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Re: first/third brass
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Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 1 Oct 2007 01:05:39 EDT
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Ok, I have a question that begins with the nautical phrase "its cold enough  
to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" (calm down everyone, we are talking  
cannon balls). Were cannon balls really brass or were they bronze...and what 
the  heck was the monkey made of?
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.



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