When the ascent stage ignited, small explosive charges severed the ascent stage from the descent stage and cables connecting the two were severed by a guillotine-like mechanism.

When construction and reconstruction of roads in Liberia is complete, the Trans – West African Coastal Highway will cross the country, connecting it to Freetown ( Sierra Leone ), Abidjan ( Côte d ' Ivoire ), and eventually to 11 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ).

When the measured pressure is rapidly pulsing, such as when the gauge is near a reciprocating pump, an orifice restriction in the connecting pipe is frequently used to avoid unnecessary wear on the gears and provide an average reading ; when the whole gauge is subject to mechanical vibration, the entire case including the pointer and indicator card can be filled with an oil or glycerin.

When the top and bottom contacts were connected by a wire, an electric current flowed through the voltaic pile and the connecting wire.

When Buick designed a 90 ° V6 based on their 90 ° V8, they initially used a simpler three-throw crankshaft laid out in the same manner as the V8 with pairs of connecting rods sharing the same crankpin, which resulted in firing intervals alternating between 90 ° and 150 °.

When connecting glassware, it is often tempting to use Keck clips on every joint, but this can be dangerous if the system is sealed or the exhaust is in any way restricted ; e. g. by wash flasks or drying media.

When a System-on-a-chip processor is involved, there may be little benefit to having a standarized bus connecting discrete components, and the environment for both hardware and software tools may be very different.

where C is an arbitrary path connecting the point with zero potential to r. When the curl is zero, the line integral above does not depend on the specific path C chosen but only on its endpoints.

When a new switch was added to the network by connecting it to a neighbor via a leased telephone circuit, the new switch was discovered and absorbed into the network without explicit configuration.

When complete, the project will add over 60 miles of trails throughout the city connecting every public place, shopping area and neighborhood.

When the North Penn Railroad, connecting Philadelphia to Bethlehem, was completed in 1856, this line provided an impetus to building iron smelters in Bingen, Hellertown, and Iron Hill, due to the township ’ s wealth of iron ore and limestone.

By connecting the bay with the railroad Tacoma's motto became " When rails meet sails.

When NYMR trains terminate at Grosmont rather than Whitby at off-peak times, connecting trains with Northern Rail are usually available at Grosmont, allowing passengers to begin their journey at Whitby and board a steam engine at Grosmont through to Goathland or Pickering.

When used for connecting a video source to a video display that supports both 4: 3 and 16: 9 display formats, the PAL and NTSC television standards provide for signalling pulses that will automatically switch the display from one format to the other.

When the signals from both coils are summed together, usually by connecting the coils in series, the two noise voltages cancel, while the signal voltages add thus dramatically improving the signal-to-noise ratio.

When connecting, the Minitel integrated modem generally dialed a special number connecting to a PAVI ( Point d ' Accès VIdéotexte, " videotext access point ").

When connecting two chips together, carefully examine the clock phase initialization values to be sure of using the right settings.

When the pre-fabricated connecting bridge was delivered, it was found to be too short, as the plans for the hotel had been modified, moving it away from the ICC slightly, but the bridge makers had not been informed.

When rail company Grand Central Trains announced it was to run new rail links connecting Sunderland to York and London from September 2007, a stop-off at Seaham was not originally planned.

When opened, the platforms were accessed in the standard manner by four lifts and an emergency staircase connecting to parallel passageways and bridges to midway along the platforms.

When any person, firm, company, or corporation engaged in interstate commerce by railroad has equipped a sufficient number of cars to be in compliance with Section 1, he / it may refuse to receive the connecting lines of road or shippers of any cars not equipped in such a manner.

When performed on a human, however, a hogtie is any position that results in the arms and legs being bound, both tied behind the person and then connecting the hands and feet.

When fully operational the Madrid-Levante line will total 940 km of high-speed rail connecting Madrid, Cuenca, Albacete, Valencia, Alicante, Castellón, Murcia and Cartagena.

When the antidromic stimulus reaches the motor neuron cell bodies, a small portion of the motor neurons backfire and orthodromic wave travels back down the nerve towards the muscle.

When the odds of drawing a card that wins the pot are numerically higher than the pot odds, the call has a positive expectation ; on average, you win a portion of the pot that is greater than the cost of the call.

When Amergin was called upon to divide the land between the Tuatha Dé Danann and his own people, he cleverly allotted the portion above ground to the Milesians and the portion underground to the Tuatha Dé Danann.

When referring to other publications that include locations in their names, it uses italics only for the " non-location " portion of the name, such as the Los Angeles Times or the Chicago Tribune.

When distributions are made the taxable portion of the distribution will be calculated as the ratio of the non-Roth contributions to the total 401 ( k ) basis.

When asked how he felt, he replied, " Well, I was scared a good portion of the time ; I guess that's a pretty good indication.

When emphasizing only the size of a network, the address portion of the notation is usually omitted.

When output is not in this portion, two forms of amplitude distortion might arise

When calling Colorado, the local time announcement begins at the next 5 second interval, which means that the seconds portion of the times announced depends on the time of the call, and that there is a 1 in 3 chance, as shown in the table, of there being no beep at the top of each minute, which is what most watches and clocks require to synchronize.

When all the trials came to an end, he only succeeded in retrieving a portion of his inheritance.

When Downes split in 2006, Payne owned a significant portion of the rights to the band name ' Asia ', until a legal agreement was set by both bands management.

When the military forces of the two colonies, led by John Mason and John Underhill, launched an assault on the Pequot stronghold at Mystic, a significant portion of the Pequot population was killed.

When Mr. Barkis dies, she inherits a substantial portion of his estate, valued at £ 3, 000 – a large sum in the mid-19th century ( he also leaves modest annuities for David, Mr. Daniel Peggotty, and Little Emily ).

When a company lists its securities on a public exchange, the money paid by the investing public for the newly issued shares goes directly to the company ( primary offering ) as well as to any early private investors who opt to sell all or a portion of their holdings ( secondary offering ) as part of the larger IPO.

When Agrippa reached the commandment of that “ you may not put a foreigner over you ” as king, his eyes ran with tears, but they said to him, “ Don ’ t fear, Agrippa, you are our brother, you are our brother !” The king would read from up through the shema (), and then the portion regarding tithes (), the portion of the king (), and the blessings and curses ().

When the Israelites entered the land, Zelophehad's daughters appeared before Eleazer the priest, Joshua ( who by then had assumed leadership from Moses ), and the chieftains, reminding them that God had commanded Moses to grant them a portion among their kinsmen, and Zelophehad's daughters received a portion in the holdings of Manasseh on the west side of the Jordan River.

When a floodway is shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps, the portion of the 100-year floodplain outside of the floodway is known as the flood fringe.

When used within the context of a distinctive portion of coral reef ecosystems, the term " lagoon " is synonymous with the term " back reef " or " backreef ", which is more commonly used by coral reef scientists to refer to the same area.

When it became clear that the gap between two sections of Route 38 would not be filled, the New Jersey Department of Transportation re-designated the eastern portion as Route 138.

When the feast started each of the three warriors ' charioteers stood up and claimed the champion's portion for his master.

When applied to a portion of the earth's surface, which is curved rather than flat, " square mile " is an informal synonym for section.

When the City of Falls Church was incorporated in 1948, its boundaries included only the central portion of the area historically known as Falls Church ; those other areas, often still known as Falls Church ( although they lie in Fairfax and Arlington Counties ), are considered here for historical reasons.