<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp48a5af0eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">An 1896 newspaper article about the installation of a G&J chime with swinging tenor bell (<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96404646" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96404646</a>) makes the claim that this is "the first time the roller principle has been introduced into bell hanging." Is that claim correct? If not, when and where were roller bearings first used?<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp48a5af0esignature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1(314)821-8437 <br>Webmaster for www.TowerBells.org<br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<br><div> * Mission: church bells</div><div><span class="ydpb3b8dea8pasted-link"><span class="ydp73140da6pasted-link">Webmaster for www.TSCChapter134.org</span></span></div><div dir="ltr">Treasurer, World Carillon Federation<br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>