Big Ben (Engl. Big Ben — the name of the largest of the six bells of Westminster Palace in London, often the name refers to the clock and Clock tower as a whole. At the time of casting big Ben was the largest and heaviest (13,7 tons) a bell United Kingdom. In 1881 yielded to the bell Big Paul (English).Russian. (17 tons). It is believed that the bell was named big Ben (Big Ben) in honor of sir Benjamin Hall, the curator of the construction work. According to another version, he is named in honor of Benjamin count (eng.)Russian., popular boxer in the heavyweight division The tower was built by English architect Augustus Pugin in the Gothic revival style, 1859, the tower clock started on 31 may 1859. The height of the tower, including the spire — 96.3 meters. The lower part of the clock mechanism located at a height of 55 meters. The official name until September 2012 was the "Clock tower of Westminster Palace", in the press it was often called St. Stephen's Tower. According to the decision of the British Parliament renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honor of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The big clock of Westminster are the second largest in the world (next to the clock of the city Hall of Minneapolis) four-sided clock with fight.
The clock was designed by sir Edmund Beckett (English).Russian. and the astronomer Royal George airy. The creation of the watch was instructed in watchmaking master Edward John dent (English).Russian., after whose death in 1853 construction was headed by his stepson Frederick dent. Frederick completed the work in 1854.
The pendulum clock is installed inside the wind-proof box, located below the room with a clockwork mechanism. Its length is 4 meters, weight 300 kg. the pendulum is 2 seconds. The accuracy of the clock is regulated using coins, which are placed on the pendulum: the old (dodecahedra) coin 1 penny accelerates its motion by 0.4 seconds per day.
The total weight of the movement — 5 tons.
The dial diameter is 7 meters.
The length of the arrows is 2.7 and 4.2 meters.
At the base of each of the four dials is a Latin inscription "Domine Salvam fac Reginam nostram Victoriam primam" ("God save our Queen Victoria the First").
At the perimeter of the tower, to the right and to the left of the clock, is another phrase in Latin — "Laus Deo" ("Glory to God" or "praise the Lord")
July 27, 2012 from 8:12 to 8:15 the clock struck 30 times in honor of the opening of the XXX Olympic games. For the first time since 1952 chimes were working out the schedule.
Дорогие друзья, Это письмо я пишу вам из Англии. Меня зовут Нелл Смит. Мне 13 лет. Я хожу в среднюю общеобразовательную школу. Она очень большая. В нашей стране много школ,где вместе учатся девочки и мальчики,но есть и те,где учатся раздельно. Наша школа огромна,здесь много учителей и учеников. У нас есть директор,замдиректора,более 30 учителей и около тысячи учеников. Поскольку школа общеобразовательная,у нас есть как преподаваемые всем предметы,так и дополнительные. В качестве них вы можете выбрать даже уход и домохозяйство. В школу мы ходим пять дней в неделю,с понедельника по пятницу. В субботу и воскресенье -- выходной. В 8:45 я прихожу в школу,уроки начинаются в 9:00. Уроков пять: два до завтрака и три после. После обеда ещё два дополнительных занятия. В 15:40 всё заканчивается и я обычно иду домой. Когда я прихожу домой,то начинаю делать домашние задания. В школе я изучаю 13 предметов: английский,математику,французский,немецкий,биологию,историю, географию,рукоделие,ИЗО,игры,физкультуру,музыку и религию. Заканчивая своё письмо,я хотел бы спросить тебя кое о чём. Так ли сильно общеобразовательные школы Казахстана отличаются от наших? Мальчики и девочки учатся вместе или раздельно? Какие предметы преподаются в вашей школе? Сколько ты их изучаешь? Каков твой учебный день? Отличается от нашего напиши мне о своей школе.
Концепция, безусловно, хороший, как современной авиаперелетов такой хорошей мишенью для сатиры. Существует несколько хороших персонажей действующих и большие, тоже, как и грубые проверки в девушек. Мелодия и Кили, то пафосно авиакомпания стюардесса, Пенни, и ксенофобские иммиграционной службы, Ян ног. Существует реальная псевдодокументальный чувствую, тоже с голоса за кадром и персонажи говорили непосредственно к камере. Қазіргі заманғы әуе саяхат сатира үшін осындай жақсы мақсатты болып табылады тұжырымдамасы, әрине жақсы бірі болып табылады. Дөрекі тексеру-қыздар сияқты тым кейбір жақсы актерлік және үлкен кейіпкерлері, бар. Әуен және Keeley, снобистским әуе стюардесса, Пенни және ксенофобиялық иммиграциялық ресми, Ян Foot. Нақты mockumentary сезімін камера тікелей сөйлесіп войсоверов және кейіпкерлері бар, тым, бар
At the time of casting big Ben was the largest and heaviest (13,7 tons) a bell United Kingdom. In 1881 yielded to the bell Big Paul (English).Russian. (17 tons).
It is believed that the bell was named big Ben (Big Ben) in honor of sir Benjamin Hall, the curator of the construction work. According to another version, he is named in honor of Benjamin count (eng.)Russian., popular boxer in the heavyweight division
The tower was built by English architect Augustus Pugin in the Gothic revival style, 1859, the tower clock started on 31 may 1859.
The height of the tower, including the spire — 96.3 meters. The lower part of the clock mechanism located at a height of 55 meters.
The official name until September 2012 was the "Clock tower of Westminster Palace", in the press it was often called St. Stephen's Tower. According to the decision of the British Parliament renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honor of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
The big clock of Westminster are the second largest in the world (next to the clock of the city Hall of Minneapolis) four-sided clock with fight.
The clock was designed by sir Edmund Beckett (English).Russian. and the astronomer Royal George airy. The creation of the watch was instructed in watchmaking master Edward John dent (English).Russian., after whose death in 1853 construction was headed by his stepson Frederick dent. Frederick completed the work in 1854.
The pendulum clock is installed inside the wind-proof box, located below the room with a clockwork mechanism. Its length is 4 meters, weight 300 kg. the pendulum is 2 seconds. The accuracy of the clock is regulated using coins, which are placed on the pendulum: the old (dodecahedra) coin 1 penny accelerates its motion by 0.4 seconds per day.
The total weight of the movement — 5 tons.
The dial diameter is 7 meters.
The length of the arrows is 2.7 and 4.2 meters.
At the base of each of the four dials is a Latin inscription "Domine Salvam fac Reginam nostram Victoriam primam" ("God save our Queen Victoria the First").
At the perimeter of the tower, to the right and to the left of the clock, is another phrase in Latin — "Laus Deo" ("Glory to God" or "praise the Lord")
July 27, 2012 from 8:12 to 8:15 the clock struck 30 times in honor of the opening of the XXX Olympic games. For the first time since 1952 chimes were working out the schedule.