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Cheeseface (1968/1969 – 1976) was a dog who featured on the famous "Death" issue of the National Lampoon magazine, released January 1973.The cover, photographed by Ronald G. Harris, [1] showed the dog with a gun pointed to his head, and the caption "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog".
Neck: Aventail or camail: Detachable mail hung from a helmet to protect the neck and shoulders, often worn with bassinets. Bevor: Worn with a sallet to cover the jaw and throat (extending somewhat down the sternum). May also cover the back of the neck if worn with a bassinet rather than a sallet. May be solid or made of lames. Sometimes worn ...
In 1944, Daniels joined the army; he already had an interest in watches and repaired some for other soldiers. On leaving the army in 1947, he bought tools with his £50 gratuity; worked repairing watches, and took horology night classes. [citation needed] In 1960, he opened his first watch repair and cleaning shop in London.
Rebecca Struthers (born 1985 or 1986) [1] is an English watchmaker, historian, author, engineer, and gemmologist. [1] [2] [3] She works with her husband, Craig, who is a master watchmaker. [1] She won the Heritage Crafts award in 2021, presented by King Charles III. She is the only practising watchmaker in the United Kingdom with a PhD in ...
Thomas Mudge, inventor of the lever escapement. The lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge in 1754 [18] and improved by Josiah Emery in 1785, gradually came into use from about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches to most of Europe) mostly adhered to the cylinder until the 1860s.
Charles Allison is a mystery. Perhaps that is what has made him so compelling to his grandson. He built watches and clocks at his little storefront in Sherman Oaks for decades in the first half of ...
A pelerine is a small cape-like garment that covers the shoulders. [1] Historically, the pelerine possibly originated in a type of 15th century armor padding that protected the neck and shoulders by itself, if the padded fabric was reinforced internally with metal, and/or acted as padding between armor and the skin in the neck-to-shoulder region.
As with spaulders, pauldrons cover the shoulder area. [1] Pauldrons tend to be larger than spaulders, covering the armpit and sometimes parts of the back and chest. A pauldron typically consists of a single large dome-shaped piece to cover the shoulder (the "cop") with multiple lames attached to it to defend the arm and upper shoulder.