Big-Ben — a bell tower in London, a part of an architectural complex of the Westminster palaceThe official name — «the Hour tower of the Westminster palace», also it name «the Tower of St. Stefana».
an inscription in Latin: «My God store queen Victoria» - a tribute of personal respect to the monarch at which there was such concept as British Empire.
fallen down, hour hands are cast from pig-iron, and minute are made of copper sheet. It is counted up that the minute Arrows pass the general distance for a year In190 km.
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Big Ben and other small bells surrounding it
beat out a ringing of following words: «Through this
hour the Lord stores me and force it won't allow to anybody to stumble»
height More than 2 meters, And diameter is equal almost
to 3 meters.
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Tower height 61 meter (without considering a spike);
Hours settle down at height of 55 m from
the earth. At diameter of a dial in 7 meters and length of arrows 2,7 and 4,2 meters, height of each figure — only 61 centimeter. Hours Long time were considered as the greatest in the world.
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Шести-метровая копия "Биг-Бена", сделанная из банок Кока-Колы была
выставлена в лондонском парке, дабы привлечь внимание людей к
вопросу переработки мусора. Художественная инсталляция, созданная скульптором Робертом Бредфордом, стала открытием Недели переработки мусора. "Биг-Бен" – одна из четырех скульптур, появившихся в Великобритании с целью поднять вопрос важности правильной утилизации отходов.