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constant as the polar star

Royal Belgian Observatory The bell is fixed so that you you can see the polar star through the hole trough the centre, due to this aspecting it reveals the angle of the earth to the sun and the change of the seasons
M V Marcus Vergette

Silent bell

corrosion

Time and Tide Bell, Trinity Buoy Wharf Londonn

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