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<blockquote data-quote="GUNERDOO" data-source="post: 511508" data-attributes="member: 284684"><p>CANNON BALLS </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For all you naval people, and landlubbers </p><p></p><p></p><p>It was necessary to keep a good supply of canon balls near the cannon on the old ships.But how to prevent them rolling around the deck </p><p>was the problem </p><p>The best storage method devised was to stack them as a square based pyramid, one ball on top,resting on four,resting on nine,which </p><p>rested on sixteen.Thus ,a supply of thirty cannon ballscould be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon </p><p>there was one problem--how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from the others </p><p></p><p>The solution was a metal plate with 16 indentations,called a monkey.But if this plate was made of iron the iron balls would quickly </p><p>rust to it </p><p>the solution was to make brass monkeys </p><p></p><p>Few landlubbers realise that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled.consequently when the temperature </p><p>dropped to far ,the brass indentations would shrink so much that the cannon balls would come right off the monkey </p><p></p><p>thus,it was quite literlly ,COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE THE BALLS OFF A BRASS MONKEY. </p><p></p><p>And all this time youn thought it was a vulgar expresion ,didnt you </p><p></p><p>You must send this fabulous bit of historical knowledge to at least a few unsuspecting friends O-zzz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GUNERDOO, post: 511508, member: 284684"] CANNON BALLS For all you naval people, and landlubbers It was necessary to keep a good supply of canon balls near the cannon on the old ships.But how to prevent them rolling around the deck was the problem The best storage method devised was to stack them as a square based pyramid, one ball on top,resting on four,resting on nine,which rested on sixteen.Thus ,a supply of thirty cannon ballscould be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon there was one problem--how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from the others The solution was a metal plate with 16 indentations,called a monkey.But if this plate was made of iron the iron balls would quickly rust to it the solution was to make brass monkeys Few landlubbers realise that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled.consequently when the temperature dropped to far ,the brass indentations would shrink so much that the cannon balls would come right off the monkey thus,it was quite literlly ,COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE THE BALLS OFF A BRASS MONKEY. And all this time youn thought it was a vulgar expresion ,didnt you You must send this fabulous bit of historical knowledge to at least a few unsuspecting friends O-zzz [/QUOTE]
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