I live in Winchester in the UK and the cathedral here has 14 bells! I love hearing the ringers practising each week and then the bells pealing out on Sunday mornings or for special occasions. Visitors can go into the tower and see the ringing chamber and, further up, the bells themselves.
I knew someone who was so into the mathematics of bell ringing that she knitted hassock (kneeler) covers for the church with geometric designs based on change ringing patterns.
I'm here because I'm reading the very famous novel by Dorothy Sayers, The Nine Tailors, which I've read several times over the years. The "Tailors" are the "tellers" or bells. The book contains a lot of bell-ringing performed as memorials of village deaths, and the enthusiasm which Sayers conveys is delightful. Though Sayers wrote many fine stories, but this is her best.
I have been change ringing for over over 50 and years and never really understood the maths. However it is all very fascinating and often wonder how rings compose a peal of 5040 changes and know it is true.
I live in Winchester in the UK and the cathedral here has 14 bells! I love hearing the ringers practising each week and then the bells pealing out on Sunday mornings or for special occasions. Visitors can go into the tower and see the ringing chamber and, further up, the bells themselves.
I knew someone who was so into the mathematics of bell ringing that she knitted hassock (kneeler) covers for the church with geometric designs based on change ringing patterns.
I'm here because I'm reading the very famous novel by Dorothy Sayers, The Nine Tailors, which I've read several times over the years. The "Tailors" are the "tellers" or bells. The book contains a lot of bell-ringing performed as memorials of village deaths, and the enthusiasm which Sayers conveys is delightful. Though Sayers wrote many fine stories, but this is her best.
This is so interesting and joyful at the same time. Peace from Florida in 2019...
I have been change ringing for over over 50 and years and never really understood the maths. However it is all very fascinating and often wonder how rings compose a peal of 5040 changes and know it is true.
Awesome job Emily!
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Excellent speech! That was very enjoyable.
Seems like the plain change round has many more basic permutations. Changes that begin with 3 or 4?
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