Could a Corset Stop a Knife? | Enola Holmes

Episode Title: Could a Corset Stop a Knife? | Enola Holmes
Produced by: Jill Bearup
Description: Would Enola Holmes’s whalebone corset really be able to stop a knife? Turns out, maths and history say: maybe! Sources: Mary Sarah Phillips stabbing case: https://www.mimimatthews.com/2015/09/30/saved-by-her-stays-the-19th-century-barnsley-murders/ Corsets stopping bullets: https://www.annmarieackermann.com/saved-by-her-corset/ Stab energy in Joules: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bullet-stab-resistant-vests-uk-police Energy of 9mm bullet: http://wredlich.com/ny/2013/01/projectiles-muzzle-energy-stopping-power/ Critical energy baleen: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329037422_Lessons_from_the_Ocean_Whale_Baleen_Fracture_Resistance Forces generated in stabbing attacks: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5748396/

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