Saturday, July 10, 2010

Big Ben Clock


Big Ben is at the famous City of London (the capital of fog), the most popular device for measuring time in the world, and is considered one of the most important features of tourists keen to visit in Britain. Has overseen the implementation and design of tower and the Minister of Works, British, Benjamin Hall, then, as Benjamin huge body, were referred to him as Big Ben, has been named in his honor on the bell at large and later to include the time itself, and began work time since June 3, 1859.

Known time accuracy in the measurement of micro-time, is ticking a symbol of the timing of the World, and weighs Jursha about thirteen tons, and the length of Akrbhe 9 and 14 feet. There are hours in the tower of St. Stephan in the northern part of the parliament building in a circle and Westminster in the British capital, and the clock tower 320 feet tall. Time, was designed by Edmund Beckett, Edward Dent, manufacture and after his death, Frederick Dent .. Since in 1924 began beats Big Ben announces the time by the BBC every day. He used a lot of people around the world to hear the ticking before BBC news bulletins.

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