A very material mail

This session turns the science spotlight on our collections and explores the challenges of personal protection and its progression.

By using historic armour from our collections, we explore body protection, and how both traditional and modern materials are used.

What materials would you choose to protect yourself with? We take an in-depth look at Materials and their properties, including extra insight on polymers and plastics including Makralon® and Kevlar® (_Useful products from organic sources_).

We can also use our Tensile Strength machine to look at the comparative strengths of various materials.

Contact us to book or discuss your requirements:

Tel: 020 3166 6660
Email: educate.tower@armouries.org.uk

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The whole truth

The phrase "Lock, stock and barrel" refers to something in its entirety, the whole thing – in the same way that a complete gun has a lock, a stock and a barrel.

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