But at the University of Oxford, they have an electric bell that has been ringing essentially non-stop on one set of batteries for about 178 years! Is the energy crisis solved then? Perhaps not.

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The Oxford Electric Bell, located in the Clarendon Laboratory at the University of Oxford, has been ringing nonstop for over ...

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They are found in electric motors and loudspeakers. Electric bells like the ones used in most schools also contain an electromagnet. The slideshow describes how an electric bell works.