BIG BEN CHANGES TO DECIMALS.—Mr W. Elson, who is in charge of the maintenance of the Big Ben clock in the Victoria tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, about to place a twopenny piece of the new decimal currency on the clock’s pendulum. The pendulum has to be adjusted according to the weather, and coins are used as weights to maintain the clock’s accuracy to within a fifth of a second in 24 hours. The coins already on the pendulum are old-style pennies.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32542, 27 February 1971, Page 20
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85BIG BEN CHANGES TO DECIMALS.—Mr W. Elson, who is in charge of the maintenance of the Big Ben clock in the Victoria tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, about to place a twopenny piece of the new decimal currency on the clock’s pendulum. The pendulum has to be adjusted according to the weather, and coins are used as weights to maintain the clock’s accuracy to within a fifth of a second in 24 hours. The coins already on the pendulum are old-style pennies. Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32542, 27 February 1971, Page 20
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