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  • Thumbnail for Campanology
    Campanology (redirect from Bell ringing)
    (/kæmpəˈnɒlədʒi/) is the scientific and musical study of bells. It encompasses the technology of bells—how they are founded, tuned and rung—as well as the...
    22 KB (3,976 words) - 11:51, 5 October 2024
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    moving bells, call the moving bell by position rather than number, or call out the full change. The example on the right shows called changes eight bells being...
    52 KB (7,080 words) - 22:40, 23 June 2024
  • the ship's bell to denote the hours and half-hours from reveille to taps, requesting permission of the commanding officer to strike eight bells at the hours...
    10 KB (1,464 words) - 14:10, 27 September 2023
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    reference to usage of the ship's bell on the watch system, computed as one strike every 30 minutes. Although "eight bells" can be either 8 o'clock, 12 o'clock...
    7 KB (719 words) - 19:36, 3 May 2023
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    Unlike civil clock bells, the strikes of a ship's bell do not accord to the number of the hour. Instead, there are eight bells, one for each half-hour...
    11 KB (978 words) - 00:22, 9 July 2024
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    she has done since age eight. During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Bell took flying lessons in a Cirrus SR22. Bell met actor-production...
    23 KB (1,524 words) - 15:38, 26 October 2024
  • A "ring of bells" is the name bell ringers give to a set of bells hung for English full circle ringing. The term "peal of bells" is often used, though...
    13 KB (1,931 words) - 09:09, 10 May 2024
  • Handbell (redirect from Hand bells)
    G4–G6), the sets are often larger, ranging up to an eight-octave set (97 bells, C1–C9). The bells are typically arranged chromatically on foam-covered...
    25 KB (3,257 words) - 03:56, 19 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1970 United States postal strike
    The U.S. postal strike of 1970 was an eight-day strike by federal postal workers in March 1970. The strike began in New York City and spread to some other...
    15 KB (1,605 words) - 19:46, 13 September 2024
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    of this bell vanquishes tempests, repels demons, and summons men". Some churches have several bells with the justification that "the more bells a church...
    40 KB (4,651 words) - 13:41, 2 October 2024
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    25, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2020. Bell, Kristen (December 11, 2007). "Heroes: Kristen Bell on the Strike". IGN (Interview). Interviewed by Eric Goldman...
    110 KB (8,742 words) - 01:40, 31 October 2024
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    The clock tower's "Quarter Bells" were taken out of commission for four weeks as a bearing holding one of the quarter bells was worn and needed to be removed...
    63 KB (7,082 words) - 20:53, 30 October 2024
  • there are full circle ring of bells is to use "half-muffles" when sounding one bell as a tolled bell, or to ring all the bells half-muffled in change ringing...
    8 KB (1,015 words) - 16:08, 2 August 2024
  • repeated on many websites (see two examples below), the 'wild bells' in question were the bells of the Abbey Church. According to the local story, Tennyson...
    8 KB (940 words) - 04:43, 29 March 2024
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    inspired Idris Davies to write "Bells of Rhymney" (published 1938), which Pete Seeger made into the song "The Bells of Rhymney" (recorded 1958). In the...
    37 KB (4,656 words) - 19:45, 26 August 2024
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    divided into eight groups. There are 19 bells in three groups at the top level. 33 bells are in three groups in the middle level. There are 12 bells in two...
    3 KB (386 words) - 12:31, 9 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike
    The 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that...
    175 KB (18,873 words) - 18:23, 19 October 2024
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    St Mary-le-Bow (redirect from Bow Bells)
    known for its bells, which also feature in the nursery rhyme 'Oranges and Lemons'. According to legend, Dick Whittington heard the bells calling him back...
    42 KB (5,047 words) - 11:38, 24 October 2024
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    Notre-Dame's bells is the bourdon supanzki, which was cast in 1686. Emmanuel is considered by campanologists as one of Europe's finest bells and was designated...
    66 KB (6,929 words) - 22:42, 24 October 2024
  • rock guitarist and producer Major, a method of change ringing for eight church bells Major (given name), including people with the nickname Major (surname)...
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