| Show jol lol- lol What Time Is It lei Clocks play an important part in our lives regulating the ebb and flow of our activities although we rarely ever rea realize lIe it Some of at the largest clocks are the electric clocks r which tell the time for thousands of at people daily The biggest biggest big big- gest of these is said to be In Eng England nd It is installed in the tower of the Roy Roy- Royal nl al Liver Building in Liverpool This huge time keeper was designed constructed con can and erected by Gent Co I 1 ltd td Leicester England The clock standing at an altitude of ot feet teet from the ground has four dials each 2 25 feet In diameter The hands of the tho clock which arc fO fourteen fourteen four four- teen feet in length and three feet fee wide in itt the center are arc constructed of sheet copper correr with metal gun-metal ribs No Xo Noless Noless l less than sixteen tons of ot Irl iron 1 am and opal glass were used in the construe construe- tion tin of tho the dla dials Tho The ro clockwork kwork itself weighs nearly r. three tons It Is automatically driven by ai an Exile tt Battery ry without any attention or winding This battery was Installed install Install- ed cd in 1911 fourteen years ago am and has been in constant service since without without any any ny attention or renewals beyond the usual charging The Royal Liver Lher building clock nl al al- ways ars shows the correct time as It is I controlled by the tho time si signal sig- sig nal which is received at 10 n n. n m m. daily In the absence of the signal however the transmitter or master clock controlling the heavy mechanIsm mechanism mechanism ism would be bo capable of at keeping time timeto to within approximately one second per week |
