{"id":1593,"date":"2015-04-23T17:14:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magenta-englishclub.org\/?page_id=1593"},"modified":"2015-04-29T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T14:04:14","slug":"1859-the-first-rang-of-big-ben","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.magenta-englishclub.org\/?page_id=1593","title":{"rendered":"1859 – Big Ben rings for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tower\"<\/a>Listen to the sound of the Bell !<\/a>\"noterosse\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Where is it? in London! Right!<\/p>\n

What is it? a clock tower! Wrong!<\/p>\n

Big Ben is the NAME OF THE BELL<\/strong> in the famous clock tower in London and \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026. it first rang 31st May 1859.<\/p>\n

Big Ben doesn’t have a clapper. He is struck by a hammer from the outside. There are also four smaller bells which play the “Westminster Chimes,” which comes from the aria \u2018I Know that My Redeemer Liveth\u2019 in Handel’s “Messiah.”<\/p>\n

Why is it called Big Ben?<\/p>\n

Nobody knows the exact origin but probably the bell was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who supervised the installation. His name is actually inscribed on the bell itself.<\/p>\n

How tall is the tower?<\/p>\n

The Big Ben tower is 315 feet high\u2014making it the third tallest free standing clock tower in the world and it holds the largest four-faced chiming clock. The clock tower is actually tilted. Due to some tunnel excavation nearby, the tower now leans slightly towards the northwest by 8.66 inches. The leaning tower of London!<\/p>\n

Has it ever been wrong?<\/p>\n

In 1949, a flock of birds constantly pecking on the minute hand made it slow down by 4.5 minutes.<\/p>\n

DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM RIMAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the inscription on the clock face. It means:<\/p>\n

O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First.<\/p>\n

Yes, Queen Victoria! One of the most famous British women in history.<\/p>\n

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