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 light weight modern sailcloth and modern sail handling systems, the larger sails of a sloop were somewhat of a disadvantage.

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 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 the very early twentieth century, men living in the southern Appalachians would drive their pigs to market in the flatlands below each Autumn, fattening up their stock on chestnuts and fallen mast, much as their Scottish forebears did for centuries.

Until the early 1970s there was large apiary which was well known in the region and has lived on in the Scottish country dance " The Bees of Maggieknockater ".

Until 2000, before being eligible for membership in the Shrine, a person had to complete either the Scottish Rite or York Rite degrees of Masonry, but now any Master Mason can join.

Until recently, they were appointed by the Scottish Executive, on the advice of the Lord Advocate.

( Until fairly recently, the Scottish Divinity Faculty course on Church History ran from the Acts of the Apostles to 664 before resuming in 1560.

Until 1800, New Bedford and its surrounding communities were, by and large, populated by Protestants of English, Scottish, and Welsh origin.

The 2009 album Until the Earth Begins to Part by Scottish folk indie-rock band Broken Records features a song, " If Eilert Løvborg Wrote A Song, It Would Sound Like This ".

Until this time there had already been in existence a London Scottish F. C.

Until that time, the eldest daughters of English and Scottish kings were variously titled Lady or Princess ( The younger daughters of British Sovereigns were not consistently titled princesses of Great Britain and styled Royal Highness until the ascension of George I in 1714 ).

* 5th The King's Own Scottish Borderers ( Until 12 / 2 / 45 )

* 7th The Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ) ( Until 13 / 3 / 45 )

Until May 2011 he was a member of both the Lords and the Scottish Parliament but he did not seek reelection to the Scottish Parliament in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Until 1924 in the UK, Westie pedigrees were allowed to have Cairn and Scottish Terriers in them.

Until their merger in 1997, the two major Scottish examination authorities were the SEB ( Scottish Examination Board ) and the Scottish Vocational Education Council ( SCOTVEC ).

Until 2004, the Royal Scots had been one of five line infantry regiments never to be amalgamated in its entire history, a claim shared by The Green Howards, The 22nd ( Cheshire ) Regiment, The Royal Welch Fusiliers and The King's Own Scottish Borderers.

Until 1999, when the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive were created, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland advised the United Kingdom Government.

Until the early 19th century, the more usual Scottish name of Loch of Menteith was used.