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On navy ships bells are struck to designate the number of hours on watch. Each watch is four hours in length, one bell is struck after the first half hour, two bells after one hour and three bells after 1.5 hours, and so on up to 8 bells which are struck after the completion of four hours when the watch is then completed
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