Does anybody know how church bells work?
That would be the ones that people ring?, well we will get to the other type later… The ones that people ring by pulling ropes are left resting hanging down. But the pivot is not at the top of the bell, they are mounted on 2 half axles (one with a wheel with the rope attached) so that the centre of gravity is not far off the pivot. So, how to ring a bell?, well there is still quite a bit of pull required (more than one person weighs), the bells are “rung up” exactly the same way you get a swing to go higher, each swing, you pull a bit more. When the bell is swinging enough to go over the top it meets a stop (just past upside down), you can let the bell rest there untill you want it to chime, a gentle pull will set it swinging. It will ring, go up the other side of its arc and rest against another stop.
