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Show Bells are rung on board naval vessels to denote the time. One bell is sounded at 12:30 o'clock a.m.; two bells at 1:00 o'clock; and so on until eight bells are rung at 4:00 o'clock a.m.; then at 4:30 the procedure starts over with one bell. Eight bells are struck at midnight. mid-night. Once a year, at midnight on New Year's eve, sixteen bells are struck to proclaim the ushering in of the new year. Keeping time by means of bells dates back to the time of Pharoahs. Eight oared boats used to ply the Nile, carrying carry-ing two or more supernumeraries time of the Pharoahs. Eight oared time. At one bell, number one was relieved and so on until at eight t bells the last of the original oarsmen oars-men was relieved to take a rest. o |