Peals of Eight Bells.

Without amusing our selves with what Notes are most Musical, to lye behind, we will come to the matter of Fact; for those Methods of Peals that are prick’d on six, may be the same upon Eight, Observing only, that Triples and Doubles upon Six, must be Quadruples, and Triples upon Eight.

The Imperial Bob.

Quadruples and Triples.

The Treble hath a dodging Course, the two first, and two last Bells always dodge, till hindered by the Treble, the two next to these, lying still one Change, dodge the next, till the Treble hinders them too, Those in the 5th. and 6th. places dodge (the Treble being behind) and those in the 3d. and 4th. places likewise dodge (the Treble being before) and so till hindered by the Treble.

12345678 |
-------- | 42361875 | 16847253 | 14283675
21436587 | 24368157 | 16482735 | --------
12346578 | 42631875 | -------- | 18645273
21436587 | 24613857 | 18765432 | 18462537
24136578 | 42168375 |  bob.  | --------
42315687 | 24618357 | 17864523 | 16587432
24135678 | 42163857 | -------- |  bob.
42316587 | 41268357 | 16573824 | 15684732
24361578 | 14623875 |  bob.  | --------
42635187 | 41263857 | 15678342 | 18753624
24631578 | 14628375 | -------- |  bob.
42365187 | 14263857 | 17352648 | 17856342
24635817 | 41628375 | 17536284 | --------
42368571 | 14268357 | -------- | 15372846
24365817 | 41623875 | 13274586 | 15738264
42638571 | 46128357 | 13725468 | --------
24365871 | 64213875 | -------- | 13254768
42638517 | 46123857 | 12438765 | 13527486
24635871 | 64218375 | 12347856 | --------
42368517 | 46281357 | -------- | 12436587
24638157 |  _&c._   | 14826357 | 12345678
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By this method the Peal will go 224 Changes, and by making of Bobs it will go 448, 672, 1344.  The Bob is a Triple Change at the leading of the Treble, wherein the Bell in the Fourth place lies still.

The next that comes to our Observation, and answers to what we first hinted at in the beginning of this discourse of Peals upon Eight Bells, I mean Precedency in Title, is the

Bob Major.

Plain Quadruples and Triples.

In this all the Bells have a direct Hunting Course, until the Treble leads, and then the six hindmost Bells dodge.

12345678 |
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21436587 | 86745231 | 35172846
24163857 | 87654321 | 31527486
42618375 | 78563412 | 13254768
46281735 | 75836142 | 31527486
64827153 | 57381624 |
68472513 | 53718264 |

By this method this will go 112.  And by making Bobs, 224, 336, or 672.  The Bob is a Triple Change, as in the foregoing Imperial is specified.  By making two Extreams, it will go 1344, and with four Extreams, 2688.