BELL ROCK

Sce peep Rock. BEL eran we toemed of an alloy aticonpes and Ju; slightly varying proportions, | Baltic, “bat usually consisting of four parts of|a widt copper to one of tin. Each boll consists | Similar body or barrel, the ear or canon, and | more < the clapper, which may striko the bell | Belt. either within or from without the BEN; Producing by far tho finer effect. | City o ¢ have been in use from the carllest | Hinda ‘ sof which web ave any record, They | of narr rorn by tho Jewlsh high-pricats | with xxvill., =o Tho Egyptians Altars rated tho festivals in honour of | every yy the ringing of bells. The Greek | of ste employed thom, and thoy were | consts » the sts garrisons of the — “er Romans announced the ar of bathing by the ringing of a} BE 2ecustom of summoning worshippers | 1653, ch by the ringing of bells originated | merch, at the beginning of tho Sthcentury, | the n: s introduced into this country by | In 17 jot of Wear mouth about680. ‘They jin the robably hand-bells, as the practice | action ring bells in towers was not known | wounk the ninth century. The Curfew bell, | to be William the Conqueror is said to} Sight. rdered to be rung in England at | enable ‘clock every evening, asa — to | wouns uish al) Gres, is ler of much | with } date, and was intended not only to | captw 3 Sate of conspirators, but | death. | reduce the number of conflagra-| BEI In the Roman Catholic Church,} BEj act us is still rung during the ma , | at cer » Angelus, morning, noon and night, | servio he faithful are required to repeat takes ve Maria.” On board ship, bells | dicite ng every half hour to mark the|“ bles s of each watch. praise largest bells in the world are found | the fi sis. The Ozar Kolokol, “ king of | the S: at Moscow, weighed sare, 200 tons. | ment. 37 a fire caused ita l, and it} BE ed on the ground, cracked and | Italy,, until 1837, whon it was made to} mona is the dome of a church which waa/his rc ted beneath it. Tho “ Now Bell,” | mona was cast in 1817, hangs in a tower | was « »0 former, and is nearly as heavy. | additi | Paul,” the heaviest bell in England, | the t st and bung in Saint Paul’sCathedral instru 3. It weighs 16} tons, and is rung mech: m special occasions. ‘* Big Ben,” | were yar-bell at Westminster, originally | and, d 14 tons, and was cast in 1856. | many tr and aflaw in the metal nece itated} BE ng, and 24 tons le33 material was} a can n the proce ; the clapper weighs | the C, After a time the second bell | from ~ @ crack, which has been cut} Latin quarters are rung by bells; BE og 44 tons, 2 array Ltons, and 1 ton | vicar, ively. “Great Tom,” at oc usual | 7 tons 12 cwt., and tho pm endo Exeter Cathedral is 4 cwt. heavier. | charc L, CHARLES, }. 1774, d. 1842.) BE tomist and surgeon, Educated in | forme ing. be camo to London andj felon: » surgeon to the Middle sex Hospital. | leavir earches on the nervous system form | bisho ible contribution to our knowledge. | allow many writings—‘‘ The Hand,” in | clerzy idzewater ‘Treatise, is probably the | allow n0wn to the public. factic OOCHISTAN’. See Balu chi stan. |and t [s. 68]