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  2. Call bell - Wikipedia

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    A call bell placed on a countertop. Principle of operation of a countertop call bell. A call bell is a bell used to summon an attendant or give an alarm or notice. [1] The bell alerts and calls the attention of the attendant who hears it. They are sometimes called service bell, reception bell, or concierge bell.

  3. The Call of the Marching Bell - Wikipedia

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    The book is named "The call of the Marching Bell" [Bang-e-Dara]. It is a bell that people used to ring in old times to awaken the travelers that now it is time to move on to their next destination, this book has the same purpose to awaken the Muslims of Hindustan and remind them that this is time for them to move on. This poem helped the ...

  4. Full circle ringing - Wikipedia

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    There is no counter-balancing in English full-circle ringing, so the bell accelerates rapidly to its maximum velocity when mouth downwards and slows down as it rises to mouth upwards. In Veronese full-circle ringing there is a large amount of counter-balancing, so there is little net gravitation pull and the bell accelerates slowly and rotates ...

  5. Striking clock - Wikipedia

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    The Kremlin Clock on the Moscow Kremlin rings in 2012.. The most basic sort of striking clock simply sounds a bell once every hour; this is called a passing strike clock. . Passing strike was simple to implement mechanically; all that must be done is to attach a cam to a shaft that rotates once per hour; the cam raises and then lets a hammer fall that strikes t

  6. Ringing (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    Ringing is a telecommunication signal that causes a bell or other device to alert a telephone subscriber to an incoming telephone call.Historically, this entailed sending a high-voltage alternating current over the telephone line to a customer station which contained an electromagnetic bell.

  7. Parents charged with abuse after child's botched circumcision ...

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    A couple has been arrested after authorities say they performed a botched circumcision on their son at their central Missouri home last week. Prosecutors charged Tyler Wade Gibson, 35, with one ...

  8. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  9. Catholic nun arrested for bringing mafia messages to prisoners

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    A Catholic nun was arrested by Italian police on Thursday for bringing messages for the mafia to prisoners, police said in a news statement. Sister Anna Donelli acted on several occasions as an ...