“Big Ben,” of London, perhaps the most famous clock in the world, dates from 1858. It has four 23ft dials, and it- used to take two men three afternoons a week to wind it. It is now* wound by an electric motor in 20 minutes.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 497, 29 October 1928, Page 11
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