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'''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, Upon a terrestrial globe a grey horse forcene proper gorged with a coronet composed of four fleurs-de-lys with chain reflexed over the back Or. <br> | '''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, Upon a terrestrial globe a grey horse forcene proper gorged with a coronet composed of four fleurs-de-lys with chain reflexed over the back Or. <br> | ||
'''Supporters''': On the dexter side a figure representing Archimedes holding in his exterior hand a pointer and on the sinister side a figure representing Vulcan resting his exterior hand upon a sledge hammer proper. <br> | '''Supporters''': On the dexter side a figure representing Archimedes holding in his exterior hand a pointer and on the sinister side a figure representing Vulcan resting his exterior hand upon a sledge hammer proper. <br> | ||
'''Motto''': Progress | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Progress | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on October 17, | The arms were officially granted on October 17, 1939. | ||
The arms show a pair of calipers measuring a steel bar. The crest shows a chained horse, for controlled horsepower the world over. | The arms show a pair of calipers measuring a steel bar. The crest shows a chained horse, for controlled horsepower the world over. | ||
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[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted | [[Category:Granted 1939]] |
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