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.
Ай уишъ том хэд кам ту ё пати
ес. уви вууд хэв хэд э грэйт тайм
ай риали мисс май бразээ. Иф онли хи уээ(увэ/увээр) хиа
увай донт ю визит хим?
Иф онли пипл вууд драйв мооооо кеэяфули
есс. Зен зееер вууд би фьюэр аксидэнтс.
Ай увииш ай хэдонт биин соу рууд ту Руф зис морнинг
ай ноу. ай сы(и)нк ю шуд аполаджайс
In 1552, Russian troops were on the victorious assault on Kazan under the banner of "Merciful Savior." In the chronicle records of the siege of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible (1552) says, "and told the Emperor herugvi razvertiti Christian, that is to say the banner on their image of our Lord Jesus Christ, not made with hands, and hoisted up on life-giving cross, others like baa at his grandparent, our sovereign, of Great dostohvalnogo Prince Dmitry on the Don. "Banner of Ivan the Terrible and a half centuries was accompanied by the Russian army. When the queen Sophia Alekseevne it visited in the Crimean campaigns, and under Peter I - in the Azov campaign and the war against the Swedes.
In the Personal chronicles plotting banner of Ivan the Terrible in Kazan campaign - forked white with the image of the Savior and the eight-pointed cross on it. According to others the banner (probably regiment) was red with a picture of the Savior. A copy of this banner, many times restored, still kept in the Kremlin Armoury.
Is well-known so-called "Great banner" Ivan the Terrible. This flag in the form of a trapezoid (with slope). Flagstaff on azure field depicts Saint Michael on the horse. On the slope of "sugar" color depicts Christ. Banner has a rim "cranberry color", in addition slope fringe "poppy" colors.
In 1612, over the host, which came from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow, waved the banner of Dmitry Pozharsky. It was crimson, and on one of its side bore the image of the Lord Almighty, and on the other - the Archangel Michael. Militia led by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky put an end to the Troubles, the liberation of the Polish-Lithuanian rule and liberated Moscow from invaders. Enemies and traitors to Russia were expelled, and the Russian state is restored. Banner of Prince Pozharsky, upon the occurrence of peacetime was placed in the church and revered equally with icons. In the terrible year of Napoleon's invasion with banner Pozharsky was made and presented to an exact copy of the Nizhny Novgorod militia.
Religious subjects depicted and other royal banner. On the red banner of Alexei Mikhailovich, for example, depicted the face of the Savior.
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Во многих американских школах не задают домашку. На математике пользуются калькуляторами. Даже такие простые действия как 10×12 они выщитывают на калькуляторе..в старших классах. В общем, образование в школах хуже, чем у нас
