The minutes dragged leaden-winged, and even the sounders on the despatcher's table were silent.
"The Grafters"
Francis Lynde
I obviated this by using several relays, each with a different adjustment, working several sounders all connected with one sounding-plate.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Accordingly, the forger was put to Death; the utterer of a bad note was put to Death; the unlawful opener of a letter was put to Death; the purloiner of forty shillings and sixpence was put to Death; the holder of a horse at Tellson's door, who made off with it, was put to Death; the coiner of a bad shilling was put to Death; the sounders of three-fourths of the notes in the whole gamut of Crime, were put to Death.
"A Tale of Two Cities A Story of the French Revolution"
Charles Dickens