Until the standardization of the projection speed of 24 frames per second ( fps ) for sound films between 1926 and 1930, silent films were shot at variable speeds ( or " frame rates ") anywhere from 12 to 26 fps, depending on the year and studio.

Until the second half of 2008, Sudan's economy boomed on the back of increases in oil production, high oil prices, and large inflows of foreign direct investment.

Until the second generation Onyx Reality Engine machines, SGI offered access to its high performance 3D graphics subsystems through a proprietary API known as IRIS Graphics Language ( IRIS GL ).

Until March 2012 ( when it was converted into a business airport ), it was the second airport in Romania in terms of air traffic and Bucharest's low-cost hub.

Until the discovery of the second moon Nereid in 1949, Triton was commonly known as simply " the satellite of Neptune ".

Until 1520, the city flourished, becoming the second largest population centre in the territory of the present Netherlands, after Utrecht.

Until I get the second half of this album out, I won't do another collaboration.

* A History of Law in Japan Until 1868 by Carl Steenstrup ; Brill Academic Publishers ; second edition ( 1996 ) ISBN 90-04-10453-4

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 the 19th century the area was predominantly rural, but as London expanded in the second half of the 19th century it became extremely built-up.

Until recently, Tifton was the home of the world's second largest magnolia tree, which was located in Magnolia Tree Park.

Until the second half of the 20th century, Veenendaal was divided into two parts, a ' Gelders ' and an ' Utrechts ' part (' Gelders ' comes from Gelderland and ' Utrechts ' from Utrecht, both Dutch provinces ).

Until 1923 it was located on the second floor of the J. A.

Until 1999, when the Butler County Veterans Highway was built, Hamilton was the second largest city in the United States without direct interstate access.

Until recently, Mayes County was the second largest dairy producing county in the state.

Until the second half of the 20th century, this province was both the religious and cultural centre of the entire region.

Until 1974 – 75, two-legged ties that remained level after extra time in the second leg would be replayed ; in that time, three ties reached a third replay.

Until one was severely damaged by enemy air attack during World War II, there was a second ( identical ) non-conformist chapel to the right of the unscathed Anglican building.

Until the reign of Benedict XVI the tiara was also the ornament surmounting a Pope's personal coat of arms, as a tasseled hat ( under which a 1969 Instruction of the Holy See forbade the placing of a mitre, a second hat ) surmounted those of other prelates.

Until the second half of the 20th century, the majority of Francophone Quebec workers lived below the poverty line and did not join the executive ranks of the businesses of their own province.

Until recently it was the second most important railway station in the city, after Birmingham New Street station ; but, after its renovation and changes to services, Birmingham Moor Street ( in terms of passenger usage and facilities ) is now Birmingham's second main central station.

The second promotional single from New Life is " Until It's Gone " which was released on September 27, 2011.

Until the 1930s, the Finnish economy was predominantly agrarian, and, as late as in the 1950s, more than half the population and 40 percent of output were still in the primary sector.

Until 2004, the Jaguars would always wear their white jerseys for afternoon games at home during the first half of the season.

Until 2004 ( in 2005 – 2007 the Jaguars went back to wearing white at home for early season games ) and then 2008, the Jaguars would always wear their white jerseys for afternoon games at home during the first half of the season.

Until the twentieth century, not one completed even half of its planned season.

Until the latter half of the 20th century, sugarbeet production was highly labor-intensive, as weed control was managed by densely planting the crop, which then had to be manually thinned two or three times with a hoe during the growing season.

Until the latter half of the Japanese colonial era the Mountain tribes were not entirely governed by any non-tribal polity.

Until the 1920s one-room schools served well over half of Idaho ’ s primary students.

Until the last thirty seconds of this two and a half minute dance the pair appear to pull back from touching, then with a crook of her elbow Rogers invites Astaire in.

Until the latter half of the 20th century, critical editions of the Samaritan Pentateuch were largely based upon Codex B.

Until her retirement in December 2010, Barbara Hall was puzzles editor for 32 years, and wrote about half the paper's cryptic crosswords.

Until the twentieth century, Ainu languages were also spoken throughout the southern half of the island of Sakhalin and by small numbers of people in the Kuril Islands.

That same year, Stonehill released Until We Have Wings, also produced by Mark Heard, an album that was split with half live material and half studio material.

Until the 18th century the coins given were from the circulating coinage, and it was not until the latter half of the century that the four Maundy coins developed as distinct, noncirculating pieces.

Until the 1998 crisis, it was only about half that in Indonesia's cities, and less in the countryside.

Until 1997, Asia attracted almost half of the total capital inflow into developing countries.

Until the 17th century it was common for merchant ships to be pressed into naval service and not unusual for more than half a fleet to be composed of merchant ships.

Until 1963, there were also Class B, C, and D leagues ( and, for half a season, one E league ).

Until the 20th century, the term asphaltum was also used.

Until this point Austria and Switzerland had been the traditional and more popular destinations for winter sports, but by the end of the 20th century and into the early 21st century, France, Italy and the Tyrol began so see increases in winter visitors.

Until the early 20th century, unsure of the site of Palaepharsalos, scholars followed Arrian ( 2. 75 ) and located the battle south of the Enipeus or close to Pharsalos ( today's Pharsala ).

Until the 20th century, there was no technology capable of detecting the deviations from Euclidean geometry, but Einstein predicted that such deviations would exist.

Until the late 20th century Protestantism — especially of the Presbyterian variety — was a central value for most Scots, helping shape their identity and way of thinking.

Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational, religious and classical motifs, after which time more purely abstract and conceptual approaches gained favor.

Until the late 20th century, the history of science, especially of the physical and biological sciences, was seen as a narrative of true theories replacing false ones.

Until the early 20th century, formal writing and even much poetry and fiction was done in Literary Chinese, which was modelled on the classics of the Warring States period and Han Dynasty.

Until the 20th century, only a few hundred meteorite finds had ever been discovered.

Until the early 20th century, these tribes had little contact with the Nama, Damara, and Herero, who settled around the central part of the country vying for control of sparse pastureland.

Until the early 20th century, scientists assumed that the majority of synaptic communication in the brain was electrical.

Until the early 20th century, it was hunted for its fur, but it is now protected throughout its range.

Until the 20th century the relationship between the Prime Minister vis-a-vis the Sovereign, Parliament and Cabinet was defined entirely by these unwritten conventions of the constitution.

Until the middle of the 20th century the paint used for the outer coating could contain high concentrations of lead and this could be ingested when the pencil was sucked or chewed.

Until the early 20th century rifles tended to be very long ; an 1890 Martini-Henry was almost 2 m ( 6 ft ) in length with a fixed bayonet.

Until the late 19th or early 20th century, those who pursued science were called " natural philosophers " or " men of science ".

Until the beginning of the 20th century, time was believed to be independent of motion, progressing at a fixed rate in all reference frames ; however, later experiments revealed that time slows at higher speeds of the reference frame relative to another reference frame.

Until the 20th century, people in the region used two types of distinction to identify themselves: way of life-either nomadic or sedentary-and place of residence.

Until the 20th century, wolf attacks on humans were an occasional, but widespread feature of life in Europe.

Until the early 20th century, the chief ancient buildings at Sparta were the theatre, of which, however, little showed above ground except portions of the retaining walls ; the so-called Tomb of Leonidas, a quadrangular building, perhaps a temple, constructed of immense blocks of stone and containing two chambers ; the foundation of an ancient bridge over the Eurotas ; the ruins of a circular structure ; some remains of late Roman fortifications ; several brick buildings and mosaic pavements.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, straw-twisting was also rather important.

Until the late 20th century bentonite clay was widely used as a mold binder in the manufacture of sand castings.

Until the coming of the 20th century, later logicians followed Aristotelian logic, which includes or assumes the law of the excluded middle.

Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines.

Until the early 20th century, Greeks were uniformly distributed between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, Pontus, Egypt, Cyprus and Constantinople ; many of these regions coincided to a large extent with the borders of the Byzantine Empire of the late 11th century and the Eastern Mediterranean areas of the ancient Greek colonization.