Electric Bell

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Electric bell

Electric bell is 
commonly used for
fire alarms, clocks,
doorbells and etc.
An electric bell is a mechanical bell that 
functions by means of an electromagnet.
When an electric current is applied, it
produces a repetitive buzzing or clanging
sound. Electric bells have been widely used
at railroad crossings,
in telephones, fire and burglar alarms,
as school bells, doorbells, and alarms in
industrial plants, since the late 1800s, but they
are now being widely replaced with
electronic sounders.
An electric bell consists of one or more 
electromagnets, made of a coil of
insulated wire around an iron core, which
attract a springy iron armature with a
clapper. When an electric current flows
through the coils, the electromagnet
creates a magnetic field which pulls the
armature towards it, causing the clapper
to strike the bell.
An example of electric bell