Until the advent of rational empiricism the controlling habits of the western mind were symbolic and allegoric.

Until the advent of the NICAM and MTS systems, television sound transmissions were invariably monophonic.

Until the advent of artillery and aircraft, battles were fought with the two sides within sight, if not reach, of each other.

Until the advent of digital catalogues, card catalogue s were the traditional method of organizing the list of resources and their location within a large library

Until the advent of the Trans-Am series in 1967, NASCAR homologation cars were the closest thing that the public could buy that was actually very similar to the cars that were winning the national races.

Until the advent of programmable logic, discrete bipolar logic was used to prototype and emulate microarchitectures under development.

Until the advent of vinyl around the 1940s, most gramophone records were pressed from shellac compounds.

Until the advent of the hollow-base Minié ball, which obturates upon firing to seal the bore and engage the rifling, the patch provided the best means of getting the projectile to engage the rifling.

Until the advent of OS X v10. 4, the standard UNIX command line utilities in OS X ( such as and ) did not respect resource forks.

Until the advent of the railroad in 1848, Darien remained a small, rural community of about 1, 000.

Until the recent advent of non-invasive medical techniques, brain surgery was the preferred way for language researchers to discover how language works in the brain.

Until the advent of the Supremes, the sisters were the most imitated of all female singing groups and influenced many artists, including Mel Tormé, Les Paul and Mary Ford, The Four Freshmen, The McGuire Sisters, The Manhattan Dolls, The Lennon Sisters, The Pointer Sisters, The Manhattan Transfer, The Puppini Sisters, Barry Manilow, and Bette Midler who scored her first # 1 hit with her 1973 remake of " Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy ".

Until the early 1990s, advertising on television had only been affordable for large companies willing to make a significant investment, but the advent of desktop video allowed many small and local businesses to produce television ads for airing on local cable TV services.

Until the advent of computer-based random access non-linear editing systems ( NLE ) in the early 1990s " linear video editing " was simply called " video editing ".

Until the advent of genetic techniques like DNA sequencing, comparative anatomy together with embryology were the primary tools for understanding phylogeny, as exemplified by the work of Alfred Romer.

Until the advent of iron, bronze was the most advanced metal for tools and weapons in common use ( see Bronze Age for more detail ).

' Until its advent, one might waver emotionally or doubt intellectually or even reject the cause altogether in one's mind, and yet refuse to attack it.

Until the advent of more modern fiction, pixie mythology was localized to Britain.

Until the advent of quantum mechanics, the only well known example of gauge symmetry was in electromagnetism, and the general significance of the concept was not fully understood.

Until the advent of the automobile, factory workers lived either close to the factory or in high density communities farther away, connected to the factory by streetcar or rail.

Until the advent of inexpensive audio tape recorders, the sharing of copyrighted recordings was very difficult and expensive.

Until the advent of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government, the precursor to the Scotland Office, the Scottish Office, was a major UK government department dealing with most aspects of the domestic governance of Scotland, a position known as " administrative devolution ".

Until the advent of commercial recording technology, Inuit music was usually used in spiritual ceremonies to ask the spirits ( see Inuit mythology ) for good luck in hunting or gambling, as well as simple lullabies.

Until the advent of computer controlled drive mechanisms, the standard solution was some form of equatorial mount, and for small telescopes this is still the norm.

Until fairly recent times, there has been a remarkable homogeneity in the culture throughout this area, which traditionally relied on fish, sea mammals, and land animals for food, heat, light, clothing and tools.

Until the invention of sub-diffraction microscopy, the wavelength of the light limited the resolution of traditional microscopy to around 0. 2 micrometers.

Until the middle of the 19th century, most physicists believed in an " ethereal " medium in which the light disturbance propagated.

Until 1960, the meter was defined by a platinum-iridium prototype bar with two scratch marks on it ( that were, by definition, spaced apart by one meter ), the International Prototype Metre, and in 1983 the meter was redefined to be the distance in free space covered by light in 1 / 299, 792, 458 of a second ( thus defining the speed of light to be 299, 792, 458 meters per second ).

Until further ancient texts come to light, advances on the subject cannot be made.

Until 2008, Antlers was home to the only red light in Pushmataha County.

Until 2003, Hallsville was a one traffic light town, with the main intersection at Main Street ( HWY 80 ) and FM 450 being the only one with a traffic light.

Until the development of synthetic immersion oil in the 1940s, cedar oil was widely used for the oil immersion objective in light microscopy.

Until further evidence comes to light, it is impossible to support or deny the claim that Arthur Atkins was responsible for the start of the practice and thus the origin of the paintings remains uncertain.

Until recently such missions required flying where light anti-aircraft fire is routinely observed, necessarily operating at low altitude to precisely identify targets.

Until research was conducted in 2006 on a small brass plate bearing Leichhardt's name " no artefacts with corroborated provenance have been able to shed light on Leichhardt's final expedition ".

Until the 17th century it included a cavalry sabre, lance, long wooden shield and, optionally, light metal armour or simple leather vest.

Until the 1930s the Greek Discography was dominated by two musical genres: the Greek folk music ( demotiká ) and the Elafró tragoudi ( literally: " light song ").

Until 2007, the KCRC owned and operated a network of heavy rail, light rail and feeder bus routes within Kowloon and the New Territories.

Until recent history, humans in temperate climates were exposed to few hours of ( blue ) daylight in the winter ; their fires gave predominantly yellow light.

Until recent versions, the pet did not turn off the light on its own when it went to sleep.

Until the 1930s the Greek discography was separated by two musical genres: the Greek folk music and the Elafró tragoudi ( literally: " light song ").

Until then, it was known as a division of O. A., the " Division for light aircraft and helicopters ".

Until some years ago, the adjacent sewage works discharged effluents into the estuary, but the water outlets have since been treated with ultraviolet light and do not flow frequently into the river.

Until the late 1990s, when the line was under threat of closure or conversion to light rail, late evening and Sunday services were provided by nearby tram lines and a bus service that connected with the end of the nearby tram line.

Until May 2012 it was topped with a flashing light, a bell which peals with the movement of the waves and was also fitted with a whistle set in a tube, which emitted a moaning sound when there was a good swell running.

Until about 1880 he followed the academic tradition, but then broke away completely, and devoted himself to the study of colour and light as conceived by the Impressionists.