Soyer's Soldier's Friend
Anon
Genre: | Poetry, Drollery |
Subjects: | Nutrition, Military Technology, Invention |
Discusses Alexis B Soyer's invention of a device for enabling soldiers to prepare finely-cooked meats and vegetables, an invention that Punch thinks will strengthen the insides of the British soldier and thus give him 'a stomach for the fight' | |
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