BULLET-PROOF ARMOUR.
A London armoiucv is having great success with the discovery he has made of a coat impervious to the bullet of a revolver fired at ten paces. The coat bears no evidence of its purpose, and is in form and texture, nothing more than a common shooting jacket. Outwardly lies the Scotch tweed, then a thin wadding of cotton, next a layer of narrow thin bands of tempered steel, kept in place much as whalebone is put into corsets, only the steel bands are very close together, being sewn into the canvas, and with only a lino of stitching between each piece. Throe layers of the steel bands sown into canvas complete the armour of the coat. Another piece of wadding is placed between the hands and the final lining, and that is all. The steel bands are supple and not long, so that the coat hangs in a natural manner, and would never attract notice. It is somewhat heavy, but the weight falls principally upon the shoulders. The jackets are sold at £25.
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Patea Mail, 14 April 1881, Page 3
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176BULLET-PROOF ARMOUR. Patea Mail, 14 April 1881, Page 3
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