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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...

electrostatic forces. When the clapper touches one bell, it is charged by that pile. It is then repelled from that bell due to having the same charge and...

ball on the end called a clapper, actuated by an electromagnet (E). In its rest position the clapper is held away from the bell a short distance by its...

headstock, and when the bell ringer pulls on the rope the bell swings back and forth and the clapper hits the inside, sounding the bell. Bells that are hung dead...

made of plastic – and moves the arm to make the hinged clapper strike the inside of the bell. An individual handbell can be used simply as a signal to...

Look up Clapper or clapper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clapper or Clappers may refer to: Clapper, part of a bell Clapper (musical instrument),...

the bell is rung up such that the clapper is resting on the lower edge of the bell when the bell is on the stay. During each swing, the clapper travels...

made specifically for the purpose are also equipped with bells). In Vietnam, the coin clapper called sinh tiền is widely used. In medieval French music...

The clapper or tongue is manufactured in a similar process as the bell. Special care is given to cast the clapper at the proper weight, as a clapper that...

the left of the clapper The Peter's bell with the broken clapper The Peter's bell with the new clapper The Peter's Bell without a clapper Wamsiedler, Sebastian...

the first strike of the clapper, the bell's rim cracked. The episode would be used to good account in later stories of the bell; in 1893, former President...

gave control over the time between successive strikes of the clapper. Ordinarily a bell will swing through a small arc only at a set speed governed by...

iron supporting structure, is a Gothic clapper, weighing – together with the belt – 365 kg. The body of the bell is decorated with inscriptions and images...

mechanical motion: in this case, the moving of a bell clapper back and forth between two oppositely charged bells. Scientific investigation of the phenomena...

Orthodox bell ringing). Technically, bells rung in the Russian tradition are sounded exclusively by chiming (i.e., moving only the clapper so that it...

risk. Other risk factors include a congenital malformation known as a "bell-clapper deformity" wherein the testis is inadequately attached to the scrotum...

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and by extension for the clock tower itself, which stands at the north end...

gave control over the time between successive strikes of the clapper. Ordinarily a bell will swing through a small arc only at a set speed governed by...

kilograms (40,000 lb) and required 24 men to ring its clapper. Housed in the original wooden Ivan the Great Bell Tower in the Moscow Kremlin, it crashed to the...

referred to as "cow bells" due to their extensive use with cattle, the bells are used on a wide variety of animals. The bell and clapper are commonly crafted...