the bracing air along the coast or the fine beaches around Westward Ho !.

While the largest part of the Arctic is composed of permanent ice and tundra north of the tree line, it encompasses geological regions of varying types: the Innuitian Mountains, associated with the Arctic Cordillera mountain system, is geologically distinct from the Arctic Region ( which consists largely of lowlands ).

The Broads largely follows the line of the rivers and natural navigations of the area.

With twenty-five freight trains a day, Mecklenburg is a freight railroad transportation center, largely due to its place on the NS main line between Washington and Atlanta and the large volumes of freight moving in and out of the county via truck.

Toward the east, the extensive plains around Adana, Turkey's fifth largest city, consist largely of reclaimed flood lands.

Flat or gently sloping land is rare and largely confined to the deltas of the Kızıl River, the coastal plains of Çukurova and the valley floors of the Gediz River and the Büyük Menderes River as well as some interior high plains in Anatolia, mainly around Tuz Gölü ( Salt Lake ) and the Konya Basin ( Konya Ovasi ).

The Antarctic continent, located in the Earth's southern hemisphere, is centered asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle.

However, the invention of smaller, cheaper submachineguns around the 1950s rendered the tactic largely obsolete and it fell into relative obscurity.

It consists of a number of low-lying, largely mangrove covered islands covering an area of around 665 km² ( 257 sq ; mi ).

The per capita income of the CAR is often listed as being around $ 300 a year, said to be one of the lowest in the world, but this figure is based mostly on reported sales of exports and largely ignores the more important but unregistered sale of foods, locally-produced alcohol, diamonds, ivory, bushmeat, and traditional medicines, for example.

Even though Rome abandoned its Britannic provinces around 400 AD, the Germanic mercenarieswho had largely become instrumental in enforcing Roman rule in Britanniaacquired ownership of land there and continued to use a mixture of Roman and Teutonic Law, with much written down under the early Anglo-Saxon Kings.

The city's former mayor, Darwin Hindman, is largely in favor of a non-motorized transportation system, and can often be seen riding his bicycle around the city.

In modern times, couscous production is largely mechanized, and the product is sold in markets around the world.

By Stalin's death in 1953, the Central Committee had become largely a symbolic organ, which was responsible to the Politburo, and not the other way around.

The metaphor has been useful in helping a new generation of thought leaders to reason through new military strategies around the world, led largely by the US Department of Defense ( DoD ).

The Cathars were largely a homegrown, Western European / Latin Christian phenomenon, springing up in the Rhineland cities ( particularly Cologne ) in the mid-12th century, northern France around the same time, and particularly southern France — the Languedoc — and the northern Italian cities in the mid-late 12th century.

These efforts are largely focused around policy and planning ; communication and learning ; and project development and management.

The new WIC had a capital that was slightly more than 6 million guilders around 1679, which was largely supplied by the Amsterdam Chamber.

The French motorway network or autoroute system consists largely of toll roads, except around large cities and in parts of the north.

Meanwhile, philosophy, including what was called " physics ", focused on explanatory ( rather than descriptive ) schemes, largely developed around the Aristotelian idea of the four types of " causes ".

Brabham had identified a supply of suitable engine blocks obtained from Oldsmobile's aluminium alloy 215 engine and persuaded the company that an engine could be designed around the block, largely using existing components.

Based largely at courts and in intellectual circles around Europe, Maniera art couples exaggerated elegance with exquisite attention to surface and detail: porcelain-skinned figures recline in an even, tempered light, regarding the viewer with a cool glance, if at all.

Although Escher did not have mathematical training — his understanding of mathematics was largely visual and intuitive — Escher's work had a strong mathematical component, and more than a few of the worlds which he drew are built around impossible objects such as the Necker cube and the Penrose triangle.

The main construction was largely completed by 1939, at a cost of around 3 billion French francs.

Large mammals like mammoths and mastodons were largely extinct by around 8000 BCE.

Noah's narratives largely consist around his preaching as well the story of the Deluge.

On the other hand, the largely self-contained Merseyrail system is part of the National Rail network, and urban rail networks around Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and West Yorkshire consist entirely of National Rail services.

It was written around 1597, largely under the inspiration of an elite circle of literate Florentine humanists who gathered as the " Camerata de ' Bardi ".

Alhazen's work was largely ignored in the Arabic world but it was anonymously translated into Latin around 1200 A. D. and further summarised and expanded on by the polish monk Witelo making it a standard text on optics in Europe for the next 400 years.