AUTHOR: VALERIA VERONICA! AND Topic: Big Ben!
BIG BEN - THE BIG TOWER CLOCK ATTACHED TO THE TOWER OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. MORE CORRECTLY SPEAKING, THE NAME BIG BEN REFERS TO THE BELL, MOUNTED ON A TOWER. LATER, THE NAME OF THE BELL EXTENDED TO WATCH THEMSELVES, AND THE TOWER.
ORIGIN OF THE NAME BIG BEN BELL IS ASSOCIATED WITH TWO NAMES: BENJAMIN HALL, WHICH CONTRASTED WITH THE ADDITION OF PLUMP AND FAMOUS BOXERBENJAMIN COUNTY. BENJAMIN HALL WAS THEN CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASTING OF THE BELL.
AFTER THE WAR THE CLOCK SHOWS THE EXACT TIME IS NOT SO. THE REASON WAS A BOMB HIT THE CLOCK TOWER. TO CORRECT THE ERROR SOMEONE SUGGESTED USING A COIN - OLD ENGLISH PENNY. TO ACCELERATE THE FOUR-METER PENDULUM FOR A FEW SECONDS A DAY, WE HAVE TO PUT IT THIS COIN. THAT'S THE WAY THE SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF THE CLOCK MECHANISM, TO ACHIEVE THEIR PRECISE WORK. GIVEN THE TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, IT IS EVERY TWO DAYS, TESTED EXTENSIVELY AND LUBRICATION MECHANISM.
BIG BEN - IS THE MOST FAMOUS LANDMARK OF LONDON. IN FACT, BIG BEN IS THE NAME OF THE GREAT BELL OF THE CLOCK, LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER IN LONDON. THIS IS PART OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEX OF THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER. THE OFFICIAL NAME - CLOCK " TOWER OF WESTMINSTER PALACE, " ALSO REFERRED TO AS' THE TOWER OF ST. STEPHEN. "" IG BEN" - IS THE B BUILDING ITSELF AND THE CLOCK WITH A BELL. ITS NAME IS DERIVED FROM THE NAME OF 13 -TON BELL, SET WITHIN IT.
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