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one story said the monkey was a sort of frame you put the cannon balls into,
something to hold them in place while you stacked them, pyramid-style (kind
of like the thing you put your snooker/pool/billiard balls into, to set them
up [rack?]), and that if it was really cold, the brass would contract enough
to send the cannon balls (which would not contract quite so quickly)
flying...
whether that's true or not, i don't know, but i'm sure bob will find a
better version on google somewhere
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: first/third brass
> 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?
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