"Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body."

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Source : Thomas Bulfinch (1858). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur, "King Arthur and His Knights", "The Mabinogeon", "The Crusades", "Robin Hood", Etc”, p.19

Thomas Bulfinch

#Years Quotes #Iron Quotes #Use Quotes

“Until now the theory of infinite series in general has been very badly grounded. One applies all the operations to infinite series as if they were finite; but is that permissible? I think not. Where is it demonstrated that one obtains the differential of an infinite series by taking the differential of each term? Nothing is easier than to give instances where this is not so.”
“The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.”

Source : Arthur C. Brooks (2010). “The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future”, p.186, ReadHowYouWant.com
“This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.”
“It was always about the story rather than the character.”
“I love firing guns. It's an amazing feeling - so sexy and powerful.”
“Memory... is an internal rumor.”
“Don't judge people you don't know. You have no idea what they've been through, and you may waste an opportunity to make a new friend.”
“That's the way it is: life inculdes a lot of empty space. We are one-tenth living tissue, nine-tenths water; life is one-tenth Here and Now, nine-tenths a history lesson. For most of the time the Here and Now is neither now nor here.”

Source : 1983 Waterland, ch.8.

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