Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 21, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 36
Additional Source Text:
"The Bell Rock when struck may be herd at the distance of a Mile"
Notes:
This area is now encompassed in Ringing Rocks Park in Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County, Pa. For an extensive account of the phenomenon, see Wikipedia, s.v. "Ringing rocks."
The donor was Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854), the son of Robert Patterson (1742-1824) and a chemist, mathematician, and physician.
