Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1744.11.08

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Index Entry Bells, in Bristol, 8 bells and 8 ringers imitated on clock-work machine 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PG-P.744.067
8 Nov 1744:32 (830)
During the fair, at the Crooked Billet, adjoining to Market
Street Wharff, will be shewn
An ingenious piece of clock work, which, among other
curiosities, represents 8 men ringing 8 bells ringing, truly
round ringing and changes, much in imitation of ringing in
England, with two young men and a lady walking, the lady
turning head over heels like a mountebank, and the clock
drawing a curtain, and firing a pistol;  likewise a Tower
and steeple, with 8 bells, true round ringing and changes,
also a wooden image that blows a bellows, strikes fire,
lights a candle, and fires a gun.  The like of this never
heard of in England.  The whole put into better order than
ever before.
  Price 6d. to men and women, 3d. to children.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1744.11.08 
Publisher Franklin, B. 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1744 
Bibliography B0035561
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