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[@yepperdeedooda]

Every time I see this in a movie its getting destroyed.

[@julien.s2002]

Ксения Ковалевская Mars attacks :)

[@krozjr5009]

Raxicoricofallpitorius...

[@JohnDoe-nq2cy]

I wish it did. Fall down through the ceiling in to Westminster during the opening of Parliament. Crushing all the traitors inside.

[@pyeltd.5457]

John Doe then time will be frozen. Duuuurrr

[@ply61]

It's the UK equivalent of the White House

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

*Brilliant solution at the end.* The coin trick is the most budget solution possible to this issue.

[@amahlaka]

I wonder if the original pennies are all still there and how mich they are worth

[@vilstef6988]

Old School large pennies, the one he was holding was a George V.

[@MrOrthopedia]

Arena's British pennies called 'pents?

[@_s_9920]

@@MrOrthopedia when plural we sometimes refer to pennies as "pence" in the same way Americans use "cents".

[@_s_9920]

@@amahlaka not much more at all, there are countless pennies far older in Britain, even Roman era coins aren't that much simply because you can find a few in nearly any field in England.

[@alisonwilliams4862]

He certainly gets his exercise for the day, climbing all those stairs!

[@alexacosta2140]

Alison Williams yet he’s so chunky

[@winstonchurchill3597]

@@alexacosta2140 Bet he could kick your butt.

[@alexacosta2140]

Winston Churchill I doubt it 😂

[@winstonchurchill3597]

@@alexacosta2140 lol

[@mith2946]

@@alexacosta2140 Probably in better shape than you

[@garystinten9339]

Accidentally knocks off the pile of pennies.. Fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu..

[@thomashambly3718]

Gary Stinten someone is going to wake up, look at big Ben, and think he's late too work

[@Coolgiy67]

Thats easy instead of all those coins just put a euro bill problem solved

[@campkira]

@@thomashambly3718 no Londoner look at big ben for time now....just go digital.... what the point?

[@thomashambly3718]

@@campkira big ben is reliable, looks nice, wont fail in the event of a blackout, and has been telling the time for over 100 years. So it is reliable and should be a protected piece of history for future generations to see. Edit: I used to live in london, I always used to check the time on big ben while getting the bus to school

[@JJP_SirenProductions06]

@Gary Einstein, Uhh where?

[@juliecope1083]

WOW 1854?!? Yeah I could see why the Victorians said it's impossible but they found a way

[@cartridgestudios436]

Who else freaked out when he took the 3D model apart with an explosion?

[@Vercus100]

I did. I had the volume up a bit too high, and it definitely startled me.

[@npcgrian2064]

I thought it was exploding like the twin towers and I was like “o shit”

[@fmcminecraft4047]

Ron-Roz The Fox me a little bit

[@finolaaaa]

Me xd

[@tommythehorseu_u9038]

Me too XD

[@SgtPMcDonald]

fun fact: you didn't search for this video

[@tobbe107]

true that!

[@googles1000]

Who the fuck asked

[@verloser]

no but at the samt time.. yes i love watching the history of this clock. still brings me memories

[@Appalachian-Exploration]

I did

[@joffen52]

I kinda did

[@manishmandal-78]

I really have no words to appreciate those engineers. In those days they countered temperature, wind, vibrations, mechanical wear and tear to such a precision. Their understanding of physics and workmanship was so remarkable that with just placing and removing pennies works on such a massive machine.

[@AntPDC]

"It's built to look like a giant medieval castle"? Who writes this drivel? It's a Gothic Revival palace - a civil court building.

[@JohnMcLusky]

Not to mention calling Elizabeth Tower (formerly St Stephen's Tower) "Big Ben".

[@mcleanmartel]

Add the dramatic sound effects of rocks. Oh and the “secret” that’s been passed down.

[@985476246845]

built like a 1800s mansion, more like

[@JohnOwenful]

John, no one calls it the elizabeth tower

[@spencerwilton5831]

John McLusky It was never officially St. Stephens tower, just the clock tower.

[@niyazmather]

i thought it runs on 2 AA batteries

[@magdalenazabaryla8734]

No it would be 2 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Batteries

[@Milanutje]

@@magdalenazabaryla8734 no cus more A's makes the battery smaller

[@Milanutje]

It should be like 0.0000000000001xA

[@RBLXProd]

2 AA^9999

[@foxyfnaf2925]

No it's 100.00 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BATTRIES

[@mrbrownkayumanggiusa1748]

I hope he's training someone younger to continue maintaining the clock when he retires.

[@gesman5000]

Orly Lens he’s the master clock repairman so naturally there would be apprentices

[@yayvideogames8032]

A padawan

[@RollaArtis]

Apprentices? Nothing so antiquated. They are all civil servants, there's plenty of people who could take over his job.

[@airtioteclint]

Nothing to it. Anybody with a penny in their pocket could take over.

[@thomashambly3718]

Onmyway2slayabeastibecame1 it has too be old pennys, and there are the measurements, and the wind up clock, and the stairs

[@1805movie]

It's amazing how all of this is done by one man.

[@natalieobman5018]

The real feat of engineering is being able to alter the clock speed with a penny. That is a perfect mix of either brilliance or insanity. "Just toss a coin on 'er and she'll be right in an hour"

[@stephensnell5707]

And you are aware that the pennies that are used get placed on the Pendulum and will make it move slower or faster

[@cheyenneblack]

The bell is "Big Ben" and not the namesake of the tower. The tower was named for Elizabeth I

[@JFrizey]

It was originally st Bernard's tower, it was renamed for Queen Elizabeth II for her jubilee a few years ago

[@iristhehooman]

This series is gold... Came here after the video on Cologne Cathedral 😂

[@ahmedbajwa6118]

Same😂😂😂

[@MrJakson112]

Not everything he says is true tho

[@patrickmotugi1109]

Me too.

[@santoshghimire7469]

Imagine forgetting the keys at the base floor before going up 300+ staird

[@zslamic]

I'd acc just leave and quit haha

[@thomasw.eggers4303]

That kind of oversight you only make once.

[@bonnienelson8493]

I missread it as "Blowing Up Big Ben". I almost had a heart attack.

[@AnirbanDas21989]

Can't believe they still use pennies to correct time

[@Malevolent_Q]

Cheap and Effective

[@campkira]

@@Malevolent_Q no they just don't want to spend money in going digital... that laptop that monitor are better clock.... but yet again.. londoner don't used big ben for time now...

[@donaldboughton8686]

Old pennies, none of the decimalised crap. From the days when the coinage was substantially made in the Royal Mint up by the Tower of London and not mass produced Welsh rubbish.

[@faer1esoiree]

campkira londoners always use big ben if they are in the area of big ben.

[@stephensnell1379]

@@campkira it'll still chime for years to come in my opinion

[@simonhulmesh]

This is my favourite episode of 'Blowing Up History' I must have watched it 100 times!

[@dirtyblond2332]

Loved this ! Obviously one of the sights we saw visiting London years back, and one of my personal favorites from my world travels. I did a time lapse photo of myself over 5 minutes when there. Cars, double decker buses, and even the hands of the clock moving with me standing still. Would have loved to do a longer time photo, but had to pee really bad.... ;)

[@3puffsss111]

Now its time for the Big Ben to rest some years

[@KosmosHorology]

The pendulum doesn’t “drive a ratchet wheel”! The whole point is to try to get the pendulum to do as little as possible except simply swing. That’s why it’s so accurate.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

Yeah the graphics are good... the narration to go with it should have been much better worded during the writing process. But otherwise well done. Neat to hear from the clock keeper himself and have that nice exploded view of the dials etc. I had no idea there were so many individual panes in the dials for example. I also didn't know they were using a laptop to help with accuracy nowadays.

[@stephensnell5707]

@@andrewbarrett1537 it's worded perfectly In my opinion and there isn't nothing wrong with the wording at all It's absolutely perfect

[@rockmassa4151]

I always admired the way the light reflects onto Big Ben & Parliament....so beautiful.

[@MrJakson112]

"it's build to look like a medieval castle" ...No... Read up on medieval architecture, this was supposed to be a documentary.

[@the.orthodox.photographer2272]

It looks more like a massive church if anything

[@nintony2994]

@@the.orthodox.photographer2272 true

[@aidowl]

Well they got 'medieval' right, since its style - gothic revival - is based on medieval (gothic) architecture. But castle? Not so much.

[@BuildYourOwnWatch]

Fascinating! 2 second a week accuracy, Amazing! A great introduction to one of the beautiful clocks in the World.

[@deeremeyer1749]

Its also complete bullshit. The movement not only has no "second hand" its "escapement" is supposedly "oscillating" in "1-second" units. To be "accurate" or "precise" to any number of "seconds" a timepiece must have the RESOLUTION to display those "seconds" as well as an escapement with "beats" multiple times PER second. a 1/5-second "beat" is "standard" and if you look at the balance of a quality, mechanical watch movement - whether new "Rolex" pocket-watch or century-old Elgin "railroad grade" pocket watch, the balance oscillates 5 times per second rocking the "pallet fork" to advance the escapement one "one-second notch" every 5th beat. 5 "beats" make a "tick" and each "tick" is a second. If that thing were remotely "accurate" or "precise" it would have temperature compensation built in just like MANY precision watch movements including the two I mentioned do so adding a "penny" is never necessary much less "weekly". A "railroad grade" pocket watch was required to be "accurate" or rather "precise" to "seconds per week" but since any "mainspring" gets "weaker" as the clock/watch "runs" and highest "accuracy" and "precision" mean keeping the watch "wound" so frequently it'll be much more quickly "worn out" and "dirty" movements run "fast" while "weak mainsprings" run "slow" but both "average out" as long as the watch is wound "daily" and to be judged "accurate" and "precise" to within "seconds per week" requires "checking" the timekeeping of the watch/clock OVER A FULL WEEK WITH "DAILY" WINDINGS AND WHILE MAKING "ADJUSTMENTS" TO "CALIBRATE" THE MOVEMENT TO "MAXIMUM ACCURACY AND PRECISION BY MINUTE ADJUSTMENT TO THE "BALANCE SPRING" RATHER THAN ADDING/SUBTRACTING WEIGHT TO/FROM THE "BALANCE" BE IT A "WHEEL" OR A "PENDULUM", THAT "MOVEMENT" IS "ACCURATE" TO WITHIN "2 SECONDS PER WEEK" ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S THE MINIMUM "ADJUSTMENT" THAT CAN BE MADE TO IT. IF ITS 2 SECONDS OFF ONE WEEK AND "PENNY" IS ADDED/REMOVED TO "ADJUST" THE MOVEMENT AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK BY A DIFFERENT "CLOCKMAKER" AND HIS "WATCH" ITS "2 SECONDS OFF" AGAIN THAT'S NOT "2 SECONDS OFF". ESPECIALLY SINCE MOVEMENTS ALWAYS "LOSE" OR "GAIN" TIME BUT NEVER "BOTH".

[@MrJakson112]

Actually a pretty shitty introduction

[@RRansomSmith]

@@deeremeyer1749 bullshit

[@blizzbee]

I wanna know how they lift up that thirteen tons bell to that height.

[@SwissSareth]

Very slowly.

[@knowledgereeks]

Aliens

[@JFrizey]

It was wound up by hand crank/pulleys, in one continuous movement

[@admiralpercy]

Very CAREFULLY.

[@J19_vlogger74]

horses drag a pully to make the bell be not so heavy so th horses can pull it, also by hand

[@eddedream8586]

The fact that Big Ben is man powered by only 1 guy is astounding!

[@johnr6168]

The going train (the part that drives the hands) is hand wound every three days but the hour and quarter chiming was changed to electric motor winding many years ago.

[@eddedream8586]

@@johnr6168 oh thanks for informing me

[@andrewbarrett1537]

The chime and strike weights are MUCH heavier than the time weight because they have to lift those colossally heavy hammers for the bells. Also, the gear ratio for the winding crank is such that I think it took like a REALLY LONG TIME to wind up those weights when it was hand cranked, so that was a task that NO ONE LIKED. I think winding the time train takes like an hour, so I imagine winding the chime and strike take even longer (due to the heavier weights, longer length drums accepting a greater length of steel cable, and extra gearing between the winding crank and the drum to make hand-winding possible due to the extra heavy weights) and must have been truly hellacious.

[@Aeronaut1975]

Whoever directed this docu must've been under the mistaken belief that he was directing a new "Transformers" movie.

[@justynsweeting]

Love this video. As a watchmaker, content like this always makes me smile.

[@manchestertart5614]

They didn't even mention the man who made the clock mechanism. I'll Google his name.

[@Def_7470]

6:18 I can still see the crack that the hammer left in 1859

[@julieannalbuzbeba253]

This video and the graphics, etc are about just as amazing as Big Ben itself is. I never knew there was such a thing as ‘Blowing up history’. Looks like I’ve got alot of watching to do!!!!

[@neilbain8736]

There is a story about Little John, the hour bell of the Council House in Nottingham. It goes that it was cast nearby in Loughborough as a replacement for Big Ben but was too heavy and Nottingham got it cheap as they were building their Council House at the time ( 1927? ). It is also said that the chimes on the 10 o'clock ITV News are of Little John, not Big Ben. This story was told to me in a Council House tour. I'd love to know if it is true. You don't get into the bell tower though. Little John is one of the biggest and loudest bells in Europe. On certain days it still can be heard across the city 5 miles away in Bulwell, but only if the wind is blowing that way.

[@johnr6168]

No, the ITV News at Ten has always used the Big Ben chimes. Nottingham City Council offered the live sound of Little John to the BBC (for Radio 4) when Big Ben was out of action for four years during recent work. The BBC decided to use a recording of Big Ben instead. ITV News at Ten have always used a recording of Big Ben anyway.

[@sumiokuge9118]

I've heard Big Ben's clock was out of order for a long period sometime around 1970. My father's English business friend had a big role to repair it. Later he moved to Portugal. Even then, he exchanged letters with my father, who was in a business of watch and clock at Seiko.

[@johnr6168]

Yes, it was in the late 1970s. The speed regulation for the quarter chiming mechanism broke and allowed this part of the mechanism to run dangerously fast. When the 'stop gate' tried to stop the quarters mechanism the huge speed and momentum of the mechanism caused several components in this part of the clock to break.

[@holyt6662]

The computer runs windows xp

[@tncorgi92]

It's a wonder that hasn't got the clock running backward.

[@ScottishRebel]

xp is one of the best os's out there infact most atm's businesses and companies use xp schools tend to use win7 however

[@three3575]

@@ScottishRebel please tell me you're being sarcastic

[@luciano2166]

Victorian systen

[@tweakernation]

@@three3575 He's not. XP is still one of the most used Windows versions as a majority of people are comfortable with it and its easy to use

[@iffybakker7440]

Just Amazing!! Can you imagine balancing all of this so that it Chimes just so, incredible!

[@ellensant8635]

I have probably watched this about 50 times, but it's just so fascinating.

[@reuben8531]

Forb a second, i thought this was the history of when big ben blew up.

[@Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101]

AWES-MAZING video!! This shows just how big of a modern marvel and icon that Big Ben is, and it shows what kind of technology goes into making that big boy chime, and it's because of this, that helps the world keep time

[@locabal8354]

The "Now" moment gave me goosebumps

[@iViking90]

"And to the North: Big Ben" That's Elizabeth Tower, actually. The timepiece in that tower is the Great Clock, and the largest bell housed there is Big Ben.

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

Pretty amazing stuff. Extremely and ingeniuos well done craftsmanship.

[@yukonjimmy]

1:41 Anyone else notice the defibrillator?

[@justanaturalcarguy4031]

6:27 love that sound 😍😍

[@GrnArrow092]

The tower may not have a lift, but there are plans to have one installed during the major renovation that's going on right now. It's expected to take 3 years and £29 million to complete the job.

[@Peyethon]

I hope that they fix the leaning problem because the tower is leaning a little.

[@bcubed72]

29 million...to make marginally easier for the timekeeper?! Hell, pay me HALF that, and I'll promise to never bitch about the stairs again!

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

Will "Her Most Ancient Majesty" ever hear those bells again?

[@dewianjani8021]

Let's see in 2021. I would love to see her to outlived everyone in the monarchy, I mean, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are the last 'historical' figure lived.

[@jarsofbinks6132]

GrnArrow092 that’s fucking $50mil to all the Aussies out there

[@jebbroham1776]

Damn, the engineers who built this clock were a century ahead of their time. I went to London to see Big Ben while my carrier group was docked in Portsmouth and we had shore liberty, but that was in 2018 when the restoration work had already started :C

[@BlindMango]

Them breaking apart the building no doubt took a lot of work but it was ultimately completely useless lol

[@Canonicisme]

This was the beginning of our universe!

[@tasplayz7759]

Thank you for this video because it help me on my homework

[@harishdeo5578]

An impressive video. Great work of mechanical and civil engineering. OMG ! 330+ Steps to climb for rewinding when there was no elevator. Salute to Ian Westworth for devotion and dedication, to keep the ringing at 180 decibels every quarter.

[@willowisblack56]

*108 dB, If the clock sound is 180 dB anyone within a half mile or 800 meters will be killed

[@stephensnell5707]

@@willowisblack56 it's actually 118 Decibels This Video clearly mentions this

[@stephensnell5707]

@@willowisblack56 it would never kill a person it would only do permanent damage to the ears of a human

[@bendriscoll6631]

People don't understand the measurement of decibels. Decibels are NOT a linear measurement unit. For every ten decibel increase, the noise doubles in loudness. Thus, a jet taking off (140 Db) is four times as loud as the clock (120 Db).

[@timharig]

Milo Flint Not quite. Decibels measure the of either the sound pressure or the signal power of a sound wave on a base 10 logarithmic scale. For a 20dB change in sound, the sound pressure amplitude is 10 times as high and imparts 100 times as much energy to the ear. These are exact figures based on definition. But the way the human ear hears volume is much more complicated. The human ear doesn't hear along a clean mathematical function. It depends not only on a sliding scale of sound intensity but also on the frequency of the sound, the waveform/spectrum of the sound, as well as what sound level the ear has acclimated to. A sudden change in volume will seem more intense than slow change in volume as the ear will gradually trend to tune out long term sounds. This why you might find you want to turn up your stereo after listening to it for a while. Finally, it depends on each individual's hearing as loudness can be highly subjective. As a general rule, experimental studies, under laboratory conditions, suggest that a doubling of loudness occurs at changes of somewhere between 6dB and 10dB for sounds in three 45dB to 90dB range.

[@deeremeyer1749]

ACTUALLY DECIBELS ARE "MEASUREMENTS" OF SOUND "INTENSITY" AND "ENERGY" AND EACH DECIBEL IS A "DOUBLING" OF SOUND INTENSITY WITH 10dB being an "order of magnitude" increase in "intensity". AND YOUR EXAMPLE IS ALSO RIDICULOUS IN THAT YOU'RE APPLYING YOUR INCORRECT "VALUE" FOR THE "UNIT" OF DECIBELS ARBITRARILY TO TWO "NOISES" WITH THE "QUIETER" ONE BEING "120 DB" AND THE "NOISIER" ONE BEING "140 DB" AND CLAIMING THAT THE "INCREASE" FROM 120 TO 140 IS "FOUR TIMES AS LOUD" WHILE SAYING EACH 10 dB "increase" is a "doubling" of the "volume" of "noise". 120 dB noise "doubled" in "loudness" would be "240 dB". Doubled again would be "480 dB". That's both wrong and assbackward because in addition to not being "linear" decibels are not "scalar". And a dB meter "measures" the INTENSITY of the SOUND ENERGY which hits the microphone as VIBRATIONS since microphones are not EARS AND BRAINS. The microphone "sensor" is vibrated by that energy, that vibration alters the sensor's resistance since the sensor is a potentiometer and how much that potentiometer "moves" determines the resistance change which determines how much the "supply voltage" to the sensor is reduced which determines how "high" the "needle" on the "actuator" of the "meter" goes which determines...."sound intensity". Since OHM'S LAW says that as resistance increases and voltage decreases amperage goes up to "compensate" and overcome the load and the amperage divided by the resistance determines the voltage with the variable voltage and variable resistance making amperage "constant", call amperage "I" and resistance "R" and voltage "E" and start doing the "math" on a "1 unit of resistance noise" just above "dead quiet". I/1 makes the voltage "E" also "1". Now go up one unit or decibel to 2. I/2 = .5. The "noise" DID "double" in INTENSITY but only in that "1 to 2" situation. Move it to 3 "intensity" and I/3= .333 V. So 3 dB is THREE TIMES AS INTENSE AS 1 dB. At 4 db the intensity is QUADRUPLED compared to 1 etc etc etc When you get to "noise" 10 times as intense as 1 dB" you will be at "10 dB". But THE dB "MEASUREMENT" IS ALWAYS ESSENTIALLY THE "WHISPER" YOU CAN JUST HEAR AT A "FIXED" AND "CONSTANT" DISTANCE MULTIPLIED IN INTENSITY MEASURED IN "dB" with each "ten dB" level being another "order of magnitude. So "140 dB" which is essentially as "intense" of noise as we can "stand" and still "think straight" is basically noise "1 times 10 to the 14th power" more "intense" than a "whisper" we can just hear and also can just "process" at the same distance". And again is all b.s. as far as we're concerned since no two humans or even the same human in two situations will have equal "tolerance" for sound "intensity" and equal "thresholds" for what we can hear, process and still "think straight". One more thing, a clock "ticking" is not "noise". It's a "sound" of insufficient "frequency" to be "measured". NOISE is continuous, measurable sound with both infinite "frequency" and sufficient "amplitude" to "register" on a dB meter. And "volume" rather than "loudness" is the "correct" term for "noise" sufficient to be measured since it refers to a VOLUME OF ENERGY BEING RECEIVED AND PROCESSED. A gunshot can be "loud" but have no "volume" because its a SOUND rather than "NOISE". NOISE IS ENERGY AND ENERGY IN "VOLUME" WHILE "LOUDNESS" LIKE "MASS" IS A "SCIENTIFIC" TERM FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE "QUANTIFIED" WITHOUT RESORTING TO THE "UNSCIENTIFIC" TERMS OF "VOLUME" AND "WEIGHT". THEREFORE ITS "SCIENTIFICALLY" MEANINGLESS FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES UNLESS "VOLUME" IS "SUBSTITUTED" AND A dB METER TO MEASURE THE "VOLUME" AND "INTENSITY" OF NOISE IS USED WHILE A "LOUDNESS" KNOB IS TURNED TO VARY THAT "VOLUME". JUST LIKE "MASS" IS NON-EXISTENT UNTIL "WEIGHT" IS SUBSTITUTED AND A SCALE IS USED TO MEASURE THE WEIGHT OF AN OBJECT AND ITS "MASS" IS EXPRESSED IN "NEWTONS" AFTER BEING CONVERTED FROM "POUNDS" OR WHATEVER ACTUAL UNIT OF MEASURE THAT INSTRUMENT CALLED A SCALE IS CALIBRATED AND CAPABLE OF MEASURING IN. LIKE "LOUDNESS" MASS IS ALSO USED BY "SCIENTISTS" WHO WANT TO SOUND "SMART" AND "EDUCATED" AND LIKE TO PRETEND THAT LIKE "LOUDNESS" AN OBJECT'S "MASS" IS "OBJECTIVE" AND "CONSTANT" EVEN WHEN "UNKNOWN" AND THAT ALL "HUMANS" WILL BE EQUALLY AFFECTED BY IT AND WHAT IS "LOUD" TO ONE RANDOM HUMAN IS EQUALLY "LOUD" TO ANOTHER LIKE THEY PRETEND THAT BECAUSE AN OBJECT HAS "Y" MASS EVERY PERSON WILL "FEEL" ITS "MASS" EQUALLY. EVEN THOUGH IF "Y" MASS IS SAY...100 LBS AND PERSON A CAN "EASILY" PICK IT UP AND PRONOUNCES IT "LIGHT" THAT MEANS JACK SHIT TO PERSON B IF THEY CAN'T PICK IT UP PERIOD AND THEREFORE TO THEM IT HAS "INDEFINITE" MASS.

[@984francis]

Err, can I say that you got a bit "wound up"😬

[@shaunbrown85]

I thought my speakers were 120dB each which clearly aren’t as loud as that close up let alone half a mile away

[@raypitts4880]

@@deeremeyer1749 in radio waves and db out put 3 db is a doubling of power 1w 3db 2w 6db 4w 9db 8w 12 db 16w and so on when you reach 500w 3db is 1000w

[@dickyMuhammad23]

absolutely respect for Ian!

[@rakeshpanda3286]

Great job.... It's important to keep the monuments stand firmly

[@TheUniqornaments]

How did you deconstructed the entire structure like that?! I am very curious to know, It looked incredibly epic but I assume the processes wasn't as fun to make

[@Jackkane71]

the animation part is easy, though im sure they bought the deconstructed model itself off of some company that spent a lot more time and money into it.

[@m101ist]

Well it's under construction at this time !

[@NickyYey]

Terrorism

[@gr82bkt2productionsmlp]

I love Big Ben!

[@dianesnyder8643]

You love the bell or the tower????

[@holidayfellow6407]

Who knew us humans could build something as beautiful as Big Ben

[@twingzable]

Going to london in May!! Greetings from Mexico

[@paleoph6168]

Man, I regret discarding a scale model version of Big Ben I built.

[@Jay-jn3sl]

"Blowing Up History" sounds like a jihadist TV series

[@akhrietuopfusenuo6902]

😂😂

[@Jay-jn3sl]

@Chad Mower If something happens in the next month that reply is #1 on the FBI research list

[@vilstef6988]

That action is saved for things which PO the Taliban.

[@cheshirecat7819]

As a muslim, this is hilarious

[@dv5217]

Live documentaries boi

[@user-to9km8st7e]

I've visited London last month, but I couldn't hear the bell ringing because of renovation.. :-( I'll travel to London again after the renovation is finished!

[@narjissamadi245]

What a huge clock and what a monument such a masterpiece 🤩

[@historylover2991]

I love everything about England.. From the beautiful land, great history, noble lookout and civilization right to the lovely accent! And also because I am making a novel that tells history embodying countries as real human characters. I adore England!

[@benhawkes2752]

Why does this make me so patriotic

[@thinker9115]

Excellent video. Love the old penny trick!

[@UEBTorremar]

Increíble Invento...Aquí se ve de lo que es posible la inteligencia humana. La pequeña moneda debe ser para compensar algún pequeño desgaste que se debe producir al funcionar tantos rodamientos y ejes, el rozamiento continuo, debe originar desgaste en alguno de sus numerosos componentes que nunca dejan de funcionar.. Qué Maravilloso Invento..!!

[@BlueAcidball]

0:30 Imagine that actually happened irl

[@dhawthorne1634]

I was thinking they would use a bellows to push the pendulum a bit faster to bring it back in time, but the penny trick is probably much more accurate.

[@laweklawar6821]

lol yeah I am looking to

[@kushalaluru9552]

Pendulums keep the same time no matter the speed, the length of the rod is what causes the the time to change, the pennies might have some effect on it.

[@raypitts4880]

@@kushalaluru9552 often lengthening a rod is to much for accuracy so the old penny and some times old half penny is half the weight of a penny so accuracy to the time. can be halfed.

[@renedugarte3898]

Excellent thank you for showing us this amazing video 👍

[@NolaGal2601]

Adding the penny to the pendulum provides the opposite to the saying "time is money" because here, money MAKES time.

[@thomasw.eggers4303]

Well, to be pedantic about it, adding a penny ABOVE the Center of Gravity (CG), raises the CG, which makes the pendulum effectively shorter. The clock therefore runs faster, so: "Money destroys time."

[@BabulAli]

0:58 The north tower is called the Elizabeth Tower, the bell inside is called Big Ben.

[@adanactnomew7085]

Actually the tower is also called Big Ben. The bell isn't even officially called Big Ben, it's a nickname, just like calling the tower Big Ben. Even Britannica or Wikipedia refer to the tower as simply 'Big Ben' www.britannica.com/topic/Big-Ben-clock-London

[@adanactnomew7085]

So yes it is called the Elizabeth Tower but it is also called Big Ben.

[@ElliottVeares]

Not just 5 Seconds, it will lose exactly 5.184 seconds in a day!

[@bcubed72]

Elliott Veares Burn the pedant!

[@magdalenazabaryla8734]

Its like a 64 point compass its so pointless and too accurate and OVER THE TOP

[@sundhaug92]

@@bcubed72 pedants keep things accurate, pendants keeps big Ben accurate

[@bcubed72]

@@sundhaug92 Screw you, Autocorrect !

[@MathPhysicsEngineering]

To those who are interested in the mathematics and physics of clocks, how to design the gear ratios , and how all clocks tick at the same rate I would recommend: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emLCe6SvaciKnbs&ab_channel=Math%2CPhysics%2CEngineering

[@depchi8634]

Although there are a lot of architectes in the world can be thought. Inside of them the one in England is the best. Thanks so much for the film

[@Coastiestevie]

Don’t you dare be one second off time... Weather: hold my beer

[@rainyriver]

And I can barley finish a page of homework lmao

[@leojackson1696]

Big Ben is just the name of the bell the tower is called Elizabeth’s tower

[@autismman6360]

Fun fact: Big Ben is actually the bell INSIDE the tower. The tower is called Elizabeth tower

[@joker432]

Wow this is really cool, thanks for the video.

[@nextlevel7790]

Why can't they jus cover the clock face with a huge glass to avoid the wind from moving the minutes hand..

[@ashrafurrahaman1104]

I asked same question to my engineer friend his reply was "If you put glass, its next to river and London's weather there is a chance water can vaporize and freeze inside the glass and make it hard to visible from far away."

[@arthurr8670]

Could you imagine trying to clean the inside of the giant piece of glass when it gets dirty.

[@ReclusiveEagle]

Idk why you have to use a laptop from 1870 to run Big Ben. Is that a 3 click trackpad? wtf

[@Bippy55]

Hugely Fascinating!! Thanks very much for this video. I admired the coin idea.

[@marjanp4784]

Never imagined that a video about a clock would be this much interesting... well of course it's the Big Ben❤️

[@stephensnell1379]

Big Ben is the name of the 13 ton bell that chimes on each hour and the video shows the quarter bells sitting each side of it

[@cristien715]

THE HANDS ARE 14 ft LONG THATS BIGGER THAN MY LONG WALL IN MY ROOM OMGMGG GMTMGFMKDIEHSSH

[@qwertyentertainment3349]

I like how those random letters begin with GMT

[@magdalenazabaryla8734]

It looks so small from far away but its probably bigger than a house

[@dalecs47]

Sorry, I had to bail, the special effects are pointlessly irritating.

[@m101ist]

Then you missed out.

[@timpeterson87]

“What is Big Ben’s Movement” brought me here after getting into the hobby of watches and horology during the Covid-19 pandemic.

[@Ken15643]

Very interesting, I really enjoyed this.

[@nejiniisan1265]

What ridiculous sound effects

[@m101ist]

What do you mean?

[@britishsouvenirs5563]

Love Big Ben.

[@fullofhacksgt8685]

man that thing should have an world record For the fastest lego solve

[@anitaboodram5660]

Great documentary

[@hiwelcometochilis4178]

Me: Starts climbing the tower's stairs 25 steps later: "Just... give me a second... to catch my breath!"

[@breakingmad2645]

Hopefully this tower will never be taken down

[@wormyhillstudios]

Isn’t it insane how in such an early era they made this

[@blooga3941]

It was only 150 years ago lol

[@kongkritselakhun7562]

Very good job Ian

[@iqcontent7797]

Imagine waking up hangover and you don't know where you put your phone.

[@scronx]

Fantastic! Thank you!

[@MikeTythonTBE]

Well it's 1am and here I am

[@balieydavis7636]

I love the sound effect of that giant clock tower

[@stephensnell1379]

It's actually the sound of the bells themselves

[@christianedouschkadudan4322]

BEAUTIFUL ! I LOVE IT THANK YOU ---

[@Sturnburn772]

This is amazing

[@deeremeyer1749]

"Accurate to within 2 seconds per week". A clock with no second hand accurate to "seconds per week". Hilarious.

[@RRansomSmith]

So you think because it has no second hand that it doesn't have a way to accurately tell time? You're an idiot

[@johnr6168]

If the clock is inaccurate then the chimes are also inaccurate by the same amount. So, the clock needs to be accurate.

[@keithpugh7538]

When I finally laid my eyes on Big Ben , I thought oh it’s not as big as it looks on TV.