A bell jar is a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases.
A more scientific definition is: a glass, quartz, or...
If *all* of the air was removed, the bell would vibrate if it was rung, but there would be no air to carry the vibrations to the jar walls, so there would be no sound. If only part of the air was...
It is called the bell jar because Esther says that she feels that she feels almost as if she has been stuck under a bell jar.Also, the story is comparing the effects of being under a bell jar, which...