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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20629, 19 August 1932, Page 15

As a timekeeper one is accustomed to regard Big Ben as beyond reproach. People in London and far afield set their watches "by him when tlie wireless brings in his deep notes. Bat Big Ben goes wrong frequently—twice in every hour, to be exact. When the big minute hand gets to about ten past the hour the strain on the spindle to which it is attached begins to be tremendous. This hand is ten feet Ibng and no featherweight. The result is that it "races" between ten past and twenty past each hour and reaches the figure IV five seconds too early. Then eomes the upward journey after the VI is passed. From twenty minutes to, until ten to, the strain tells again, and tho hand reaches the X five seconds late. Luckily tlie five seconds gained daring tlw downward half ia joet balanced,