Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer mb-code SF22982 Uhlans checked by barbed wire

Uhlans checked by barbed wire near Liege

A busy freight canal in Tokyo

Plate 24 from Museum Leverianum containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever

Section of porphyritic obsidian at x25 magnification

Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer mb-code SF22982 Uhlans checked by barbed wireSamuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer, c1890. Known popularly as 'the sailor's friend' because of his championing of sailors' interests, Plimsoll (1824 1898) was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1868 1880. He is best remembered for his role in the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 and for the 'Plimsoll Mark' on ships which is named for him. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin,