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... 19th century . In the Wallace Collection , London . ( Centre ) Mail shirt , from Sinigaglia , near Bologna , Italy , first half of the 14th century . In the Royal Scottish Museum , Edinburgh . ( Right ) Japanese armour , the cuirass and ...
... 19th century . In the Wallace Collection , London . ( Centre ) Mail shirt , from Sinigaglia , near Bologna , Italy , first half of the 14th century . In the Royal Scottish Museum , Edinburgh . ( Right ) Japanese armour , the cuirass and ...
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... 19th century , and in the Sudan and Nigeria until modern times . After the development of complete plate armour in Europe , mail gussets were laced to the arming clothes to close the gaps in the plates . A curtain of mail was often ...
... 19th century , and in the Sudan and Nigeria until modern times . After the development of complete plate armour in Europe , mail gussets were laced to the arming clothes to close the gaps in the plates . A curtain of mail was often ...
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... century the longheld idea that liv- ing organisms could originate from nonliving matter ( spontaneous generation ) began to crumble , but it was not until after the mid - 19th century that it was finally dis- proved by Pasteur ...
... century the longheld idea that liv- ing organisms could originate from nonliving matter ( spontaneous generation ) began to crumble , but it was not until after the mid - 19th century that it was finally dis- proved by Pasteur ...
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