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Big Ben, on the other, Big Ben tower of Westminster Palace clock. There is a tradition that the Church bells are baptized and give them the name of one Saint, however, this bell is most likely named after Benjamin Hall, a supervisor of the installation in the tower. Its weight is about 14 tons, and a height of 3 meters, this data is put it in second place among the bells in the entire UK. In the first place the bell Big Paul, set in a London Cathedral. Paul. Big Ben later became a nickname not only for bells, but also hours, and the entire clock tower. Tower the last "detaxe" architect Augustus Pugin it was erected in Gothic revival form in 1858. It's part of the Palace of Westminster, rebuilt after a fire. The tower height of 96.3 meters. Unfortunately, tourists from other countries are not allowed inside the tower, and the citizens of the Kingdom have the opportunity to visit it only in groups with their MP. The Elevator in the tower is missing, upstairs are stone steps in the amount of 334 pieces big Ben - the biggest clock in the world with four dials. The diameter of one of them is 7 meters, a hand that shows minutes, has a length of 4.3 meters, the hour is 2.7 meters. Running watches are known for precision. Near the top of the pendulum is kept the ancient coin one penny, they serve for maintenance of the mechanism. The clock can be changed by putting it on top of the pendulum a coin. At the beginning of 1962, heavy snowfall caused the ice arrows. They slowly began to move, and the pendulum, detached from its main mechanism began to move in vain. The onset of the 1962 big Ben declared with a delay of ten minutes. The hallmark of the capital of Britain was the tower of big Ben. If the film is required to show that the action takes place in the UK in the background there necessarily emerges the outline of big Ben. In the newsroom he used as a screensaver and chime hours is the call sign of the company Bi-Bi-si.