Two rival tours were vying to become the first official test tour, with James Lillywhite campaigning for a professional tour and Fred Grace for an amateur one.

Two matches against a combined Australian XI became the first official test matches.

** Halifax Explosion: Two freighters collide in Halifax Harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia and cause a huge explosion that kills at least 1, 963 people, injures 9, 000 and destroys part of the city ( until the Trinity nuclear test, the biggest manmade explosion in recorded history ).

Nevertheless it generated 70 MW and produced an exhaust temperature of 2683 K. Two additional tests of the basic concept, A ' and A3, added coatings to the plates to test fuel rod concepts.

By the end of World War Two, the US had built eight new wind tunnels, including the largest one in the world at Moffett Field near Sunnyvale, California, which was designed to test full size aircraft at speeds of less than 250 mph and a vertical wind tunnel at Wright Field, Ohio, where the wind stream is upwards for the testing of models in spin situations and the concepts and engineering designs for the first primitive helicopters flown in the US.

Two quantitative tests that may be used are the resting sweat output test and the quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test.

Two prototypes of the Heimatschützer versions of the Me 262 were built and test flown, of the three designs proposed.

Two or three times the standard deviation ( error inherent in a test ) is often used to distinguish positive from negative samples.

Two examples of this were civilian test pilots Hanna Reitsch and Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, who were awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class and 2nd Class respectively for their actions as pilots during World War II.

Two days later, on July 4, they proceeded to test fire a further seven Scud-type ballistic missiles into the same sea.

Two more test launches were conducted in 1983, the missile from TP-01.

Two more test launches were conducted in 1984, the missile from TP-01.

* Chagai-II: Two days later, on 30 May 1998, Pakistan detonated a 6th nuclear device completing its own series of underground tests with this being the last test the two nations have carried out to date.

As Dark Willow boasts of her indestructibility, Giles knocks her to the floor with a blast of magic energy, saying " I'd like to test that theory " (" Two to Go ").

Two discrete and mostly buried piles of carrot-shaped shipping jars compromise shipwreck C. The team ’ s visit to the site was short and was intended primarily to test survey methodology for deep-water procedures.

Two of the Jack in the Box restaurants in San Diego, California ( where Jack in the Box is headquartered ) were converted to JBX Grill restaurants that were used to test the new concept.

Two prototypes were built as " proof-of-concept " test vehicles for a more advanced USAF fighter and also for a U. S. Army tactical combat aircraft requirement.

Two years after the Severnaya mission, Bond investigates an unscheduled test firing of a missile in Kyrgyzstan, believed to be a cover for the launch of a satellite known as GoldenEye.

Two changes in levels of tests were made: firstly, a new level was inserted between the old level 3 and level 2, and secondly, the content of the top level exam ( old level 1 ) was changed to test slightly more advanced skills, though the passing level was not changed, possibly through equating of test scores.

Two clinical trials designed to test various physiological effects of the Paleolithic diet are currently underway,

Two studies were conducted to test incentive magnitude effects on free recall.

Two of the sons died as test pilots in de Havilland aircraft.

Two previous launches were scrubbed because of lingering thunderstorms and high winds around the launch pad, and the launch took place despite objections from its chief engineer and safety head.

Two other Soviet launches at around the same time, Mars 2MV-4 No. 1 and Mars 2MV-3 No. 1 were spacecraft, however both failed to leave Earth orbit due to problems with the upper stages of their carrier rockets.

Two launches in late 1903 both ended with the Aerodrome immediately crashing into the water.

The Trask Bridge Forest Preserve and the Two Rivers Forest Preserve at the confluence of the Sugar River ( Illinois ) and Pecatonica River provide public boat launches, picnic areas, and fishing opportunities.

Two test launches occurred in 1969, one in 1971 and the final one in 1972.

Two SBIRS sensors hosted on two classified satellites in highly elliptical orbit have already been launched, probably as part of the NROL-22 ( USA 184 ) and NROL-28 ( USA 200 ) launches in 2006 and 2008.

Two operators load, check and dispatch each train ; another launches the trains.

Two boat launches are conveniently located on the West Fork of the Calcasieu River, providing access to the Gulf of Mexico, only a few miles away.

Two further Mu-4S launches took place during 1971 and 1972.

Two of the island ’ s beaches are private but most beach access is public, including multiple boat launches.

Two unmanned Saturn V test launches ( A missions ) were flown as Apollo 4 and Apollo 6.

Two men were on duty inside, playing pinochle, relaxed.

Two of the new hands, a Mexican named Jose Amado and a kid known only as Laredo, were picked for the first trick of riding night herd.

Two of the principal addresses were delivered by prominent Protestants, and when the speaker was a Catholic, one `` discussant '' on the dais tended to be of another religious persuasion.

Two of our men were killed, a third was wounded.

Two gas lamps were no more than a misleading glow.

Two men he did not recognize were sipping coffee and munching sweet rolls.

Two hundred and nineteen were received from 35 of our 50 United States and 11 came from foreign countries.

Two special issues were published, one for November 1959 on Space Medicine, the other the Tenth Anniversary issue for January 1960.

Two friends were talking.

Two of the fluids showed a high-positive normal pressure when undergoing shear, and two showed small negative pressures which were negligible in comparison with the amount of the positive pressures generated by the other two.

Two types of light source were used, a thousand watt projection lamp and an AH6 high pressure mercury arc.

Two other end-use areas which contributed to expandable styrene's growth during the year were packaging ( molded inserts replacing complicated cardboard units ) and foamed-core building panels.

Two of these were included in Palfrey's lot.

Two bequests were recorded: one of $200 under the will of Mrs. Harriet A. Copp of Los Angeles ; ;

Two millions were added to what had been set aside for it in Mrs. Meeker's lifetime, and the proviso made that as long as Brian Thayer continued to discharge his duties as administrator of the fund to the satisfaction of the board of trustees ( hereinafter appointed by the bank administering the estate ) he was to be retained in his present capacity at a salary commensurate with the increased responsibilities enlargement of the fund would entail.

Two women, who had been chattering like parrots, were struck dumb.

Two tax revision bills were passed.

Two other cases also were under advisement.

-- Two Americans and seven Cubans were executed by firing squads today as Castro military tribunals began decreeing the death penalty for captured invasion forces and suspected collaborators.

Two were in the same band 18 years ago ; ;

Two late Sonatas, Op. 110 and 111, were played with similar insight, the disarming simplicities of the Op. 111 Adagio made plain without ever becoming obvious.

Two other Japanese girls were sitting at the tables, both quite pretty and well groomed.

Two of the seven wonders of the ancient world were located in Anatolia: The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.

These were The Bump, starring Aubrey Smith ; Twice Two ; Five Pound Reward ; and Bookworms Some of these films survive in the archives of the British Film Institute.

Two chiefly important monk philosophers were Sengzhao and Daosheng.