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clock. There are four dial plates, one on each side of the 

 summit of the tower, with which this mechanism is 

 connected. It is also connected with the chime, on 

 which it rings two notes for the first quarter, four for 

 the second, six for the third, and eight for the fourth, 

 striking the hour on the great bell. A narrow stair- 

 case leads up the tower to the last floor, where is located 

 the simple apparatus by which the chime is played. 

 A second staircase brings the visitor to the belfry. Here 

 are hung the ten bells composing the University chime. 

 The total weight of the chime is about 11,000 pounds, 

 the largest bell weighing 4,889 pounds, and the smallest 

 230. The largest bell, the " Magna Maria," is the gift 

 of Mrs. Andrew D. White, the other nine, composing 

 the original chime, having been presented to the Uni- 

 versity by Mrs. Jennie McGraw-Fiske. The large bell 

 bears the inscription, " The gift of Mary, wife of An- 

 drew D. White, first President of the Cornell University, 

 1869." "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth 

 peace, good-will toward men." " To tell of thy loving 

 kindness early in the morning, and of thy truth in the 

 night season ; ' ' with this stanza written expressly for 

 it by Professor James Russell Lowell : 



I call as fly the irrevocable hours, 



Futile as air or strong as fate, to make 

 Your lives of sand or granite, awful powers ; 



Even as men choose, they either' give or take. 



The nine bells, beginning with the smallest, bear the 

 following stanzas taken from Tennyson's "In Memo- 

 riam : ' ' 



