Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . n English 3U1 HELMET—HELMOXT. heraldry : 1. The helmet assigned to the king andprinces of the hlood-royal, which is full-faced,composed of gold lined with crimson, and has thev-isor divided by six projecting bars. 2. The helmetof the nobihty, of steel, with five bars of placed on the shield, it is exhibited inprotile. 3. Knights and baronets have the full-faced steel helmet \\ith the visor throwTi back andwithout bars. 4. The helmet of esquires, alwaysrepresented in profile, of steel with the -s-isor distinct
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . n English 3U1 HELMET—HELMOXT. heraldry : 1. The helmet assigned to the king andprinces of the hlood-royal, which is full-faced,composed of gold lined with crimson, and has thev-isor divided by six projecting bars. 2. The helmetof the nobihty, of steel, with five bars of placed on the shield, it is exhibited inprotile. 3. Knights and baronets have the full-faced steel helmet \\ith the visor throwTi back andwithout bars. 4. The helmet of esquires, alwaysrepresented in profile, of steel with the -s-isor distinctions are of comparatively recent much greater variety of helmets is in use in con-tiuental heraldry. A helmet is never placed overthe arms of any woman except the sovereign. HELMET, a covering of metal or leather toprotect the head in warfare. The earlier Greekand Roman helmets, as she-mi by many extantscidjitures, were surmounted Ijy plumes, but unliketheir modern successors, did not protect the the middle ages, helmets were made of the. Helmets, :From a Specimen at Goodrich Court, engraved in Skeltons finest steel, often inlaid with gold, and pro^-idedwith bars and flaps, to cover the face in action,and to allow of being opened at other times. Asthe employmeut of firearms became more general,helmets naturally lost their utility, especially asregarded the face. Those still remaining are inmilitary matters limited for the most part to heavycavalry, afford no protection to the face, and mustbe considered as rather for ornament than wear a heavy head-piece of leather andbrass, to protect them as far as jiossible from fallingruins at confiagrations. In India and other hotclimates, helmets of white felt, ?with the additionalscreen of rolls of linen, are constantly worn bymilitary men, to protect them from the rays of thesun. HELMHOLTZ, Heemaxx, one of the mostdistinguished scientific men of the present day, wasborn at Potsdam, in August 1821.
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