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I DIDN'T KNOW THIS:
In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and
it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments
of manure were common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet,
but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the
process of fermentation
began again, of which methane gas is a byproduct.
As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could
(and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone
came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!
Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening.
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term"Ship High In Transit" on them which meant for the sailors to stow it high
enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.
Thus evolved the term "$.H.I.T ", (Ship High In Transport) which hascome down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
You probably did not know the true history of this word.
Neither did I.
I always thought it was a golf term.
and I cross referenced it using this URL
$hit
Subject: I didn't know this
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS:
In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and
it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments
of manure were common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet,
but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the
process of fermentation
began again, of which methane gas is a byproduct.
As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could
(and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone
came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!
Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening.
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term"Ship High In Transit" on them which meant for the sailors to stow it high
enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.
Thus evolved the term "$.H.I.T ", (Ship High In Transport) which hascome down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
You probably did not know the true history of this word.
Neither did I.
I always thought it was a golf term.
and I cross referenced it using this URL
$hit
