Sentence examples for were refinements from inspiring English sources

While the prize was ultimately awarded to one man, the inventor John Harrison, his innovations were refinements of and refined by most of London's top watchmakers.

Even its major successes — like Germany's impressive machine-tool and automotive-industrial sectors — were refinements of old ways of making money rather than innovations in new industries.

For performers and performance, perhaps the most important developments in the wake of polyphony were refinements of rhythmic notation necessary to keep independent melodic lines synchronous.

Once the SA, the "Brownshirts", were brutally removed from the picture in the "Night of the Long Knives", the camps were Himmler's responsibility, if Hitler's brainchild: as he used to repeat ad nauseam, he got the idea from the British in South Africa, although the details and examples of absolute cruelty were refinements added by the Germans.

Subsequent experimental designs were refinements of this approach.

Nineteen resilience measures were reviewed; four of these were refinements of the original measure.

But there are refinements.

"There will necessarily be refinements as the concepts are developed," Mr. Rubenstein said.

Many of Lucky's features are refinements from other magazines, rather than revolutions in magazine conception and design.

Again, these are not breakthroughs, they are refinements.

Our results are refinements and generalizations of many recent results from the current literature.