Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL cotton was used as boat armor in the American Civil War.www.amusingplanet.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkTIL cotton was used as boat armor in the American Civil War.www.amusingplanet.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoIt was also used as splinter padding by the Japanese navy, in the form of rolled-up hammocks, shown here at the battle of Tsushima: They continued using hammocks this way well into WW2, although I don’t understand how the increased risk of fire wasn’t a problem.
It was also used as splinter padding by the Japanese navy, in the form of rolled-up hammocks, shown here at the battle of Tsushima:
They continued using hammocks this way well into WW2, although I don’t understand how the increased risk of fire wasn’t a problem.