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Big Ben: The Bell, the Clock and the Tower - Couverture souple

MacDonald, Peter

 
9780750938280: Big Ben: The Bell, the Clock and the Tower
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0750938285 ISBN 13 : 9780750938280
Editeur : The History Press, 2005

Synopsis

Big Ben is perhaps the most famous clock in the world. This new book tells its story, from its conception in the 1830s, after fire destroyed the anicent Palace of Westminster, to its establishment as the national timepiece and the symbol of Britain up to the present day. Big Ben is a character, an icon known to millions through the film The Thirty-Nine Steps - in which one of the protagonists clings to the hands as he swings above London - but above all a masterpiece of horological engineering intended to set the time for Parliament. Designed and built by the most forward thinking of clockmakers, it represents the pinnacle of turret clockbuilding While the music of the bells is mellow and harmonious, its history was not. It took 25 years of bitter rivalry, backbiting and legal proceedings before the clock was finished. This engaging book tells in anecdotal style the story of the clock, reveals how it was named; how the music was composed; and how it was cast and how it is maintained up to the present day.

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À propos de l'auteur

PETER MACDONALD is the author of Eclipse, the bestselling guide to the 1999 eclipse of the sun. He has contributed articles to Heritage and other magazines, and to the Journal of the British Astronomical Association.

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Éditeur
The History Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0750938285
ISBN 13 
9780750938280
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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