Without this device, workers may overtighten the micrometer on the work, causing the mechanical advantage of the screw to squeeze the material or tighten the screw threads, giving an inaccurate measurement.

Ken Follett's 2007 novel, World Without End uses the alleged murder of Edward II ( and the infamous letter ) as a plot device.

Without some form of electromechanical device, such as a device to release several of the compounds that do spontaneously ignite upon contact with the oxygen in air ( such as silane, a pyrophoric gas, or rubidium ), or some form of triggering device located at the source of the fire, there is no scientifically known method for the brain to trigger explosions and fires at a distance.

Without such a device, considering the great variety and complexity of the set, Diabelli's waltz would become superfluous, " a mere prologue to the whole.

Without this ' device ' the hero would never find the headquarters and be unable to reach the climactic scene ; however the character becomes less of a plot device if the author gives them a back-story and a plausible motivation for defecting and makes them an interesting character in their own right.

Without a framing device, the stories themselves became the focus.

Without it, exposed live metal in a device under test is at a hazardous voltage relative to grounded objects such as a heating radiator or oscilloscope ground lead ( a particular hazard with some old vacuum-tube equipment with live chassis ).

Without a physical keyboard this device looked very different from later versions.

The sixth movement " Avalon ", another reference to the Arthurian legends, is the real slow movement ; its prefatory quotation is " We impose on one another, and it is but lost time to converse with you whose words are only Analytics ". The Finale " The New Jerusalem " is prefaced " Without Contraries is no progression "' alluding to the use by the composer of a structural device known as progressive tonality.

Without the proper power, an electrical device ( or load ) may malfunction, fail prematurely or not operate at all.

Without calibration to the type of material being observed, a PIR thermometer device is able to measure changes in IR emission which correspond directly to temperature changes, but the actual temperature values cannot be calculated.

Without being unlocked with an Apple device, the car will not go 100 mph.

Without this power we lay open any American industry which the Europeans may find it economically profitable to destroy to the will of others.

Without the axiom of choice, these theorems may not hold for mathematical objects of large cardinality.

Without such precautions, most programs may compile only on a certain platform or with a particular compiler, due, for example, to the use of non-standard libraries, such as GUI libraries, or to the reliance on compiler-or platform-specific attributes such as the exact size of certain data types and byte endianness.

Without any effort, Munch had a steady stream of female models, some of whom he may have had sexual relations with, and who were the subjects of numerous nude paintings.

A curriculum-free philosophy of homeschooling may be called unschooling, a term coined in 1977 by American educator and author John Holt in his magazine Growing Without Schooling.

Without specific recourse to any specific representation of this deity Murray speculates that the head coverings common in inquisition-derived descriptions of the devil ' may throw light on one of the possible origins of the cult '.

Without careful moisture and temperature control during manufacture and packaging, the tea may become unfit for consumption, due to the growth of undesired molds and bacteria.

Without the resonator ( which may be as simple as a table top to which the handle is pressed ), the sound is very faint.

Without a robust whistleblower system, directors / trustees of the organization may fail in their oversight responsibilities.

: Without hoping to know whether each separate hypothesis is true or false, we may search for rules to govern our behaviour with regard to them, in following which we insure that, in the long run of experience, we shall not be too often wrong.

Without this charge and delay, the motor may ignite a second stage ( black powder only ).

Without this information, prospective buyers and insurance appraisers may not take the collector's word.

* Without a water tower, parts of gravity flow water supply systems in hilly areas may be subject to negative pressures ( see siphon ).

Without collegiate training directing her research, Goodall observed things that strict scientific doctrines may have overlooked.

Without sufficient dissolved oxygen in the water, animals and plants may die off in large numbers.

Without sufficient levels of these key electrolytes, muscle weakness or severe muscle contractions may occur.

Without the ability to swap genes with its pair, it is racking up with mutations and may stop functioning in 10 million years.

Without the use of a pressure cooker, boiled foods may be undercooked, as described in Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle ( chapter XV, March 20, 1835 ):

Without treatment, episodes of acute gout may develop into chronic gout with destruction of joint surfaces, joint deformity, and painless tophi.

* For integrity: Without the hash function, the text " to be signed " may have to be split ( separated ) in blocks small enough for the signature scheme to act on them directly.

Without the use of objective recording techniques, it may be very difficult to distinguish between these conditions.

Without the first layer of " capture " antibody, any proteins in the sample ( including serum proteins ) may competitively adsorb to the plate surface, lowering the quantity of antigen immobilized.

* Reporters Without Borders considers the number of journalists murdered, expelled or harassed, and the existence of a state monopoly on TV and radio, as well as the existence of censorship and self-censorship in the media, and the overall independence of media as well as the difficulties that foreign reporters may face.

Without either Toxin A or Toxin B, C. difficile may colonize the gut but is unlikely to cause pseudomembranous colitis.

Without careful qualification this can be misleading.

Without the good magazines, without their book reviews, their hospitality to European writers, without above all their awareness of literary standards, we might very well have had a generation of Krim's heroes -- Wolfes, Farrells, Dreisers, and I might add, Sandburgs and Frosts and MacLeishes in verse -- and then where would we be??

Without public scrutiny the deliberations of public agencies would no doubt be conducted more speedily.

Without a great acceleration in the metropolitan area's economy, there will not be sufficient jobs for the growing numbers of youngsters, and St. Louis will slip into second-class status.

Without question, this time and temper saver should be immediately installed at the Woodside station.

Without these massive trucks highways would still be just an idea of the future.

Without a system of values there can be no society.

Without any definite plan in mind, she went to a judge to see what could be done.

`` Without any officious and improper interference on the subject, the price of labor or the wages of mechanics will be regulated by the demand for the manufactured article and the value of that which is paid for it ; ;

Without such a declaration, Paine concluded, “ he custom of all courts is against us, and will be so, until, by an independence, we take rank with other nations .”

Without RIMAs or the MAOI of MAO-A, DMT would be oxidised ( and thus rendered biologically inactive ) by monoamine oxidase enzymes in the digestive tract.

Without a register like an accumulator, it would be necessary to write the result of each calculation ( addition, multiplication, shift, etc.

Without using the term, 1920 saw the first rule that would be referred to today as defensive indifference, as stolen bases would not be credited, unless an effort was made to stop the runner by the defense.

Without documents, they could not be employed, educated, treated in hospitals, travel outside of the country, or vote, among other hardships.

Without diagnosis and treatment, the infection can be fatal in one to six days ; mortality in untreated cases is approximately 100 %.

Without this double feedback, the system would still be bistable, but would not be able to tolerate such a wide range of concentrations.

Without knowledge of the key, it should be difficult, if not nearly impossible, to decrypt the resulting ciphertext into readable plaintext.

Without a significant amount of memory, a computer would merely be able to perform fixed operations and immediately output the result.

Without clear documentation, software can be hard to use — especially if it is very specialized and relatively complex like Photoshop or AutoCAD.

Without the deactivation of the catalyst, the ethene produced will be further reduced to ethane.

Without much added cost, these devices could be designed to also harvest BSFL.

Without them, they would be unable to obtain any nutritional value from plants.

According to Tibor R. Machan, " Without a market in which allocations can be made in obedience to the law of supply and demand, it is difficult or impossible to funnel resources with respect to actual human preferences and goals.