This changed after 1909 when discovered how to convert inert nitrogen gas in the atmosphere into ammonia.
For example, Trusopt, a glaucoma eyedrop by Merck, was taken to the market in similar fashion, after researchers at the University of Florida, with backing from the National Eye Institute, discovered how to convert a related drug from pill to drop form.
Human beings, he observed, discovered how to convert oil, coal and uranium, which had sat worthless in the earth for eons, into energy.
The company or state or country that discovers how to convert cells in the body to stem cells will have the Midas touch".
In 1909, German chemist Fritz Haber would discover a process to convert hydrogen and the diatomic nitrogen of the air into ammonia, a viable fertilizer.
Scientists and engineers discovered that, when trying to convert one form of energy, e.g., heat, into another form of energy, e.g., motion, we were never able to make the transfer complete, there was always some energy lost.
During the early 1830s the English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday discovered a means by which to convert mechanical energy into electricity on a large scale.
If you believe your previous year's tax bracket was as low as it will possibly be and that you may end up in a higher tax bracket in future years, you may discover that the ideal amount to convert to the Roth in 2009 is somewhere close to the amount you would have normally taken for your 2009 RMD.
A lot of Christians, when they discover your atheism, will try to convert you.
And if it's not easy to discover, then good luck getting people to convert.
