There is some uncertainty about the identity of Celinda's historical counterpart.

The typical immigrant buys a home much faster than his or her historical counterpart.

He dies exactly like his historical counterpart, standing still with arrows through him.

The printing press is often seen as the historical counterpart to the Internet.

This often makes for a sword that is both heavier than its historical counterpart and much more blade heavy in terms of balance.

Armour is generally encouraged to look like its historical counterpart.

Because most battles are based on their historical counterparts it is generally understood when to begin taking hits and to what extent.

Many characters in 1776 differ from their historical counterparts.

Most importantly, the vast majority of the rules really will tend to benefit the player who thinks as did his historical counterpart.

Modern Ethernet implementations often look nothing like their historical counterparts.