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ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901), American merchant and philanthropist, was born in Stockbridge, New York, on the i6th of May 1832. He was educated at Cazenovia Academy, Cazenovia, N.Y., worked for several years on his father's farm, and in 1852 with a smal ...

... ose, from the uncompromising iron-mounted receptacle of earlier n. 19 ARMORICA— ARMOUR PLATES generations. During the i6th century, when the surging impulses of the Renaissance had died away, the armoire relapsed into plainness, its proportions increased, and ...

ARBOUR, or ARBOR (originally " hcrber " or " crbcr," O. Fr. kertorr. from Lai herbarium, a collection of herbs, herba, grass; the word came to be spelt " arber " through its pronunciation, as in the case of Derby, and by the i6th century was written " arbour,"

... ae, so abundant and so closely interlocked as to form a tolerably firm and hard armour. The order comprises the families Xeniidae, Alcyonidat and Ncphlhyidae. Alcyonium digitatum, a pink digitate form popularly known as " dead men's fingers," is common in 10-2 ...

... ings " are the heraldic devices displayed by knights in battle on the defensive armour or embroidered on the surcoat worn over the armour and hence called " coats of arms." These became hereditary- and thus are borne by families, and similar insignia are used ...

... sia noremcincta) represents a group with a large number of movable bands in the armour; while the apar (Tolypeutes tricinctus) and the other members of the same genus are remarkable for their power of rolling themselves up into balls. For the distinctive chara ...

ARMATURE (from Lat. armatura, armour), a covering for defence. In zoology the word is used of the bony shell of the armadillo. In architecture it is applied to the iron stays by which the lead lights are secured in windows. (See STANCHION and SADDLE: Saddle-Ba ...

... e Egmont dynasty. High up against the wall is an effigy of the same duke in his armour. The fine lofty tower contains a chime of forty-five bells. The Roman Catholic church of St Walburgis is of earlier date, and a new Roman Catholic church dates from 1 894. T ...

... the works covering 15 acres and containing two magazines, an ordnance store, an armoury with 15,000 stands of arms and barracks for 1500 men. The works are now dismantled. Athlone was incorporated by James I., and returned two members to the Irish parliament, ...

... omas K. Beecher by J. S. Hartley. The city contains a Federal building, a state armoury, the Chemung county court bouse and other county buildings, the Elmira orphans' home, the Stcele memorial library, home for the aged, the ArnotOgden memorial hospital, the ...

... twerp, with a lofty tower, and containing an interesting collection of arms and armour, is particularly remarkable. There are numerous educational institutions, including classical and modern schools, and schools of commerce, navigation and telegraphy. The tow ...

... in 1347 this corps consisted of masons, carpenters, smiths, tentmakers, miners, armourers, ENGIS gunners and artillerymen. At the siege of Harfleur in 1415 the chief engineer was designated Master of the King's Works, Guns and Ordnance, and the corps under him ...

... from the metal plate (epauliere) which protected the shoulder in the defensive armour of the i6th century. It was first used merely as a shoulder knot to fasten the baldric, and the application of it to mark distinctive grades of rank was begun in France at t ...

... ough the die-cutters show no such skill as that of the makers of gems. Arms and Armour. — In the early periods the chief weapons (besides bows and arrows which bore flint or bronze heads) were few and simple, and were of bronze. Iron ones have been found, and ...

... offensive weapons of iron and steel which are used at close quarters. Defensive armour consists of body armour, protections for the head and the limbs, and various types of shield. i. Stone Age. — One of the chief problems which have perplexed archaeologists i ...

... s, like those who created the civilization known as Mycenaean, had no defensive armour except the Mycenaean shield, and used weapons of bronze. This view is derived to a great extent from the Homeric poems themselves, in which the metal most frequently mention ...

... ae, so abundant and so closely interlocked as to form a tolerably firm and hard armour. The order comprises the families Xeniidae, Alcyonidat and Ncphlhyidae. Alcyonium digitatum, a pink digitate form popularly known as " dead men's fingers," is common in 10-2 ...

... m. N.E. of Meiningen and 29 m. S.W. of Erfurt by rail. Pop. (1905), 13,814. The armourers of Suhl are mentioned as early as the pth century, but they enjoyed their highest vogue from 1550 to 1634. The knights of south Germany especially prized the swords and a ...

... torical Society (organized, 1891; incorporated, 1897); the Federal Building; an armoury; the Chamber of Commerce, and several fine churches. The Ferry Museum, founded by Clinton P. Ferry, has interesting historical and ethnological collections. In 1910 the cit ...

... ents, and so on. Fig. 5 shows the intermediate type again sheathed with a heavy armour to resist wear in the shallow water near shore. In many cases a still heavier type is used for the first mile or two from shore, and several intermediate types are often int ...

... ouse, a Y.M.C.A. building, a Masonic Temple, an Odd-Fellows' Temple and a State Armoury and Arsenal. The city has a number of fine parks. In Forest Hill Cemetery are the graves of Horatio Seymour and Roscoe Conkling. On West Canada creek, about 15 m. N. of Uti ...