1. Big-Ben Viktoria Novikova 5 «V»

2. Name  There are two versions of the origin of the name. The first is that the bell was named Big Ben (Big Ben) in honor of Sir Benjamin Hall (English) Russian., Curator of the construction works. According to another - after Benjamin County (English) Russian., A popular boxer in the heavyweight division.

4. Tower The tower was built by English architect Augustus Pyudzhina in 1859, the clock tower started up May 31, 1859. Height of the tower, including the spire - 96.3 meters. The lower part of the clock mechanism is located at a height of 55 meters. Official name until September 2012 was "The Clock Tower of Westminster Palace." According to the decision of the British Parliament renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honor of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.Before the tower housed a prison. Its only prisoner in the history of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst was.

5. Watch Big clock Westminster are the world's largest four- sided clock with fight. Clock designed by Sir Edmund Beckett (English) Russian. and the Astronomer Royal George Airy. Creating hours was requested watchmaker Edward John Dent (English) Russian., And after his death in 1853 his stepson Frederick Dent led the construction and completed the work in 1854. Pendulum clocks mounted inside windproof box located below the room with clockwork. Its length is 4 meters, weight - 300 kg. Move the pendulum is 2 seconds. Accuracy of the clock is regulated by the coins, which are placed on a pendulum old ( dodesyatichnaya ) 1 penny coin accelerates its move to 0.4 seconds per day. The total weight of the movement - 5 tons. Dial diameter - 7 meters. Length of the arrows - 2.7 and 4.2 meters. The base of each of the four watch dials is a Latin inscription «Domine Salvam fac Reginam nostram Victoriam primam» (« God save our Queen Victoria I»). Along the perimeter of the tower on the right and left of the clock, there is another phrase in Latin - «Laus Deo» (« Glory to God " or " Praise the Lord ")July 27, 2012, from 8.12 to 8.15, the clock struck 30 times in honor of the XXX Olympic Games. The first time since 1952 chimes worked out schedules.

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