The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-11

spring. receive the meal Of metal and
proceed TO uasticafe IL between their g-s q,
teeth until the masser man says enough.
when another touch OF the lever sends
the mass 10 earth again
The amount Of force used can be reg
usated instantly. The iron boiler could
be crushed into twisted metal. or
squeezed IN an embrace regulated 10 the
fraction OF a neir. The great Jaws can
crack a nut without crushing the kernel.
Or squeeze out OF shape steel plate Could
mechanical skill go farther than thisg
The invention that Paris gives TO the
world Is more artistic but rot more mar
Vicious than that Of America. We take
Of our hats 20 Paris. however, for ineir
contribution 20 the inventions OF lsss 10
one that ena bles sweet chimes TO ring
In the belfry o. church by a means new
er even dreamed Of. Fer long II has been
pezzse 20 the trustees II ST. Patrieks
cathedral. In New York, how to best ring
the great bells that compose It's wonder
ful chimes Many ideas have been test
ed fer ringing the big bells by means OF
a key board. bat none has been successful.
Paris dispenses with a keyboard and
ring the bells in one Of her beltries aG-
Dramatically. A cylinder attached TO .
cleyerly designed electric system does 1t
all. Does the artist who has charge OF the
chimes wish the people in the street be-
low to be delighted with the tones of
popular sacred melody. he merely inserts
a cylinder. marked with the name Of that
melody and forthwith the chimes ring
IL oat. He can leave the beifry and SO
home IL he wishes The time will ring
out as long as the cylinder Is left at work.
When he thinks the tune has rung out
long enough he has merely 10 go back
and change the cylinder, and another mel
ody begins.
This sounds wonderful. but II il not all.
The bells can be started on their meiodi-
GUS mission without the presence of the
ringer at all. Connected with the cleo
rricai continuance for ringing the chimes
Is q clock, In conjunction with which
there is a spring that can be set at any
hour desired. When the hands of this
clock point TO the hour at which the
spring Is set. an instantaneous current is
released and the apparatus that rings the
bells is set In motion.
The Illustration accompanying this.
showing the cylinder and part of the cleo
trical machinery. is taken from a photo
graph OF the interior of beifry in Paris
in which the electric chime-ringing ap-
paratus Is placed. 1t marks as distinct a
step between the keyboard system OF
chime ringing as the key board does be-
tween Its modern time-saving features
ana the old style of ringing the bells by
A4sdsAs pl ropes manipulated by hand.
In both the inventions immense steps
forward In the matter of automatic ma
cn!nery are shown. Wherever man an
De dispensed with the inventors are doing
away with the need of his services With
steel jaws that automatically riyet boil
ers. and electric machines that automat-
ically ring a number of bells In varied
succession never making a mistake al
ways being ready to begin the perform
ance. and never firing. IL is time that
man took back seat, and at the same
time took of his hat to himself for his
cleverness.
IL Is fact that this is literally what he
Is doing, for so much has the automatic,
chime ringer impressed the parfs!ans
that they remove their mats when they
pass the church in which the new inven-
ton has been installed They do so not
out or respect for the tune, although
frenehmen love music. but out Of re-
spect Tor the cieverness that has made 1t
possible for chimes TO ring automatic
ally.