Word: helmets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Planet is also a problem. Signs of the anciently known planets are conventionalized pictures. Mercury's represents the Caduceus, or head with winged cap; Venus' a looking glass; the Earths its equator and a meridian; Mars', a shield and spear, or a warrior's head with helmet and plume; Jupiter's an eagle; Saturn's a scythe or sickle; Uranus' H for Herschel. with a planet suspended from the crossbar; Neptune's the trident. The first recommended sign for Neptune was a crossbarred L with a planet suspended for Leverrier. That sign might stand for the new planet...
...Chicago, Alexander Blackman tried to change the shape of the head of his sick daughter Helen by making her wear a thick leather helmet with adjustable chin straps...