SOMETHING ABOUT BELLS.
The history of bells (says the Bucks Advertiser) is one of the most interesting in the record of inventions. They were first heard of about the year 400, before which date rattles were used. In the year 610 we hear of bells in the city of Sens, the my of Clothaire, King of France having been frightened away by the ringing fit thorn. ( In 960 the first peal of bells was hung in England, at Croyland Abbey. Many years ago it was computed that there were at least 2262 peals of bells, great and small in England. It has been thought that the custom of ringing bells was peculiar in England, but, in fact, the Cathedral of Antwerp, celebrated for its magnificent spire, has a peal of bells 00 in number, on which is played every half hour, the most elaborate music. It is an , interesting fact that the peal of bells in the tower of the old Royal Exchange vas chiming “ There’s na luck aboot the house ” when the buildiug was on fire. It would require 91 years to ring all the changes on a peal of 12 bells, supposing 10 changes—that is 120 sounds—to be struck every minute. For the changes of 14 bells 16575 years would be required, and for 24 bells 117,000,000,000,000,000.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 396, 4 June 1881, Page 3
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219SOMETHING ABOUT BELLS. Temuka Leader, Issue 396, 4 June 1881, Page 3
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