Reply With QuoteWHY DOES THE USE OF A "BRASS MONKEY " REDUCE THE NUMBER ? YOU STILL HAVE 16 ON THE BOTTOM . 4+9+16=30 GUESS MATH IS NOT MY THING .LOL
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In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannon fired round iron cannon balls.
It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck?
The best storage method devised was a square based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine which rested on sixteen.
Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon.
There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with 16 round indentations.
But if this plate was made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys."
Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey.
Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!"
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WHY DOES THE USE OF A "BRASS MONKEY " REDUCE THE NUMBER ? YOU STILL HAVE 16 ON THE BOTTOM . 4+9+16=30 GUESS MATH IS NOT MY THING .LOL
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If we woulda used a brass monkey last week, we woulda only had 25 fish instead of 30!! Glad I don't have one!!! LmaoOriginally Posted by eagle 1
WHY DOES THE USE OF A "BRASS MONKEY " REDUCE THE NUMBER ? YOU STILL HAVE 16 ON THE BOTTOM . 4+9+16=30 GUESS MATH IS NOT MY THING .LOL
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Guess may math is a little fuzzy to. If the base is shaped square I come up with 16+9+4+1=30. If the base is shaped like a triangle I come up with 10+6+3+1=20. Still not sure where 25 comes from. Somebody help a brother out.
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the answer i was given was 12x8x4x1=25. i guess if you play tennis or ping pong get a bunch of balls and put one together.
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30 would have been my answer also.
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We can't tell from the picture if this is a square or triangle based pyramid. If it is square there are 30 balls. If it is triangular there are 20 balls.
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Who ever gave you the answer is a NUTTTTT. 30 anyway you figure it.
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3 across the back of the base. 3 inside the base. And 3 on the backside.
16 visible+3+3+3.
Yep! 25
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