BELLS - The nearer bells are hung to the ground, other things being equal, the
further they can be heard. Dr. Franklin has stated, that some years ago, the inhabitants of
Philidelphia had a new bell imported from England, and in order to judge of the sound
the bell eas raised on a triangle in the great street of that city, and struck as it happened
on a market day; when the people coming to market were surprised on hearing thre sound
of a bell at a greater distance from the city than they had ever heard any bell before. This
circumstance excited the attention of the curious; and it was discovered that the sound of
the bell when struck in the street, reached nearly double the distance it did when raised in
the air.