Steel helmet and chest-covering
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Steel helmet and chest-covering
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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The Steel-Plated, Helmeted Knight of the Trenches
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Caption: Steel helmet and chest-covering of the modem British soldier on left make him resemble knight in armor of old
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extracted text (Extract Text)
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BAKE in the
Middle Ages
the doughty war-
iors went to battle
fully armored. In
times of impending
danger, the knight's
squire must have
spent about a hut
day getting his mas-
ter into his trap.
pings.
Bosido th exhibit
of ancient armor
stands a_modern
British Tommy.
Ho too, is steel
plated. And thus
does progress move
in circles, For ar-
‘mor is coming back
nto use again.
At all times the
wearing of armor is
limited by three
principal condi-
tions; the weight of
the type available,
tho kind of weapons
and ammunition in
use by the enemy,
and the degree of
‘movement expected
of a soldier. If the
weight i too great,
the soldier soon
tires; if the enemy
is using high-pow-
ered guns at close
range,armor isoflit-
louse; and if a sol-
dior must runabout,
steel appendages
are in the way.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-02
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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189
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 92, n. 2, 1918
