These were all accomplishments of pre-industrial Edo Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan's Edo Culture Inspires a Sustainable Post-Industrial Future] Reference

TA was held constant at its pre-industrial value from the late 1800s onward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ocean acidification] Reference

(The pre-industrial concentration was about 280 ppmv; today’s is 365 ppmv.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

The study is based on an estimated doubling of CO2 over pre-industrial levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economics of climate change] Reference

Keegan does not suggest that there was no racism in pre-industrial South Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [1997] Reference

But what they want to do is stop us and bring us back to the pre-industrial age.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008] Reference

C02 has gone from a pre-industrial 280ppm to a current 377ppm, an increase of 35%.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

What pre-industrial tools and regulations increased food production and distribution?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan's Edo Culture Inspires a Sustainable Post-Industrial Future] Reference

Global warming is abating as greenhouse gas emissions return to pre-industrial levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Transition~ Narratives] Reference

Thus all scenarios except case C approach the doubling of pre-industrial carbon concentrations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

Asthma isn't usually a problem in pre-industrial societies, regardless of their natural surroundings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Ebonie Can't Breathe] Reference

During the pre-industrial stage, harsh living conditions result in a high birth rate and a high death rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 6- History and Global Distribution] Reference

(These fuels are the cause of about 80 percent of the atmospheric rise in CO2 since the pre-industrial era.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Simran Sethi: The Oxymoron of Clean Coal (Joe Biden Had it Right Before He Had it Wrong.)] Reference

Four distinct stages occur during the transition: pre-industrial, transitional, industrial and post-industrial.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 6- History and Global Distribution] Reference

If true, then modern precipitation in the North and East is two to three times more acidic than pre-industrial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acid rain] Reference

The average human life-span has risen from 30-40 years in pre-industrial times to about 65 years today (Figure 3).    From Wordnik.com.  [Human population explosion] Reference

And they go out and they actually said, "You know, we have to go back to the pre-industrial levels of carbon footprints.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2007] Reference

The extra burden of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere above pre-industrial levels is a measure of the global natural debt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

Since the mid nineteenth century more than 90 percent of the pre-industrial population of large, spawning fish has vanished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Reese Halter: Bountiful Ocean Requires Conservation Plan] Reference

By comparison, pre-industrial levels of carbon dioxide (prior to the start of the Industrial Revolution) were about 280 ppmv.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate change FAQs] Reference

Thus the ratio of the 1995 concentration to the pre-industrial one is 1.14 x 1.13 = 1.29, representing an increase of 29 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

It is these natural sources that lead to the inference that pre-industrial precipitation in forested regions had a pH around 5.0.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acid rain] Reference

This attitude, widespread in pre-industrial, pre-consumerist societies, was incompatible with mass production and mass consumption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consumer society] Reference

We're in agreement that the amount of carbon dioxide has increased by 30 percent over pre-industrial levels over the last 100 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 6, 2005] Reference

Atmospheric mixing ratios for nitrous oxide now stand at around 315 parts per billion (ppb) compared to a pre-industrial high of 275ppb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nitrous oxide] Reference

We're in agreement that the amount of carbon dioxide has increased by 30 percent over pre-industrial levels over the last hundred years.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005] Reference

The climate on Earth is changing, and in Europe the average temperature has increased by about 1. 4°C compared to pre-industrial levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6] Reference

The return of CFC concentrations to their pre-industrial levels will take more than a century, even with a halt in human-caused emissions.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 20- Higher-Order Effects] Reference

Indeed, as the next section indicates, the world could end up with carbon dioxide levels three or even four times the pre-industrial value.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

"They are regressing to pre-industrial techniques, before stainless steel cleaned everything up for nice simple beers ideal for drinking with wings.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Wine: Does vino or beer go better with food?] Reference

To me, a lot of work in this industry, i.e. writing software, reminds me of a craftsman-like approach used for creating goods in the pre-industrial days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Gates Answers Your Questions] Reference

The on-going increase of world population can therefore be understood to represent unfinished demographic transitions in diverse pre-industrial societies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human population explosion] Reference

The unprecedented recent rise has resulted in a current level of 380 parts per million, much higher than the pre-industrial (18th century) level of 280 ppm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 2] Reference

In pre-industrial America, parents certainly loved their children, but their offspring also served a purpose — to work the farm, contribute to the household.    From Wordnik.com.  [Having Kids Makes You Happy] Reference

He shows that the nature of interaction between white and black in pre-industrial times depended on the influence or lack of influence of various competing interests.    From Wordnik.com.  [1997] Reference

For temperature increase, the range is from about 1. 7°C above pre-industrial levels in 2050 in Sustainability First to about 2. 2°C in Markets First (see Figure 9.15).    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 9] Reference

The Earth's climate system has demonstrably changed on both global and regional scales since the pre-industrial era, with some of these changes attributable to human activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Weissman: How Hot Is It?] Reference