Originally Posted by Alan Belson
Steve, what like this? laugh

[Linked Image from electrical-photos.com]

[ Actually, truth to tell, this is Henry VIII's Field of the Cloth of Gold foot-armour from 1520 with its many overlapping parts - so remarkable that Nasa studied its construction when they were designing the first space suits in the 1960s. ]

I saw that in the Tower of London exhibit a few months ago; it's an amazing piece of protective technology. Incredible that even in the 1500s, they knew of the dangers of even just natural EMF and took moves to protect themselves from it.