User talk:Emar22

doing science fair project. doing about the clock tower of london (Big Ben) Birthday jan 1st 2009 (150th) Big ben is a bell in the bell tower not the clock or clock tower its self House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA(Address) coordinates 51.500611,-0.124611 There are four sides on the clock because that way you can see what time it is from all angles the bell inside is as tall as a man fully operational on September 7th, 1859. each clock is 23 feet in diammater it was named after the man who scalped the bell sir benjamin hall on remeberance day the clock chimes a song on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month the bell itself weighs almost 14 tons  it also makes a speacail 12 big bongs for new years eve

LOCATION: Houses of Parliament- London, England. BUILT: 1858-1859 CLOCK TOWER HEIGHT: 320 feet. CLOCK DIALS: 4 DIALS DIAMETER: 23 feet. LARGEST BELL WEIGHT:14 tons. MINUTE HANDS LENGTH: 14 feet.. NUMBER SIZE: 2 feet. THE TOWER: Is not open to public.

On February 18th, 1956, radio listeners heard an odd time signal. The clock's microphone picked up and broadcast to the nation a mixture of chimes and workmen's conversation.

When the clock was finally placed in position within the Tower, it was found that the 2 1/2-ton cast-iron hands were too heavy to move and so were replaced with hands made from a lighter material. On May 31st, 1859, the clock and bell became operational, but within a few months the bell cracked again. Too large a hammer had been fitted, so instead of recasting the bell, a lighter hammer was fitted

The chimes have been broadcast daily since they were started. With the outbreak of the Second World War, however, it was decided that they should not be transmitted after dark. In 1940, the telegraph line that was used to check the clock's accuracy with the Greenwich Observatory was destroyed. The link was never repaired as the Westminster clock had proved remarkably accurate -- it had been no more than a second out on 347 of 365 days the previous year

Big Ben was first heard over the radio on New Year's Eve, 1923, when its chimes were broadcast at midnight to announce the New Year. From February 17th, 1924, the bell of Big Ben could regularly be heard on BBC radio, along with the Greenwich `pips'.

the bell in the tower is actullaly the second bell for that they had to replace the first one because it broke during testing

23+4=27 feet