Armour was the single most influential factor in the development of firearms that revolutionised warfare.

Armour, motorised and aerial support was also naturally dependent on weather.

Armour of this type was introduced into India under the Mughals.

Mail Armour was introduced to the Middle East and Asia through the Romans and was adopted by the Sassanid Persians starting in the 3rd century CE, where it was supplemental to the scale and lamellar armours already used.

Mies settled in Chicago, Illinois where he was appointed head of the architecture school at Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology ( later renamed Illinois Institute of Technology – IIT ).

In 2003, he was part of an advertising campaign for Armour hot dogs with MLB players Ken Griffey, Jr., Derek Jeter, and Sammy Sosa.

IIT was formed in 1940 by the merger of Armour Institute of Technology ( founded in 1890 ) and Lewis Institute ( founded in 1895 ).

The Armour Institute of Technology was founded in 1890 with one million dollars from Philip Danforth Armour, Sr., a prominent Chicago meat packer and grain merchant.

After the sermon, Armour approached Gunsaulus and asked if he was serious about his claim.

In the late 1930s, the Board of Trustees at Armour was greatly expanded, with many Chicago industrialists and businessmen joining the board to increase funding and support the institute.

However, it was a proposal from Lewis's chairman Alex Bailey to Armour President Henry Townley Heald and Board Chair James Cunningham that would lead to the birth of IIT.

He was an early member of the Chicago Board of Trade, being associated with Armour, Dole & Co. in Chicago.

For many years it was based at 12 East Armour Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri.

Stockbridge was the birthplace of meatpacking industrialist Philip Danforth Armour and brother Herman Ossian Armour

In the early to mid twenty century, Armour Fertilizer was built in 1919, followed by Royster Fertilizer in 1927 and finally Smith-Douglas Fertilizer in 1946.

Armour was founded in 1885.

The city was named for Philip D. Armour, who was founder of Armour and Company, a meat packing company.

Contrary to popular belief, Armour was never home to a meat packing plant ; the town was so named because Mr. Armour was also the chairman of the railroad that went through Armour and donated a bell to the local congregational church.

Armour systems have continued in development alongside ATGMs, and the most recent generations of armor are specifically tested to be effective against ATGM strikes, either by ' tricking ' the missile into not detonating against the armor itself ( such as in Slat Armour ) or using some form of reactive armor to ' attack ' the missile upon impact, disrupting shaped charge that makes the warhead effective.

This method allows the locomotives to be numbered into the Union Pacific's roster but is cheaper than fully repainting the engine into UP Armour Yellow.

IIT is divided into: four colleges ( Armour College of Engineering, College of Science and Letters, College of Architecture, Chicago-Kent College of Law ), two institutes ( Institute of Design, Institute of Psychology ), two schools ( School of Applied Technology, Stuart School of Business ), and a number of research centers, some of which provide academic programs independent of the other academic units.

In 2003, IIT administrators split the former Armour College of Engineering and Science into two colleges which are now known as the Armour College of Engineering and the College of Science and Letters.

Peter and Gordon had their last hit in Britain in late-1966 (" Lady Godiva ") which reached No. 16 there ( No. 6 in the US ), whilst their success lasted into 1967 in the US ( with " Knight In Rusty Armour ", and " Sunday for Tea " both registering in the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 that year ).

In only a few years, Armour had turned his business into a profitable enterprise, earning himself about $ 8, 000 by the time he had turned 24.

This deal netted him a profit of $ 22 per barrel or an alleged total of $ 1 million to $ 2 million .” Armour ’ s savvy decision catapulted Plankinton, Armour & Co. into a new stratosphere of American business, allowing the corporation to expand into other cities such as Kansas City, Missouri.

In 1912, his business, " Wallis, Alfred, Marine Stores Dealer " closed and Alfred kept busy with odd jobs and worked for a local antiques dealer, Mr Armour which provided some insight into the world of objets d ' art.

Lathrop and another wealthy patron, Allison Armour, financed some of Fairchild's many explorations for new plants to be introduced into the U. S. Fairchild was the author of a number of popular books on his plant collecting expeditions.

In Canada, with the integration of the Canadian army into the Canadian Forces, the Armour Branch has continued to use the title Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.

The British Official Armour Specification is a set of standards for armour construction for armoured fighting vehicles prior to and into World War II.

Ring Armour is essentially a leather or textile item of clothing ( a jacket, or trousers ) that has a large number of metal rings sewn or tied directly into the foundation garment.

Armour drove the development of many important technologies of the Ancient World, including wood lamination, mining, metal refining, vehicle manufacture, leather processing, and later decorative metal working.

Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press, 1984,

* Haythornthwaite, Philip J., The World War One Source Book Arms and Armour, 1993, 412 pages, ISBN 978-1-85409-102-4.

As one of the first American universities to host a Navy V-12 program during World War II the school saw a large increase in students and expanded the Armour campus beyond its original.

Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press.

From the fragile Sentinel to the devastatingly destructive Leman Russ Demolisher, and many of its new variants previously shown in the Imperial Armour books by Forge World were released in the new Codex, the vehicles of the Imperial Guard can significantly add to their effectiveness as an army.

Additional supplements included the Hand to Hand Combat System ( 1988 ), World War 2 Weapon Data Supplement ( 1988 ), Wild West Weapon Data Supplement ( 1989 ), Civilian Weapon Data Supplement ( 1987 ), Living Steel Power Armour Sourcebook ( 1991 ), Advanced Damage Tables ( 1987 ) and High Tech Weapon Data Supplement ( 1987 ) amongst others.

* Walter, John, The Kaiser's Pirates, German Surface Raiders in World War One, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1994.

During his service in World War I, Armour rose from a private to Staff Major in the Tank Corps.

During World War II, Armour played in exhibitions for USO and Red Cross.

Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press.

Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press.

* Fletcher, David-The Great Tank Scandal: British Armour in the Second World War Part 1 1989 HMSO

* Fletcher, David-The Great Tank Scandal: British Armour in the Second World War Part 1 1989 HMSO

* Fletcher, David-Universal Tank: British Armour in the Second World War Part 2 1989 HMSO

Nieuport Aircraft of World War One-Vintage Warbirds No 10, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1988 ISBN 0-85368-934-2

Armour piercing shells of the Second World War, certainly those of the early years, had these qualities and sloped armour was therefore rather efficient in that period.

Armour with two or more plates spaced a distance apart, called spaced armour, has been in use since the First World War, where it was used on the Schneider CA1 and St Chamond tanks.

* Fletcher, David The Great Tank Scandal-British Armour in the Second World War part 1 1993 HMSO.

* Fletcher, David The Universal Tank-British Armour in the Second World War part 2 1993 HMSO.

* Ian V. Hogg-The Encyclopedia of Infantry Weapons of World War II-Arms & Armour Press-1977-ISBN 0-85368-281-X

To finance the company's growth during World War I, Armour sold $ 60 million in bonds to the public in 1917.

After World War II Armour and Company's fortunes began to decline.

* Clinton Ezell, Edward, Small Arms of the World, Eleventh Edition, Arms & Armour Press, London, 1977.