When need for coal dropped in the 1950s the town fell back on its farming roots, mostly of corn and soybeans.

When growing among corn, Apocynum cannabinum can reduce yields by up to 10 % and when growing among soybeans, by up to 40 %.

When the prince of Huainan ( legendary inventor of tofu ) was exiled for inciting rebellion ( in 173 BCE ) against his brother, the Han Emperor Wendi, he and his retinue were, nevertheless, provided with such necessities of life as " firewood, rice, salt, shi ( fermented black soybeans ) and cooking utensils.

When the abalone shell is struck, the tiles slide instead of shattering and the protein stretches to absorb the energy of the blow.

When the mineral nutrients in the soil dissolve in water, plant roots are able to absorb them.

When ready, the grain is immersed or " steeped " in water two or three times over two or three days to allow the grain to absorb moisture and to start to sprout.

When an X-ray photon collides with an atom, the atom may absorb the energy of the photon and boost an electron to a higher orbital level or if the photon is very energetic, it may knock an electron from the atom altogether, causing the atom to ionize.

When reactive elements supply or absorb reactive power near the load, the apparent power is reduced.

When they are thin and translucent, the clouds efficiently absorb outgoing infrared radiation while only marginally reflecting the incoming sunlight.

When properly prepared, linen fabric has the ability to absorb and lose water rapidly.

When shooting at a rate faster than the cylinder can absorb heat from the environment to counter the cooling of the evaporating liquid, the pressure will drop, and the velocity is likely to drop as well in a non-regulated gun.

" When King sought to absorb Progressives into his Liberal Party to form a stronger coalition against the Conservatives, Stewart opposed cooperation with the UFA leaders who made up a large part of the Progressives ' Albertan base.

When the fruit is mature the style breaks into five ( or three ) hygroscopically active ( ready to absorb water ) bristles that curl, causing the achenes to be released.

When the card is placed within range of the reader, the antenna coil and capacitor, which form a tuned circuit, absorb and store energy from the field, resonating like an electrical version of a tuning fork.

When a light wave of a given frequency strikes a material with particles having the same or ( resonant ) vibrational frequencies, then those particles will absorb the energy of the light wave and transform it into thermal energy of vibrational motion.

When workers use efficient learning strategies, they absorb and apply training more quickly, saving their employers money and time.

When free hydroxyl groups are transformed to acetyl groups, the ability of the wood to absorb water is greatly reduced, rendering the wood more dimensionally stable and, because it is no longer digestible, extremely durable.

" When all wavelengths stimulate the retinal region adapted to green light, the M and L cones contribute less to the resulting percept because their photopigments absorb less light than the S cones.

When the Scouts captured a guerrilla in the field they had to make a decision between three options: execute him immediately ; hand him over to others in a special division for trial and certain hanging under the Law and Order ( Maintenance ) Act ; or try to absorb him into the Selous Scouts.

When an atom ( or some other two-level system ) is illuminated by a coherent beam of photons, it will cyclically absorb photons and re-emit them by stimulated emission.

When one is subject to obsession, it means that they are focusing so intently on a certain thing ( Xunzi claims that Mozi focused too much on utility, while Zhuangzi focused too heavily on Nature, for example ) their minds will not be able to absorb any new information outside of the realm of their obsession.

When temperature changes cause pressure excursions the accumulator helps absorb them.

When cars do go airborne, the wings frequently break off or absorb some of the impact of the flip, lessening the impact on the driver.

When dealing with non-black surfaces, the deviations from ideal black body behavior are determined by both the geometrical structure and the chemical composition, and follow Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation: emissivity equals absorptivity ( for an object in thermal equilibrium ), so that an object that does not absorb all incident light will also emit less radiation than an ideal black body.

When no voltage is applied, the suspended particles are arranged in random orientations and tend to absorb light, so that the glass panel looks dark ( or opaque ), blue or, in more recent developments, grey or black colour.

When a captain sinks to absorb hits you lose the game.

When in pain, the reed is wrapped around the place in pain to absorb it.

When something unexpected happened, one always asked for water if one were a woman, brandy if one were a man.

When I looked up the actual date of his birth and found it to be March 15th, I realized that Roy was born under the right zodiacal sign for a watercolorist: the water sign of Pisces ( February 18 thru March 20 ).

When all of the rinse water has passed from the reservoir to the tubs the main drains are lowered to permit complete draining of the tubs.

When this water level has been reached, inject steam into the wheel until the temperature reaches that shown in Column B of Table 2.

When this water level has been reached, inject steam until the temperature is that shown in Column Aj.

When this water level has been reached inject steam until the temperature is that shown in Column Aj.

When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles work themselves out of the foam and fall into the water below.

When the eggs hatch, he transports the tadpoles on his back, stuck there by a mucous secretion, to a temporary pool where he dips himself into the water and the tadpoles drop off.

When the Ark was borne by priests into the bed of the Jordan, water in the river separated, opening a pathway for the entire host to pass through ( Josh.

When tested, it approaches standards for potable water.

When the men were hunting on the water they wore waterproof parkas made from seal or sea-lion guts, or the entrails of bear, walrus, or whales.

When two monosaccharides undergo dehydration synthesis, water is produced, as two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom are lost from the two monosaccharides ' hydroxyl group.

When the pH of this solution rises, as a result of dilution by fresh water, these ions precipitate, forming " Yellow Boy " pollution.

When surfacing to breathe, the blue whale raises its shoulder and blowhole out of the water to a greater extent than other large whales, such as the fin or sei whales.

When the working liquid is water and the bain-marie is used at sea level, the maximum temperature of the material in the lower container will not exceed 100 degrees Celsius ( 212 F ), the boiling point of water at sea level.

When a hydrocarbon burns in oxygen, the reaction will only yield carbon dioxide and water.

When water percolates through limestone or other soluble carbonate rocks, it partially dissolves the rock and causes cave formation and characteristic stalactites and stalagmites and also forms hard water.

When in contact with one of the electrodes in a fuel cell, this platinum increases the rate of oxygen reduction to water, either to hydroxide or hydrogen peroxide.

When part of a forest is removed, the trees no longer evaporate away this water, resulting in a much drier climate.

When a Ghyben-Herzberg lens is fully formed, its floating nature will push a freshwater head above mean sea level, and if the island is wide enough, the depth of the lens below mean sea level will be 40 times the height of the water table above sea level.

When found on the beaches, Calophyllum often extends over the lagoon water and supports nesting red-footed boobies, as does Barringtonia asiatica.

When this happens, glucose remains in the filtrate, leading to the osmotic retention of water in the urine.

When the rains return and soils become wet, the osmotic gradient between the bacterial cells and the soil water causes the cells to gain water quickly.