Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-10
THE TONE OF THE BELL

THE TONE OF THE BELL
Not Improved by the Use of Gold or Silver
In the Bell Metal.
There is general belief that the in
PRODUCTION of silver or gold i'll the cast
ing of bell assures for it Il superior
tone, but an expert i'll founding bells
saws that such a belief is erroneous. he
saws that the best tone effect i'll bell
metal is confined within very marrow
limits, for any so called bell metal hay
ing more than so parts copper to 20
parts tin is too soft to produce the best
quality of tone, while that having more
tin than % parts i'll the 100 Is much
too brittle. There are bells i'll Europe
whose clear tones were for many years
credited TO gold and silver that were
supposed TO have been added 10 the bell
metal. An analysis was made not long
ago of the metal in one of these bells,
and it failed to show any trace of gold
or silver. The old German bell found
ers used to make their bells Of so parts
copper to 20 parts tin. In the opinion
of this expert the strongest and best
toned bell is obtained from 10 parts
copper and 2l parts tin.
after the bell is drawn, f" says the
expert, 1.-TWO sweeps are made and al
justed to All upright spindle in the CELL
ter of III iron case or flask, the flask
having perforations AL over II. Over
the surface Of the flask is coated, wet,
laver of loan of equal and suitable
thickness and baked Then another lay
er is coated on and baked, and so on,
layer after layer, until the proper shape,
etc. are secured. There are two such iron
molding cases, one fitting over the 9th
err. The under one has the loan coating
on its outer side, which has the inner
shape of the proposed bell. The upper
iron inolding case or flask has the loan
Oh its inner surface, forming the out
side shape of the bell. This is let down
over the under mold and carefully adj
justed equally all around, leaving a
space inside between the two molds.
The under flask is called the core. The
upper or outer one is called the case The
space is filled up by the molten bell
metal, which, when cooled, is the bell.
when the bell is taken out of the
rlolds it is polished, and then the
haneings, tongue Cor clapper), ETC..
fitted to the bell, and IL receives a Sc
we're ringing test, partly to ascertain its
tone and resonant quality and 10 observe
its mechanical excellence and adjust
ment. Then, if it appears TO be good III
all points, tits shipped to the purchaser
The making and shipping of a bell usu-
ally require from 10 to 10 days III the
smaller sizes The larger sizes. e.,
from |, 500 pounds and heavier-require
more time. a peal Of three Or more
bells requires from 10 to so days time,
while a chime of nine or more bells re-
quires from three TO six months.
Any foundry can, OF course, readily
make and select nine or ten bells III
tune for chime, but tune is one thing,
tone is another Church Economist.
Time Saving That May Not BE Productive
of Good Habits.
Our public school children are be-
yond doubt taught nowadays much
that interests and helps them, all OF
which was unknown 10 their parents at
the same age.
And this instruction is given i'll a
manner to beguile the little people into
the royal road to learning, so that it is
a common occurrence to have a child
burst into tears at the fear of missing a
day in school, Yet-there must always
be yet-are they learning refinement
with the rest of the desiccated knowl-
edge offered as their pabulum:
In the vely scientific algebra taught
throughout New York state and COM
piled by al instructor in the Normal
school, 'to save time, the highest
common divisor is spoken of as the
III. G. D, and the least common null
tiple is the IL. c. NJ. What time is
saved, and why: And ISM such teach
ing intoxicating the vulgarity, later on
in life, which speaks of "photos' and
DlhSS anu IL 4iSt VI lssiIt'
and gents.
If this system of abbreyiating every
thing is taught in our schools, we will
simply have TO stand tie jeers of the re-
fined foreigners at our being i'll too
great hurry to make money to even
speak the language properly.
As great as we are, our fault lies i'll
this rushing frantically over everything.
What the far seers are trying to teach
is repose-a taking of time for all the
refined things of life, and yet, if this
principle of 'choppingi the language
is taught at the very base of our life,
the public school, what can be expected
of these children when they grow up:-
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