Though these harmonicas produced a less distinctive ( and, to many ears, inferior ) sound than their metallic counterparts due to their plastic reeds, Magnus harmonicas, as well as several imitators, soon became commonplace, particularly among children.

Though Edison's recording technology was better than Berliner's, there were commercial advantages to a disc system since the disc could be easily mass produced by molding and stamping and it required less storage space for a collection of recordings.

Though the group itself was never signed to the label, they were managed by Russell Simmons, produced by Rick Rubin ( who was co-founder of Def Jam, along with Simmons ), and often shared concert tour spotlight with acts on the label's roster.

Though it did not chart as an album, it produced two singles which appeared on Billboard's Adult Contemporary radio chart.

Though metallic sodium has some important uses, the major applications of sodium use it in its many compounds ; millions of tons of the chloride, hydroxide, and carbonate are produced annually.

Though steel had been produced by various inefficient methods long before the Renaissance, its use became more common after more efficient production methods were devised in the 17th century.

Though Galileo is often said to be the inventor of the thermometer, what he produced were thermoscopes.

Though Vesalius ' work was not the first such work based on actual autopsy, nor even the first work of this era, the production values, highly detailed and intricate plates, and the fact that the artists who produced it were clearly present at the dissections themselves made it into an instant classic.

Though many varietal form of Chardonnay are produced, and the numbers are increasing, for most of its history in Italian winemaking Chardonnay was a blending grape.

" Though not as well remembered as the Cubist painters, these poets continue to influence and inspire ; American poets John Ashbery and Ron Padgett have recently produced new translations of Reverdy's work.

Though the Greeks had working planetaria, the first orrery that was a planetarium of the modern era was produced in 1704, and one was presented to the Earl of Orrery — whence the name came.

Though produced on a very small scale, Crimean War gunboat engines designed and assembled by John Penn of Greenwich are recorded as the first instance of the application of mass production techniques ( though not necessarily the assembly-line method ) to marine engineering.

Though they are no longer produced, PCBs do not readily break down once they have been released into the environment.

Though a son of the rationalistic era which produced two of its most intense partisans, Peter Beer and Herz Homberg in his native city, Frankel developed, partly through opposition to shallow rationalism and partly through the romantic environments of the ancient city of Prague, that love and sympathy for the past that made him the typical expounder of the historical school which was known as the " Breslau school.

Though produced in Denmark, these Horace stories were written by Americans: Stefan Petrucha, Sarah Kinney, and Don Markstein.

Though a relatively obscure character in the United States, Rockerduck is an example of a character who has become notable in the foreign market, particularly in stories produced for the Italian market.

Though able to penetrate deeper in the brain, they are less able to produced a focused, localized response and are relatively non-focal.

Though the music produced by free jazz composers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s.

* Sally Hemings: An American Scandal, a CBS television miniseries ( Air dates: 2 / 13 / 00 and 2 / 16 / 00 ; Writer: Tina Andrews Director: Charles Haid ; With Carmen Ejogo as Hemings and Sam Neill as Thomas Jefferson ) As PBS noted in a Frontline program, " Though many quarrelled with the portrayal of Hemings as unrealistically modern and heroic, no major historian challenged the series ' premise that Hemings and Jefferson had a 38-year relationship that produced children.

Though the Silver Age is famous mostly for its poetry, it produced some first-rate novelists and short-story writers, such as Aleksandr Kuprin, Nobel Prize winner Ivan Bunin, Leonid Andreyev, Fedor Sologub, Aleksey Remizov, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Andrei Bely, though most of them wrote poetry as well as prose.

Though now produced by The Hershey Company, the York Peppermint Pattie was created in York in 1940.

Though the dominant Hanna-Barbera Productions launched a phenomenon with the 1981 premiere of The Smurfs on NBC, very little else which they produced in this decade caught on.

Though he did succeed in creating a cool glowing cloud by mixing crude phosphine and natural gas, the color of the light was green and it produced copious amounts of acrid smoke.

Though this recognized the primitive methods of earth-moving available at the time, it meant that his canals were often much longer than a more adventurous approach would have produced.

) Though the team failed to save the title, which ended its initial run with # 66 ( March 1970 ), the collaboration here and on the " Kree-Skrull War " arc of The Avengers # 93-97 ( Nov. 1971-May 1972 ) produced what comics historians regard as some of Marvel's creative highlights of the era.

Though his main job was to be the show's comedian, he has had a number of other roles on The Muppet Show.

Though the state is never explicitly mentioned, New York license plates can be seen at various points in the series, and geographic clues indicate the show's setting is in New York or that vicinity.

Though Landon remained the show's executive producer, director and writer, A New Beginning did not feature Charles and Caroline Ingalls.

Though, often mistaken for a mole his identity as a hamster was confirmed directly by the show's creator Brian Cosgrove on 20 January 2011, following numerous public complaints to the UK quiz show " The Chase " which did not offer mole as part of its multiple choice answers.

Though officially, Aiken was the show's " first runner-up ," he has since gone on to be the second season's best-selling star.

Though listed in the show's opening credits, his appearances were infrequent, and he often appeared to be somewhat camera shy.

Though not used in a great number of episodes, they are one of the founding races of the show's United Federation of Planets, to which Earth belongs.

Though never promoted beyond private first class during the show's run, Jim Nabors ( who played Gomer ) was given an honorary promotion to lance corporal in 2001 and again to corporal in 2007 by the Marines.

Though not part of the show's starting roster, it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 that there are plans to use some version of Wonder Girl at some point in the upcoming Young Justice television series.

Though the show gives no clear evidence of such a thing, this would, however, explain some discrepancies, such as the noticeable difference in the aliens ’ appearance, and would also leave room for the idea that the global destruction depicted in the film may have been exaggerated from the show's reality.

Though sometimes considered a soap opera, the storylines of the show's two one-hour episodes screened over any one week formed a self-contained narrative block.

Though ever the womanizer, J. R. had two wives during the show's run: Sue Ellen ( played by Linda Gray ) and Cally ( played by Cathy Podewell ), and three sons.

Though targeted to younger viewers, the prime time show's dialogue is rather adult and risqué, much more like Saturday Night Live than the later high school comedy Saved by the Bell which was aimed at pre-adolescent viewers.

Though perhaps even more socially inept (" I ’ m going to ignore that because, frankly, I don't get it "), Muffy's unawareness and / or lack of concern with her failure to fit in with the popular kids is in stark contrast to the motivation of the show's protagonists, and does not stop her from relentless involvement in peppy activities.

Though Jim Schembri of The Age put the episode among his top 10 episodes of the series, he also noted " Unfortunately, this signaled the beginning of the show's obsession with star cameos.

Though a critical favorite, low ratings led to the show's cancellation after only one season.

Though most of the show's episodes were taped in ABC's studios in Los Angeles, a numbers of " special " episodes were recorded on location, including one in Hawaii, one in New Orleans, one in Nashville ( featuring most of the cast of the Grand Ole Opry ), and a Thanksgiving episode in Parton's hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, featuring most of her extended family.

Though Streisand only stayed long enough to give each character a kiss and wave to the audience, the moment has become one of the most memorable in the show's history.

Though Grant's music was heard in most episodes, it was only through brief excerpts of her live performances and the show's theme song, " Believe ", as Grant did not want to use the series to promote her own music.

Though 18-year-old Sally Field defeated 75 other teenage girls for the title role, she exaggerated her surfing experience to the show's casting directors, when in fact she had none.

Though there is some information the decision to switch to Batten was made by executive producer Felicia Minei Behr as a result of Taylor's vocal unhappiness with changes Behr made in the show's taping schedule.