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Electric bell

noun

A bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current.

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"Electric bell" Quotes from Famous Books

... the first morning of his sojourn in the establishment of Ho-Pin by the loud ringing of an electric bell immediately beside his bed. He sprang upright with a catching of the breath, peering about him at the unfamiliar surroundings and wondering, in the hazy manner of a sleeper newly awakened, where he was, and ...

— The Yellow Claw • Sax Rohmer

... under the wall of a big white house in the Chausee de Nieuport, which formed the south side of the racecourse, and where, between us and the sea, rose the colossal Royal Palace Hotel, when Fremy advanced to the big varnished oak door, built wide for the entrance of automobiles, and rang the electric bell. ...

— The Sign of Silence • William Le Queux

... at eleven o'clock in the morning the electric bell rang in my footman's quarters to let me know that my master was awake. When I went into the bedroom with his polished shoes and brushed clothes, Georgy Ivanitch would be sitting in his bed with a face that looked, not drowsy, ...

— The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... unable to open the door, paralysis having apparently supervened, the Prophet did so, and the cheerful little party emerged upon the step to find Lady Enid Thistle in the very act of pressing the electric bell. When she beheld the vivacious trio, all agog for their morning's expedition, come thus suddenly upon her, she cried ...

— The Prophet of Berkeley Square • Robert Hichens

... explain matters to the maid at Number 10," he said, quite civilly, and Curtis was soon pressing an electric bell at the ...

— One Wonderful Night - A Romance of New York • Louis Tracy

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