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.
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01.11.2020
Spices diversity of wild animals differs greatly from one region of the world to another one. almost all the world’s largest animals live in southern countries, where there is enough food and the weather conditions are more or less even throughout the year. for example, the biggest terricole is the african bush elephant, which inhabits vast savannas of this continent. the highest animal in the world is the giraffe, which also lives in africa. both the giraffe and the elephant are herbivorous, i.e they eat only plant food. interestingly, the world’s largest carnivore lives in the arctic. it is the polar bear, which is considered to be one of the largest, heaviest and the most dangerous wild animals. its diet consists mostly of fish and small marine animals. and as for the biggest marine mammal, it is, of course, the blue whale. to my mind, the most unusual wild animals live in australia. it is, for example, the kangaroo – the most well-know marsupial mammal, which breeds the young in the pouch. it is also a koala bear – a sluggish wooly animal which is often called the symbol of australia. finally, australia is home for the emu, the second largest flightless bird in the world.. as for my homeland, the most famous russian wild animal is, of course, the bear. also in vast taiga forests one can meet wolves, foxes, hares, squirrels, wild pigs, roe deer, and so on. some of them can be rather dangerous, especially in mating season.