Bell facts for kids
A bell is a simple musical instrument. Most bells are made of metal. Bells are also in churches to announce the time between hours. Ships usually carry a ship's bell. Alarm bells warn of danger. Some bells are in bell towers.
Images for kids
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13th c. BC bell, Shang dynasty
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Big Ben in the Elizabeth Tower of the British parliament.
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Petersglocke, Cologne Cathedral with person for scale
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A Warring States-era zheng (钲) bell from Baoshan 2 Tomb in Jingmen, Hubei
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The Glasgow 'Dead or Deid bell' of 1642
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Japanese temple bell of the Ryōanji Temple, Kyoto
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Mingun Bell weighs 55,555 viss, or 90 tonnes.
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The World Peace Bell in Kentucky.
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Bronze jingyun bell cast in the year 711 AD, Xi'an.
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St. Ulrich, Memmingen
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A bell in Chang Chun Temple, Wuhan, hanging on its pulao
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Fire Bell, Glendale, Arizona.
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This bell is called Mii-dera no Bansho (三井寺の晩鐘), the evening bell at Mii-dera, a Buddhist temple in Otsu, which is near Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This image shows the hanging wooden beam positioned to strike the outer side of the resonating surface.
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