The traditional harmonically tuned bell has a minor third as a main harmonic. On the theory that western music in major keys may sound better on bells with a major third as a harmonic, production of bells with major thirds was attempted in the 1980s. Scientists at the Technical University in Eindhoven, using computer modelling, produced bell profiles which were cast by the Eijsbouts Bellfoundry in the Netherlands. [26] They were described as resembling old Coke bottles [28] in that they had a bulge around the middle; [29] In 1999 a design without the bulge was announced. [30] However, the major bell concept has found little favour, and minor third bells are almost universally cast today. Murdoch, James. (1903). A History of Japan. London: Paul, Trech, Trubner. [re-issued by Routledge, London, 1996. ISBN 978-0-415-15416-1 von Falkenhausen, L. (1994). Suspended Music: Chime-Bells in the Culture of Bronze Age China. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91107-9.

Tea Bowl, c.1720. Porcelain, gold, silver and enamel tea bowl and saucer. Made at the Meissen Porcelain Factory. Germany, c. 1720. Swinging bells are sounded by an internal clapper. The clapper may have a longer period of swing than the bell. In this case, the bell will catch up with the clapper and if rung to or near full circle will carry the clapper up on the bell's trailing side. Alternatively, the clapper may have a shorter period and catch up with the bell's leading side, travel up with the bell coming to rest on the downhill side. This latter method is used in English style full circle ringing. In the Roman Catholic Church and among some High Lutherans and Anglicans, small hand-held bells, called Sanctus or sacring bells, [15] are often rung by a server at Mass when the priest holds high up first the host and then the chalice immediately after he has said the words of consecration over them (the moment known as the Elevation). This serves to indicate to the congregation that the bread and wine have just been transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ (see transubstantiation), or, in the alternative Reformation teaching, that Christ is now bodily present in the elements, and that what the priest is holding up for them to look at is Christ himself (see consubstantiation).Joseph Swain (1820–1909), after George Du Maurier, illustration in London Society. Wood engraving, 1862. Whereas the church and temple bells called to mass or religious service, bells were used on farms for more secular signalling. The greater farms in Scandinavia usually had a small bell-tower resting on the top of the barn. The bell was used to call the workers from the field at the end of the day's work. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A. B. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society. Why do Hindus ring bell in temple". 6 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015 . Retrieved 4 March 2015.

Researchers in one 2003 study looked at whether tea tree oil could be used as a treatment for oral candidiasis (thrush), with promising results. During the testing in the lab, they found that the oil was effective, and a follow-up test on rats confirmed these results. Bells in Japanese religion [ edit ] Wind-powered bell under temple eaves,. Banna-ji. Ashikaga, Tochigi. Jain, Hindu and Buddhist bells, called " Ghanta" (IAST: Ghaṇṭā) in Sanskrit, are used in religious ceremonies. See also singing bowls. A bell hangs at the gate of many Hindu temples and is rung at the moment one enters the temple. [16] Tea tree oil isn’t recommended for children under 12 or those who are pregnant or breastfeeding,' advises Kaura.Douglas, Marietta (June 2002). "What is a Carillon?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-04. Polskie Stowarzyszenie Carillonowe (Poland) - https://web.archive.org/web/20171101132723/http://www.carillon.pl/ last archived on 1 Nov 2017 Huang, Houming (2002). "Prehistoric Music Culture of China". Cultural Relics of Central China (3): 18–27. ISSN 1003-1731.

Tea tree oil is an essential oil that originates from the Tea Tree plant- Melaleuca alternifolia – also known as the Paper Bark tree. Great Tom is the bell that hangs in Tom Tower (designed by Christopher Wren) of Christ Church, Oxford. It was cast in 1680 and weighs over 6tons. Great Tom is still rung 101 times at 21:05 every night to signify the 101 original scholars of the college.Ross, Hugh Munro (1911). "Bell". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.3 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.687–691. Rostoker, William; Bronson, Bennet; Dvorak, James (1984). "The Cast-Iron Bells of China". Technology and Culture. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 25 (4): 750. doi: 10.2307/3104621. ISSN 0040-165X. JSTOR 3104621. S2CID 112143315. The Olympic Bell, commissioned and cast for the 2012 London Olympic Games, is the largest harmonically-tuned bell in the world. Tea tree oil also has a moisturising effect, whereas many other acne treatments have a drying effect on the skin,' she says.