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Another interesting fact is that you can use Big Ben to demonstrate that light and radio waves are much faster than sound. Tune into Radio 4 when they broadcast the chimes, and you will hear the bells on the radio a split second before you hear them from the clock tower itself. You can prove this to be the case if you can do a little bit of maths and physics. |
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So why do people say its St Stephen's Tower? |
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@andrewh - For two years I lived within hearing distance of Big Ben and I always promised myself I'd do this but somehow I never got round to it until the very last day before we moved, and it was a Sunday, and they didn't broadcast the chimes when I was expecting them to ... |
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Tours are available to non-UK residents, but only if you're a Parliamentary pass-holder. My tour was mostly made up of Americans toting regular Parliament security passes: I assume they were interns working as researchers for MPs. |
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Oh, I always thought it was St Stephen's Tower. Is there a St Stephen's tower in London I wonder? |
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Thanks for compiling this awesome post... it was entirely amazing. I have to say, it does look like someone ought to spray a little WD-40 on Big Ben, as it seems from the video that he's going a bit rusty just at that spot by his ringer. |
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When trying Andrewh experiment (post #1)Radio 4 must be on Long Waves or VHF, if you try it using DAB radio the sound will be delayed due to digital prcocessing time. |
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I explored the Big Ben time delay in a post five years ago. New Year's Eve, obviously. |
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The pedantic son of a patternmaker writes: That's not Big Ben's mould, that's Big Ben's 'strickle'. |
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Love that glimpse of the Eye in your photo. |
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