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Big Ben the Graybeard IDIG BEN in London’s timeline
London’s Big Ben marks 100 years as the city’s precise public clock. Designed by Edmund Denison and named for Benjamin Hall, the clock runs with pendulum coin adjustments and descending weights, four faces on Parliament tower, with a history of weather stoppages and wartime signals.
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Edmund Becket Denison
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