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Established: 1956<br> | Established: 1956<br> | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Supporters:''' On the dexter side a figure representing Michael Faraday habited in a festal gown of a Doctor of Civil Law of the University of Oxford and holding in the exterior hand a representation of his coil proper, and on the sinister side a figure representing Sir Isaac Newton habited in a gown of a Master of Arts of the University of Cambridge and holding in the exterior hand his telescope also proper. <br> | '''Supporters:''' On the dexter side a figure representing Michael Faraday habited in a festal gown of a Doctor of Civil Law of the University of Oxford and holding in the exterior hand a representation of his coil proper, and on the sinister side a figure representing Sir Isaac Newton habited in a gown of a Master of Arts of the University of Cambridge and holding in the exterior hand his telescope also proper. <br> | ||
'''Motto:''' Sine nobis scientia languet. | '''Motto:''' Sine nobis scientia languet. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on December 10, 1956. | The arms were officially granted on December 10, 1956. | ||
The supporters represent Sir Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday. Newton is based on his statute in Trinity College Chapel, holding his telescope and dressed in Cambridge MA robes. Faraday is holding his induction coil and dressed in Oxford DCL robes. | |||
The crest is Minerva, represented as a bust in the collection of the British Museum. | |||
[[Literature]] : Image from http://www.wcsim.co.uk | The motto means "knowledge cannot flourish without us”. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image from http://www.wcsim.co.uk | |||
[[Category:London Guilds]] | [[Category:London Guilds]] | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1956]] | [[Category:Granted 1956]] | ||