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Subject: [OM] Re: OT: Wind chill (was: problem with OM4 & cold weather)
From: "Jon Mitchell" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:43:20 -0000
I believe the expression "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass
monkey" came from some very old nautical piece of equipment.  The brass
monkey was, I believe, a bit like the triangle used in Snooker (or pool)
to arrange the balls at the start of the game.  Only the Brass Monkey
was for storing cannonballs, in a pyramid shape.

At least, that's what I was told years ago.

Jon


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Subject: [OM] Re: OT: Wind chill (was: problem with OM4 & cold weather)


Hmmmm. Maybe the expression "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass
monkey" was developed with this machine.  /jmac

<< snip

There is a standard non-perceptual way to measure wind chill.  The US
Army had a full-size statue of a standing man made out of copper
which contains an electric heater and some surface thermocouples.
(The statue may be solid copper, or may be hollow and filled with
moving oil; I don't recall which.)  Basically, the amount of
electrical power needed to raise the statue to body temperature (98.6
degrees F) while standing "naked" in the test condition is measured.

For wind chill, the air temperature and windspeed are set to the
desired values, and the amount of power needed to raise the statue
back to body temperature is measured.  Then the wind is turned off,
and the temperature is lowered until the same amount of power is
required.  This last temperature is the "wind chill" temperature
corresponding to the previous combination of physical temperature and
windspeed.

This statue was invented as a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of
various kinds of cold-weather clothing in protecting the wearer from
exposure.

Joe Gwinn

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