En una ocasión un inventor se presentó ante Lord Wellington ofreciéndole una coraza que había inventado y que afirmaba que era impenetrable. Wellington le dijo que se pusiera la coraza y pidió un fusil. El inventor no se atrevió a pasar la prueba .
Once an inventor introduced himself to Lord Wellington offering a breastplate that he had invented and that based in his words, was impenetrable. Wellington told him to put on the breastplate and requested for a gun. The inventor didn’t want to make the test.