Bell
A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an internal "clapper" or "uvula", an external hammer, or—in small bells—by a small loose sphere enclosed within the body of the bell (jingle bell).Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its resonant properties, but can also be made from other hard materials. This depends on the function. Some small bells such as ornamental bells or cowbells can be made from cast or pressed metal, glass or ceramic, but large bells such as a church, clock and tower bells are normally cast from bell metal.
Bells intended to be heard over a wide area can range from a single bell hung in a turret or bell-gable, to a musical ensemble such as an English ring of bells, a carillon or a Russian zvon which are tuned to a common scale and installed in a bell tower. Many public or institutional buildings house bells, most commonly as clock bells to sound the hours and quarters.
Historically, bells have been associated with religious rites, and are still used to call communities together for religious services. Later, bells were made to commemorate important events or people and have been associated with the concepts of peace and freedom. The study of bells is called campanology. Provided by Wikipedia
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Lawrence, Dana and the Destructive Element by Michael Bell
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Introduction: Studies of Critical Settler Family History by Avril Bell
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Age period cohort analysis: a review of what we should and shouldn’t do by Andrew Bell
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The Tree of Life: D.H. Lawrence, Peter Wohleben and Richard Powers by Michael Bell
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Global urban agriculture; convergence of theory and practice between north and south de Antoinette Winklerprins by Martha Bell
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The Minister, the Millenarian, and the Madman: The Puritan Lives of William Sedgwick, ca. 1609–1664 by Bell, R
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COSMIC-RAY ACCELERATION IN PULSAR-DRIVEN SUPERNOVA-REMNANTS by Bell, A
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Novel S-based chemotypes of tunable reactivity for applications in chemical biology by Bell, C
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The role of the DNA sliding clamp in Okazaki fragment maturation in archaea and eukaryotes. by Beattie, T, Bell, S
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NNLO vertex corrections in charmless hadronic B decays: Real part by Bell, G
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Against monism and in favour of an anatomical approach to administrative law by Bell, J
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Cosmic ray acceleration by a supernova shock in a dense circumstellar plasma by Bell, A
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THE NONLINEAR SELF-REGULATION OF COSMIC-RAY ACCELERATION AT SHOCKS by Bell, A
Published 1987Journal article