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The NTH Ring. The NTH Ring (Norwegian: NTH-ringen, first known as Høiskoleringen, also known as Ringen, Sivilingeniørringen, NTNU/NTH-ringen or Master-ringen) is a ring worn only by graduates of the Master of Science in engineering or architecture programmes (formerly the sivilingeniør or sivilarkitekt programmes), at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), formerly known ...
In July 2017, plans for an iron sculpture of a giant ring were announced as part of the £630,000 restoration project of Flint Castle, the first castle built in Wales by Edward I. This plan was met with criticism, and accusations were made that it was commemorating the Edwardian conquest of Wales, a contentious event among the Welsh public. [ 6 ]
The fortifications form part of the Ring of Iron built by Edward I after his invasion of North Wales in 1282. Edward defeated the local Welsh princes in a major campaign and set about permanently colonising the area. He created new fortified towns, protected by castles, in which English immigrants could settle and administer the territories.
The Iron Ring is small and understated, and was designed as a constant reminder, rather than a piece of jewelry. The Rings were originally hammered manually with a rough outer surface. The modern machined ring shares a similar design as a reminder of the manual process.
The ringfort at Rathrar in County Roscommon, Ireland The Grianán Ailigh in County Donegal, Ireland, is one of the more impressive stone-walled ringforts.. Ringforts or ring forts are small circular fortified settlements built during the Bronze Age, Iron Age and early Middle Ages up to about the year 1000 AD.
The first Iron Ring ceremony was held at the University of Toronto in 1925, with the first rings made of "hammered iron" that Kipling called "cold". Although some say the writer used the adjective because the structural material did not forgive the mistakes of engineers working in it, another poem of his puts it in a different and more positive ...
Nth Metal DC Comics: A Thanagarian alloy used by Hawkman and Hawkwoman. [55] It can negate gravity and magic, among other properties. [56] In some versions, the Legion of Super-Heroes' flight rings are made of valorium, an Nth metal alloy. Octiron Discworld: A strange, iridescent metal; highly valued.
Following the Obligation, the Iron Ring is placed on the little finger of the working hand, [3] and is worn by the engineer as a symbol and a reminder. As originally conceived, the engineer's iron ring rubs against the drawings and paper upon which the Engineer writes and even in modern times, serves as a reminder when working on a computer.