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Show "Big Ben" Not Name of London Clock, but Bell Do you know that there's no such clock as Big Ben? That name is given simply to the bell of the clock over the Houses of Parliament. Big Ben's chime is little more than a whisper compared with what it might be, for the bell is cracked, and the huge hammer originally made for it cannot be used in case it might wreck It. The M. P.'s who sit Immediately under Big Ben do not hear it strike until Its tones have already been heard in the furthermost corners of the British Isles ! Wireless reception is instantaneous; but the sound of Big Ben takes a fraction of a second to reach anybody on the ground wdio Is not "listening In." London Answers. |