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• The operation of differentiation was first systematized by newton(1642-1727)and leibnitz .
  微分的计算最早是由牛顿（1642-1727）和莱布尼兹加以系统化的。
• Remarkable progress had been made in the technique of drilling wells long before the earliest oil-wells .
  远在最早的油井之前，钻井技术就已经取得了显著的进步。
• Mercury fulminate is easy to produce, has been known since earliest times and is still widely used .
  雷汞是最早为人们知道的并易于生产的起爆药，现在它仍被采用。
• The earliest work in differential equations was first disclosed in letters from one mathematician to another .
  常微分方程最早的著作出现在数学家们彼此的通信中。
• It contains the earliest documents extant on the life, teaching, crucifixion, and resurrection of jesus .
  它包含着现存的关于耶稣的生平，教导，受难和复活的最早文献。
• The principle of cyclic sedimentation applies to deposits dating from earliest paleozoic time to the holocene .
  旋回沉积原理适用于始于最早的古生代迄至全新世的沉积物。
• For this reason the first calendar was a lunar (moon) one and the year was made up of twelve "moons" .
  正是由于这个原因，最早的年历就叫阴（月）历，一年由十二个月组成。
• The original reference is ref. 1, and more recent and sophisticated accounts are given in refs, 27 and 28 .
  最早的参考文献为文献1，而更高深的新内容发表在文献27和28上。
• The first sign came in 1835 when crop failures made it necessary to import wheat from europe .
  最早的迹象是一八三五年出现的。当时，由于农业歉收，不得不从欧洲进口小麦。