Decreasing Sentence Examples

It is probable that the returns have never been accurate in regard to the mixed bloods and Indians, but it is the general conclusion that the Indians have been decreasing in number, while the mixed bloods have been increasing.

At the same time the number of departures was decreasing - rapidly.

The proprietors of this restaurant are committed to producing quality food and decreasing its carbon footprint, making it a healthy choice for you and the environment.

Mortality is decreasing, but if we may judge from the physical conditions of the recruits the physique of the nation shows little or no improvement.

The output of gold is decreasing.

It is supposed that the depth of water in this gulf has been decreasing for more than two centuries past.

They allow for easy return of merchandise that doesn't meet my expectations, decreasing my fear of making a bad purchasing decision.

If the ship be inclined to starboard or to port additional deviation will be observed, reaching a maximum on north and south points, decreasing to zero on the east and west points.

Galileo proceeded to measure the motion of a body on a smooth, fixed, inclined plane, and found that the law of constant acceleration along the line of slope of the plane still held, the acceleration decreasing in magnitude as the angle of inclination was reduced; and he inferred that a body, moving on a smooth horizontal plane, would move with uniform velocity in a straight line if the resistance of the air, and friction due to contact with the plane, could be eliminated.

It is thought that the population of Karen-ni is steadily decreasing.

Hence, as with the progressive transfer of the carbon from the graphitic to the cementite state in our imaginary series of cast irons, the combined carbon present in the matrix increases, so does the tensile strength of the mass as a whole for two reasons; first, because the strength of the matrix itself is increasing (DE), and second, because the discontinuity is decreasing with the decreasing proportion of graphite.

With further transfer of the carbon from the graphitic to the combined state, the matrix itself grows weaker (EF); but this weakening is offset in a measure by the continuing decrease of discontinuity due to the decreasing proportion of graphite.

Although it is a fact that the demand is ever increasing, and that some of the rarer animals are decreasing in numbers, yet on the other hand some kinds of furs are occasionally neglected through vagaries of fashion, which give nature an opportunity to replenish their source.

The proportion of primary schools has in fact been steadily decreasing, and the applications for admission to the secondary schools and colleges are on the average twice as great as the number of vacancies.

The Wends are decreasing in number, as are also the Lithuanians on the eastern border of East Prussia, Czechs are only found in Silesia on the confines of Bohemia.

The percentage of the trade with Germany was increasing, that with Britain decreasing.

With the troubles that beset the metropolis of the Ottoman empire, the governors appointed thence came to be treated by the Egyptians with continually decreasing respect.

In deep sleep the threshold-value of the stimuli for the various senses is very greatly raised, rising rapidly during the first hour and a half of sleep, and then declining with gradually decreasing decrements.

The Polynesian race has been continuously, and in some places rapidly, decreasing since their first contact with Europeans.

The tendency is for property valuations to decline, the estimated valuation from 1873 to 1893 decreasing 27% in Cook county and 39% in the other counties, while the assessments from 1888 to 1898 were in inverse ratio to the increase of wealth.

A study of the figures for many years past shows that the proportion of the people attached to these churches is not decreasing.

Thirdly, we must have a number of instances in which the nature is present in different degrees, either increasing or decreasing in the same subject, or variously present in different subjects.

The number of inmates has been steadily decreasing.

Although the characteristic celebrations at weddings or periodical festivals are, as elsewhere, decreasing in favour, there are certain occasions which are observed as holidays with much ceremony.

Sea otters are, unfortunately, decreasing in numbers, while the demand is increasing.

They had developed in its highest degree the peculiar conventional art of the north-west coast Indians, which is found in decreasing importance among the Tsimshians on the west, the Tlingit on the north and the Kwakiutl and other tribes farther south on the Pacific coast.

At first he made a good use of this, counselling economy, decreasing taxation, disbanding 25,000 soldiers and restoring liberty to the persecuted Jansenists.

Though the supply is decreasing, elephants continue to be in great demand.

During January, February, March and April they are rare; in May, June and July they become increasingly common, and in August there is a falling off in the number, which reaches its maximum in September, gradually decreasing in October, November and December.

Thus in the second stage the star is still contracting, but its temperature is decreasing.

The older one - which may be called the " one-drift " hypothesis, since according to it the stars appear to form a single drift moving away from the solar apex - requires that the apparent directions of motion should be so distributed that fewest stars are moving directly towards the solar apex, and most stars along the great circle away from the solar apex, the number decreasing symmetrically, for directions inclined on either side of this great circle, according to a law which can be calculated.

The manufacture of synthetic indigo by German chemists has greatly affected the growth and manufacture of indigo, the indigo factories decreasing in1904-1905from 402 to 252.

It consists of three stages, connected by numerous exterior staircases and decreasing in dimensions as they rise, culminating in the sanctuary, a great central tower pyramidal in form.

From remote antiquity Russian merchants were wont to meet in summer with those from the East at different places on the Volga, between the mouths of the Oka and the Kama - the fair changing its site with the increasing or decreasing power of the nationalities which struggled for the possession of the middle Volga.

One of the features which is prominent throughout the return is that in every country except Belgium the rate per mille attained a maximum in the early seventies, and has since shown a descending tendency, notwithstanding the fact, noted in the preceding paragraph, that the youthful population, which, of course, weighs down the rate, has also been relatively decreasing.

The liability to death is extremely high amongst infants, decreasing with every month of life during the first year, but continuing above the mean rate until about the age of five.

If the supply be diminished, the narrower field open to the risks of infancy has the immediate effect of further decreasing the mortality.

It may be inferred from the above that a high birthrate does not imply a high rate of increase of population, any more than does a decreasing mortality, but the two rates must be considered in their relations to each other.

The remaining native tribes under the supervision of the state have made little progress, and their number is said to be decreasing (notwithstanding the favourable climatic conditions under which most of them live) because of unsanitary and intemperate habits, and for other causes not well understood, one being the custom noticed by early travellers among some of the tribes of the La Plata region of avoiding the rearing of children.

Yet, with a decreasing Indian population, and with a white population wanting in energy, barely able to hold its own and comprising only one-eighth of the total, the future of Bolivia mainly depends on them.

The uplands of Northamptonshire continue this range north-eastward, decreasing in elevation.

The East Anglian ridge continues the line E.N.E., gradually decreasing in altitude.

The object is really viewed through a horizontally stratified medium consisting of a central sheet of maximum refractive index, overand under-laid by sheets of decreasing refractive power.

Inscriptions attest a continually decreasing number of ephebi, and with the admission of foreigners the college lost its representative national character.

The aborigines are decreasing rapidly in the whole archipelago, and although the Rev. Thomas Bridges, who, as missionary first and then as farmer, resided thirty years there, calculated the population to be 10,000 when he arrived, towards the close of the 19th century it was estimated to be little more than woo.

Nothing proves more conclusively the strength of the Angevin monarchy, and the decreasing power of feudalism, than that an unpopular king like John.

Towards the east, the Karlyk-tagh radiates outwards, at the same time decreasing in altitude, though it rises again in the rocky Emirtagh.

Lord Dunraven presided, and it was agreed to recommend a great extension of the Land Purchase system with a view to give the vendor as good an income as before, while decreasing the tenants' annual burden.

They are decreasing in numbers.

Here the general contour of the country may be described as a succession of small plateaus decreasing in elevation to the extreme south.

It then proceeds north from Lincoln with decreasing width to the vicinity of the Humber.

The sailing vessels are decreasing in numbers in the exterior trade, but not in the coasting trade, which is decidedly developing and occupying more craft.

It proved impossibfe to enforce this statute, and the majority of Spaniards are still illiterate, though in decreasing proportion at each census.

You may increase or decrease the acidity simply by extending or decreasing the time, or by increasing or decreasing the amount of starter.

Additionally, soot from faraway sources has darkened snow and ice, further decreasing albedo.

In animal studies of skin inflammation, both topical and oral aloe vera have proven beneficial in decreasing inflammation and promoting cellular repair.

The power factor can be improved by decreasing the tank capacitance.

Weather affects response, dry conditions for example, decreasing the effects because of lower stomatal conductance.

Second, we use of the word " decreasing " for exponential decay.

They also fudge the issue of decreasing services for an increasing number of people living with the virus.

Within each frequency grouping, adverse reactions are ranked in order of decreasing seriousness.

This fall in heart rate is fairly linear, decreasing by approximately 1 beat per minute per year.

Competition for decreasing oil reserves from the expanding economies of Asia means that demand will soon outstrip supply.

The toxin released into the soil affected the enzymes of soil microbes, increasing soil acid phosphatase and decreasing soil urease [10] .

However, my blood platelets were not rising, nor were my liver enzymes decreasing.

The researchers think that resveratrol may protect the prostate and be responsible for decreasing the risk of prostate cancer.

The taper phase regimen used in clinical trials involved decreasing the daily dose by 10 mg at weekly intervals.

Government statistics indicate that there has been decreasing reliance in the primary phase on separate provision (in special schools or units ).

At that time, decreasing public transport ridership was often just accepted as inevitable and environmental issues were of little concern.

Similarly, decreasing the size of aircraft leads to a greater reduction in noise exposure than decreasing the number of movements.

The seams had their flat faces beveled to match the decreasing angle made by adjacent strakes.

The drug has a similar effect to decreasing the tone of the parasympathetic nervous system, causing tachycardia.

In the middle the light expands to produce a golden tendril, or downwards decreasing spiral.

Decreasing incidence of occupational contact urticaria caused by natural rubber latex allergy in German health care workers.

In animal studies of skin inflammation, both topical and oral aloe Vera have proven beneficial in decreasing inflammation and promoting cellular repair.

The outer layers are denser than the inner, the density decreasing more or less uniformly from the outside layers to the centre of hilum.

From the pass it drops over the gradually decreasing grades of a wide sweep of Chol (which here happens to be locally free from the intersecting network of narrow ravines which is generally a distinguishing feature of Turkestan loess formations) for a distance of 35 m.

Manitoba is largely peopled from Ontario, together with a decreasing number of half-breeds-i.e.

The patients are almost exclusively native Hawaiians, and their number is slowly but steadily decreasing; in 1908 they numbered 791, and there were at Molokai 46 non-leprous helpers and 27 officers and assistants, including the Roman Catholic brothers and sisters in charge of the homes., In 1905 the United States government appropriated $500,000 for a hospital station and laboratory " for the study of the methods of transmission, cause and treatment of leprosy," and $50,000 a year for their maintenance; the station and laboratory to be established when the territorial government should have ceded to the United States a tract of 1 sq.

Ismael Bouillaud (1605-1694) stated in 1645 the fact of planetary circulation under the sway of a sun-force decreasing as the inverse square of the distance; and the inevitableness of this same " duplicate ratio " was separately perceived by Robert Hooke, Edmund Halley and Sir Christopher Wren before Newton's discovery had yet been made public. He was the only man of his generation who both recognized the law, and had power to demonstrate its validity.

It is widely accepted that, in terms of numbers, the songbird population is decreasing.

According to recent surveys, the number of speakers of these dialects i rapidly decreasing.

For patients with parenchymal liver disease, increasing levels of the International Normalized Ratio (INR) and urea indicated decreasing survival probabilities.

Decreasing employment rates portend a rise in homelessness.

A small number of desensitizing lubricants exist for the purpose of decreasing stimulation and prolonging sex.

Begin by mixing a small amount of the raw food in your pet's normal food and increase the amount of new food while decreasing the amount of the old food over a period of two weeks.

First, you gather the pillowcase up in your hands, decreasing the amount of space between the case's entrance and its closed end.

The number of people who are currently married in the U.S. is decreasing over time.

One of the proposed alternative energy sources for decreasing the effects of global warming (climate change) is solar power.

Installing solar panels enables homeowners to harness the natural energy of the sun and convert it to usable energy, thereby decreasing the need for other resources.

The problem is that the population is increasing the demand for water while the supply is decreasing due to issues like pollution.

By taking steps to reduce your carbon footprint, you can help prevent global warming by decreasing the environmentally devastating effects of man-made causes.

Debating whether global warming is human caused or a natural planetary cycle is almost a moot point when decreasing the greenhouse effect and slowing global warming is humanly possible.

Decreasing white sugar and flour also helps the body heal itself.

They work by decreasing the clotting factor to make it more difficult for dangerous blood clots to form, and also make it easier for blood to pass through constricted arteries.

Decreasing caffeine and other stimulants may reduce anxiety symptoms in many people.

Some medications need a period of 'weaning off' or slowly decreasing the dose.

Additionally, this technology does so while decreasing the amount of heat and energy expended from the lighting.

The combination of these can greatly improve your life by decreasing stress.

They help you make the most of your day by increasing your productivity while decreasing the amount of time you spend on the tasks at hand.

For example, gradually adding a salad or raw fruit snacks to your day and decreasing cooked foods gradually is a smart way to get started.

Bupropion is an antidepressant that has the useful side effect of decreasing cravings.

Your lung function increases, improving your circulation and decreasing your risk for respiratory infections and heart disease.

Nicotine medication helps you wean your body off the drug by decreasing the physical effects of nicotine withdrawal.

After 20 Minutes - Your blood pressure and heart rate drop, decreasing the strain on your heart to pump blood to your body's organs and tissues.

A little research into the best financial aid colleges can help you find the best college for your needs while decreasing your overall costs.

Introduce the new food mixed with the normal food over a period of a week or so, slowly increasing the new food and decreasing the old.

Finding free Christian music guitar chords on the web is one solution for increasing your repertoire without decreasing the contents of your wallet.

Typically, the pressure is graduated, starting at the ankle and decreasing as the sock goes up the leg.

Organic cotton clothing and other organically produced products are thought to be better for the planet because of decreasing the pesticide and herbicide load that that planet is absorbing.

It is possible to adjust the amount of coverage, either by increasing or decreasing coverage, as one's needs change.

Your overall health is important to decreasing your risks of Alzheimer's disease.

In debilitating cases, OHS can cause fluid to gather in the lungs and legs, increasing fatigue and decreasing the body's tolerance for activity.

Regular exercise and a nutritionally-balanced diet can help a patient to lose weight, thus decreasing the pressure on the chest cavity and improving the overall functioning of the cardiovascular system.

Sleep is improved with nasal CPAP treatments, decreasing daytime drowsiness and increasing levels of energy which promotes a healthier lifestyle.

They do this by decreasing the individual's sensory abilities.

Anti-snoring devices can reduce frequent or loud snoring, thereby improving sleep, increasing productivity, and decreasing the risk of negative health effects.

Talk to your doctor before decreasing or stopping the medications.

Absorption of UV rays by the lens of the eye causes the normally clear lens to become cloudy, thus decreasing vision overall.

You can buy them in different colors, decreasing your eyestrain and allowing yourself to see more clearly for your daily (or weekend) activities.

This may be due to rising ride maintenance costs, decreasing park attendance, or larger economic issues such as depressions or recessions that limit tourism and keep guests from enjoying a day at the park.

Keep decreasing your speed until you eventually begin walking in place.

When you reach the top, you get to keep your turn instead of decreasing by one.

Decompression-A decrease in pressure from the surrounding water that occurs with decreasing diving depth.

Cancer deaths in children have shown consistent declines, decreasing between 1975 and 2000 from 50 in 1 million diagnosed to 25 in 1 million.

If an epidural anesthetic is being used, many practitioners recommend decreasing the dosage so the mother has better control of her pushing.

Increased feedings can increase peristalsis and meconium passage, decreasing bilirubin resorption into circulation.

First onset usually occurs by two years of age, with the risk decreasing after age three; most children stop having febrile seizures by the age of five or six.

A child with Marfan may be given drugs called beta-blockers to slow down the rate of aortic enlargement and decrease the risk of dissection by lowering the blood pressure and decreasing the forcefulness of the heartbeat.

As mucus accumulates, it can plug up the smaller passageways in the lungs, decreasing functional lung volume.

However, some physicians are concerned that the late 1990s and early 2000s trend toward decreasing elective c-section deliveries will result in more cases of brachial plexopathy among newborns.

These drugs act by constricting the blood vessels in the eye, decreasing the blood supply to the eye and delaying healing.

Antiviral drugs are available that have some effect on lessening the symptoms and decreasing the length of herpes outbreaks.

Detoxification can be accomplished suddenly, by complete and immediate cessation of all substance use or by slowly decreasing (tapering) the dose that a person is taking, to minimize the side effects of withdrawal.

Treatments for stress fractures include rest and decreasing or stopping any activity that causes or increases pain.

Sound nutritional guidelines include decreasing the intake of fat, increasing fiber, and emphasizing fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, beans and lentils, and whole grains in the diet while avoiding processed foods and sugar.

Washing with plain water and drying with air is soothing to sore skin; it speeds healing by decreasing friction on the area.

Medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen may be helpful for decreasing pain and helping the child to eat and drink.

Family relationships change most around the time of puberty, with increasing conflict and decreasing closeness occurring in many parent-adolescent relationships.

However, the key to decreasing its impact on overall health is early diagnosis and strict adherence to the prescribed GFD.

Although ingredients are listed in order of decreasing content, any product containing the smallest of amount of gluten must be avoided.

Detoxification can be accomplished "cold turkey," by complete and immediate cessation of all substance use, or by slowly decreasing (tapering) the dose that a person is taking, to minimize the side effects of withdrawal.

Johnson. "Methods for Decreasing Postoperative Gut Dysmotility."

Decreasing the viral in the blood to very low levels allows the immune system to remain in tact.

If the condition is due to a side effect of a drug, then decreasing or changing the treatment drug eventually resolves the nystagmus.

These medications are useful for decreasing the severity and duration of symptoms.

Antihistamines block the histamine receptors on nasal tissue, decreasing the effect of histamine release by mast cells.

Silicone contact lenses allow a marked increase in oxygen to reach the eye decreasing the probability of myopic increases.

These lenses, called ortho-K lenses, flatten the cornea, changing the power of the cornea over time and decreasing myopia.

Methylphenidate contributes to the treatment of ADHD by increasing attention and decreasing restlessness in children and adults who are overactive, cannot concentrate for very long, or are easily distracted, and are impulsive.

Carbidopa enables L-dopa to be converted to dopamine after the L-dopa enters the brain, thereby lowering the oral dose and decreasing side effects.

Efforts should be directed at dramatically decreasing the exposure of children and adolescents to violence in the home, community, and through the media.

Most of these products work by decreasing the ability of histamine to provoke symptoms.

Many users work with free mortgage calculators a number of times, adjusting numbers and increasing or decreasing amounts to see the impact on the eventual payments.

Unfortunately, the homeowners with the rising interest rates found the market value of their homes decreasing as the number of foreclosures in their market area increased.

In turn, Childbirth.org suggests pitocin can make labor harder and more intense, decreasing blood flow to the baby which may cause the necessity for fetal monitoring.

The water provides a sense of privacy, decreasing anxieties and inhibitions.

It also has the benefits of decreasing menstrual blood loss and abdominal cramps.

While female fertility varies throughout your lifespan with fertility decreasing drastically after the age of 35, there is only one time frame each month when a woman can get pregnant.

Varicocele is a condition where the man has varicose or enlarged veins in his testicles, which increase the body temperature in the area, decreasing sperm count.

Because it's is packed with soluble fiber, when it's taken with water it creates a feeling of fullness, decreasing appetite.

This helps people lose weight by decreasing their calorie intake.

Supplements rich in omega-3 fatty acids have shown promising results in many who suffer such disorders, decreasing symptoms substantially in some cases.

The height of the flames can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the wick's exposure.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the site has a Date Feedback Form, so if a date doesn't think you are using the service honestly, others will know, decreasing your chances of being matched up with future dates.

If you are one of those people, outdoor or indoor tanning products can help you increase your tan while decreasing your exposure times.

Therefore, Receptor technology works to support the body's natural movements, making motion easier and, therefore, decreasing fatigue.

If you do yoga at a studio where you bring your own mat, or you do yoga in the comfort of home, this mat may increase your enjoyment by decreasing discomfort associated with flooring surfaces.

While the initial costs for tourism will be high, expect decreasing costs as more and more innovations take hold.

Blink cards required only a quick wave, decreasing purchasing time by about half.

This trend started several years ago when airlines began offering similar travel services, undercutting independent agents and decreasing commissions.

With the strength of the Internet and China air travel costs decreasing because of the increasing numbers of available aircraft, the road to China, while not yet paved in gold, will certainly have a silver lining.

Now there is decreasing space where telcos can hide their foibles and downright goofs.

It's typical for average new car prices to decrease or increase by a few hundred dollars each year, but 2009 marked the third consecutive year of decreasing average vehicle prices.

With sales decreasing more dramatically on certain models like pick-up trucks, SUVs, and minivans, the auto industry responded by eliminating some slow sellers.

Free fabric purse patterns are a great way to increase your accessory collection without radically decreasing your finances.

By decreasing daily calorie intake by just 300-500 calories, it is possible to lose weight without other drastic measures.

By changing it up, you're not only decreasing your chances of getting bored, but you're also increasing the effectiveness of your workout.

Finally, there is a heart health product line that has added CoEnzyme Q10, which is known for decreasing arterial plaque, and added amino acids, which are known for preventing fatty acid build-up in the heart.

Jared lost weight by controlling calories and portion size, drastically decreasing his 10,000 calorie a day diet to roughly 1000 calories.

Decreasing caloric intake by 500 calories per day results in about one pound of loss per week.

A healthy, nutritious diet and exercise can go a long way in decreasing belly fat and take the place of a belly fat diet.

Exercise works in this case by increasing endorphins and neurotransmitters, decreasing immune system substances that may make depression worse, and increasing body temperature.

To perform the exercise, contract your abs so that you press your lower back into the ground while decreasing the distance between your pelvis and ribcage.

With an iso-lateral machine, each side works independently of the other, decreasing the risk of uneven development (which in turn can lay the groundwork for later injuries).

Focusing on decreasing the distance between the pelvis and the ribcage, crunch together as you bend forward.

Joints and ligaments get stronger, decreasing the risk of injuries in your day-to-day life (assuming you're not overdoing it -- see the next section).

This in turn decreases your resting heart rate and blood pressure, which keeps the arteries from stiffening and thus decreasing the risk of getting clogged up later in life.

Your lungs also get better at oxygen absorption, decreasing the embarrassing wheezing display after having to walk the stairs when the elevator is out of order.

In addition to slowly decreasing the intensity level of your exercise, the cool down period of exercising should include some stretching.

If you are a runner, cool down by slowly decreasing your speed from a run to a jog,then to speed walking and finally a walk.

Swimming protects your joints and allows you to exercise in a zero impact environment, decreasing the risk of injury.

Cool downs typically consist of five to ten minutes of gradually decreasing activity.

Warm ups consist of gradually increasing activity, while cool downs consist of gradually decreasing activity.

All exercise can improve blood pressure because it has whole-body benefits such as helping you control your weight, decreasing blood fats and bad LDL cholesterol, and generally keeps you more active rather than sedentary.

Social Security will undoubtedly require some type of reform in the future; otherwise, people who are now in their thirties will receive reduced benefits in their sixties, with benefits steadily decreasing as the years pass.

If you purchase a decreasing term insurance policy, your premiums remain level throughout the term.

However, the face value of the policy keeps decreasing each year.

There are other steps you can take to decrease the cost of car insurance for your teen, but think carefully before raising your deductible or decreasing the coverage.

There is also the benefit of never having to worry about the value of such an annuity decreasing as a result of fluctuations in the market as the fixed rate ensures that the investment is protected.

Sainsbury's has a choice of two life insurance options, which include level and decreasing insurance.

They also offer level and decreasing life insurance, single and joint coverage, and can help you buy an insurance product tailor-made for specific additions based on your personal needs.

Minimizing bras aren't about concealing, but about reducing unflattering lumps and bumps, while slightly decreasing the cup size of the breasts.

Instead, they were tailored to the legs by decreasing the number of stitches in the pattern as they got closer to the ankles.

Simply put, aluminum is an antibacterial that temporarily plugs the sweat ducts, thereby decreasing the amount of perspiration produced in that area.

If your stretch marks are extreme or are decreasing your quality of life, consider these options.

Vitamin C can make your skin less sensitive to the sun, decreasing your chances of developing freckles.

When she ducked out for lunch at noon, the line showed no signs of decreasing in size.

The chestnut covers considerable areas in Prigord, Limousin and Beam; resinotis trees (firs, pines, larches, &c.) form fine forests in the Vosges and The indigenous fauna include the bear, now very rare but still found in the Alps and Pyrenees, the wolf, harbouring chiefly in the Cvennes and Vosges, but in continually decreasing areas; the fox, marten, badger, weasel, otter, the beaver in the extreme south of the Rhne valley, and in the Alps the marmot; the red deer and roe deer are preserved in many of the forests, and the wild boar is found in several districts; the chamois and wild goat survive in the Pyrenees and Alps.

Flax and hemp showed a decreasing acreage from 1881 onwards.

The number of the inmates is decreasing; but the institution is an expensive one.

Such a sequence of decreasing electric oscillations and corresponding set of waves is called a damped train.

The product is principally used for industrial purposes, and partly in the preparation of food, but the amount is decreasing.

The conditions of formation and accumulation of petroleum point to the fact that the principal oil fields of the world are merely reservoirs, which will become exhausted in the course of years, as in the case of the decreasing yield of certain of the American fields.

It is well provided with schools of every description, and the number of illiterates is steadily decreasing.

It is still found in the northern counties of England and North Wales, but in decreasing numbers.

The population (4079 in 1901) is slightly decreasing.

In the second form, named after Robert Hare (1781-1858), professor of chemistry at the university of Pennsylvania, the liquids are drawn or aspirated up vertical tubes which have their lower ends placed in reservoirs containing the different liquids, and their upper ends connected to a common tube which is in communication with an aspirator for decreasing the pressure within the vertical tubes.

Between 1880 and 1900 the average number of acres to a farm slightly increased - from 133.5 acres in 1880 to 151.2 acres in 1900 - instead of decreasing as in the older states of the Union; though the increase was not nearly so marked as in such states as Nevada, Montana, Wyoming and Texas.

The yearly precipitation is about 39 to 45 in., decreasing inland, and is evenly distributed throughout the year.

The amount of improved farmland decreased in the same period 39.4%, decreasing even more since 1880 than earlier, and amounting in 1900 to no more than 25.1% of the area of the state; but this decrease has been compensated by increased value of products, especially since the beginning of intensive agriculture.

To accelerate the rate of filtration various devices are resorted to, such as lengthening the tube below the filtering material, increasing the pressure on the liquid being filtered, or decreasing it in the receiver of the filtrate.

Ozone occurs, in an amount supposed to be associated with the development of atmospheric electricity (lightning, &c.); this amount varies with the seasons, being a maximum in spring, and decreasing through summer and autumn to a minimum in winter.

The syrinx consisted of a varying number of reeds, having their open ends or embouchures in a horizontal line and their stopped ends, formed by the knots in the reed, gradually decreasing in length from left to right.

But inasmuch as the successive orders are proportional to A X 2 A 3, or µµ 2 µ 3, and X and µ are small, they are of rapidly decreasing importance, and it is not certain that any beyond those in equation (35) correspond to our actual sensations.

The system of representation that, with the rapid growth of population in the north-east sections, especially in the city of Baltimore, placed the government in the hands of a decreasing minority also began to be attacked about this time; but the fear of that minority which represented the tobacco-raising and slave-holding counties of south Maryland, with respect to the attitude of the majority toward slavery prevented any changes until 1837, when the opposition awakened by the enthusiasm over internal improvements effected the adoption of amendments which provided for the election of the governor and senators by a direct vote of the people, a slight increase in the representation of the city of Baltimore and the larger counties, and a slight decrease in that of the smaller counties.

The main series on which we shall rely here are those -- (1) from Assyria (38) about 800 B.C.; (2) from the eastern Delta of Egypt (29) (Defenneh); (3) from western Delta (28) (Naucratis); (4) from Memphis (44) -- all these about the 6th century B.C., and therefore before much interference from the decreasing coin standards; (5) from Cnidus; (6) from Athens; (7) from Corfu; and (8) from Italy (British Museum) (44).

Ionia (197); while the coinage of Aegina, (17, 12), which by its wide diffusion made this unit best known, though a few of its earliest staters go up even to 207, yet is characteristically on the lower of the two groups which we recognize in Egypt, and thus started what has been considered the standard value of 194, or usually 190, decreasing afterwards to 184.

This waste, however, is decreasing, the coal abandoned in the mine having averaged, in the beginning of mining, two or three times the amount taken out; and the chief part of the remaining waste is in imperfect combustion in furnaces and fire-boxes.

The business of fur-seal catching is carried on to some extent in the North Pacific and in Bering Sea by sealers from Victoria, but the returns show it to be a decreasing industry, as well as one causing friction with the United States.

The coffee-producing area tributary to this port is slowly decreasing, owing to the exhaustion of the soil and the greater productiveness of Sao Paulo.

The harbour is eleven to thirteen fathoms deep at the entrance (indicated by a lighthouse), decreasing to five fathoms near the shore.

There are three pairs of rooted molars, whose crowns carry transverse plates, decreasing in number from three in the first to one in the last tooth.

Government statistics indicate that there has been decreasing reliance in the primary phase on separate provision (in special schools or units).

If these conditions are not fulfilled sufficiently, the ammeter will not give the same indications for the same current if that current has been reached (a) by increasing from a smaller current, or (b) by decreasing from a larger current.

Moreover, while methylamine, dimethylamine, and trimethylamine increase in basicity corresponding to the introduction of successive methyl groups, phenylamine or aniline, diphenylamine, and triphenylamine are in decreasing order of basicity, the salts of diphenylamine being decomposed by water.

In the 16th century the capital of the state (in which Arab influence was a decreasing factor) was transferred to Harrar (q.v.).

In consequence of the political events the number of resident Russians and Baits was in 1921 decreasing, though the number of Russian refugees was considerable.

When revising his scheme of chronology in 1900, Rost abandoned his suggested emendation of Sennacherib's figure, but by decreasing his reduction of the length of Dynasty III., he only altered his date for the beginning of Dynasty I.

The rainfall is heaviest along the western fringe of the plateau, and penetrates inland in decreasing quantity over a zone which perhaps extends to loo m.

Neglect of their children, unsanitary habits and surroundings, tribal intermarriage and peonage are the principal causes of the decreasing Indian population.

Recent observers, however, deny the assertion that the Indians are now decreasing in number except where local conditions are exceptionally unfavourable.

This movement is said to go forth from God to the animated heaven, stars, visible world and man, which represent decreasing degrees of cognition.

But a balance may still be obtained by altering the effective number of turns in the test coil, and thus increasing or decreasing the magnetizing force acting on the test rod, till the induction in the two rods is the same, a condition which is fulfilled when reversal of the current has no effect on the compass needle.

Finally, experiments were made to ascertain the effect of ' The loads were successively applied in decreasing order of magnitude.

The art of glass-making no doubt, like all other art, deteriorated during the decline of the Roman empire, but it is probable that it continued to be practised, though with constantly decreasing skill, not only in Rome but in the provinces.

The chief exports of the islands besides coir and cowries (a decreasing trade) are coco-nuts, copra, tortoise-shell and dried bonito-fish.

The birth-rate is high, especially in Quebec, where families of twelve to twenty are not infrequent, but is decreasing in Ontario.

In either case an adequate but not excessive rainfall, increasing from the time of sowing to the period of active growth, and then decreasing as the bolls ripen, with a dry picking season, combined with sunny days and warm nights, provide the ideal conditions for successful cotton cultivation.

Ducks, wild turkeys, bears and wild cats (lynx) are found, but in decreasing numbers.

The population of the east coast seems on the whole to be decreasing in number, several hundreds chiefly living at Angmagssalik.

Long spurs run off from the Andes, gradually decreasing in elevation, and it is sometimes a distance of 60 or 80 m.

But while this growth was relatively uniform over the South, in the North there was a low (often a decreasing) rate of rural and a high rate of urban growth.

The mountainous region is occupied by the southern portion of the Jura, which is divided into parallel chains running north and south and decreasing in height from east to west.

The next higher members of the series are liquids of low boiling point also readily soluble in water, the solubility and volatility, however, decreasing with the increasing carbon content of the molecule, until the highest members of the series are odourless solids of high boiling point and are insoluble in water.

The export trade, however, is decreasing considerably, while the home consumption is increasing.

The transition from the 4 Zeller observes that this scale of decreasing perfection is a necessary consequence of the idea of a transcendent deity.

The principal crops are oats and potatoes, but all grain crops are decreasing, and flax, formerly grown to a considerable extent, is now practically neglected.

Similarly, the number of goats, which are reared only in hilly regions, is decreasing, especially on account of the existing forest laws, as they are the chief enemies of young plantations.