History of London's Big Ben Clock Tower

Big Ben adlh who's name refers to a tower hours trletak at Parliament House in Westminster, London, Great Britain, nd merupakn second largest clock tower in the world. Jam in northeastern trletak d d dr Houses of Parliament Westminster, London. There's a reason the tower is named Big Ben, Big Ben sebenarny adlh nickname of the bell which is located inside (formerly adlh Great Bell). Jg The tower is named after the Tower of Big Ben, or is inexact, the Tower of Saint Stephen.

Structure
Tower in dbangun as part of a new palace construction plans by Charles Barry, who night after the Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire powered on at night October 22, 1834. Tower in height 96.3 meters (316 feet) and constructed with a Victorian Gothic style. 61 meters (200 feet) d bwh hours trbuat dri brick faced by a stone, spire sedangkn buttressed with iron frame dr who dbuat molten iron. Ii dbangun tower above the ground measuring 15 meters by 15 meters, the foundation made of concrete as thick as 3 meters (9 feet), pd depth of 4 meters (13 feet) below prmukaan. All the hours tingginy 55 meters (180 feet) above ground dri.

Due to the changing soil conditions since its construction, the Tower of Big Ben slightly tilted to the northwest approximately 220 millimeters (8.66 inches), the tower is tilted every year as much as several millimeters toward the east and west due to thermal effects.


Clock face
Hours in trkenal krn ketepatanny. Pendesainnya is a lawyer and amateur horologis Edmund Beckett Denison, and George Airy, an astronomer Kingdom. Hours in dbuat by Edward John Dent, who menyelesaikanny in 1854. But the tower of Big Ben when it is complete blm smp yr 1859.

English saying putting a penny on which means slowing the pace, came Dr. method method-derived substance dri pendulum clock. On top of a stack trdpt pendulum penny, this coin for mngubah dgunakn timer clock. Increase / decrease the coin changing center of gravity clock, so the time-out increased by 0.4 seconds a day.

When the Blitz of London, Westminster Palace was bombed by the Germans, pad May 10, 1941, sbuah bomb suddenly destroying two quadruple clock face some dr dn dn tower roof crush people's council room. Architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designed the five-floor room lgi. 2 floors filled moment in another room with the first kQ digunakn pd tgl 26Oktober1950, hours in msh brjaln, although a series of bomb attacks last BSR dn trs trjd smp Blitz ended.

Damage and malfunctions
* New Year 1962: Hours mjdi slow Because snow and ice which covers the long arm of hours, causing the pendulum regardless dri place, to prevent serious damage, this pendulum swung again. So the clock to struck 10 minutes later.
* August 5, 1976: Damage to the first and largest. Part of the bells were destroyed because of metal who is old. Big Ben stops for 9 months and 26 days - hours in akhirny reads pd kmbli dated May 9, 1977, this is the longest since pembangunanny damage. So BBC Radio 4 should mmberi mark time with the sound "pip". 1976 sgt long dry season in summer nd nd Britain may be the cause of damage to the clock.
* 30 April 1997 (the day before the election): stalled.
* Three weeks later: Stop again.
* Friday, May 27, 2005: Clock stopped at 10:07 pm local time, probably stopped because of hot weather (temperatures in London when it reached 31.8 ° C (90 ° F). The hour is finally walking again, but stopped kmbali at 10 : 20 nd evening local time-out stops for 90 minutes until finally running again.
* October 29, 2005: Suspended for 33 hours so that the clock and bell rest. This adlh Oldest dismissal during the period of 22 years.
* 7:00 am June 5, 2006: Bells "Quarter Bells" was issued for four weeks because of damage by time and should be repaired. So, BBC Radio 4's voting time by the sound of birds followed by the sound "pip".

Mechanism
Hours in the famous krn accuracy. Pendesainnya is a lawyer and amateur horologis Edmund Beckett Denison, nd George Airy, an astronomer Kingdom. This clock was made by Edward John Dent, who finish in 1854. But the tower of Big Ben when it has not been completed until 1859.

English saying putting a penny on which means slowing the pace, came dri-substance method method derived dri pendulum clock. On top of the pendulum there is a pile of penny coins, these coins are used to change the clock time. Increase or decrease the coin changing center of gravity clock, so time brtambah as much as 0.4 seconds per day.

When the Blitz of London, Westminster Palace was bombed by the Germans, on May 10, 1941, a bomb tiba2 destroyed two of the four faces at most dn dr roof of the tower and destroy the people's council room. Architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designed the five-floor room again. Two floors are filled today with another room was first used on October 26, 1950, the clock is still running, although a series of major bomb attacks continue trjdi & lasts until the Blitz was over.


Size & Weight
At 9'-0 "diameter, 7'-6" high, and Weighing in at 13 tons 10 cwts 3 qtrs 15lbs (13.760 kg)a