The Mechanical Genius of Big Ben | Blowing Up History
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Published 2017-04-28
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All Comments (21)
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Every time I see this in a movie its getting destroyed.
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Accidentally knocks off the pile of pennies.. Fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu..
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He certainly gets his exercise for the day, climbing all those stairs!
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Brilliant solution at the end. The coin trick is the most budget solution possible to this issue.
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Who else freaked out when he took the 3D model apart with an explosion?
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i thought it runs on 2 AA batteries
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"It's built to look like a giant medieval castle"? Who writes this drivel? It's a Gothic Revival palace - a civil court building.
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WOW 1854?!? Yeah I could see why the Victorians said it's impossible but they found a way
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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.
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I hope he's training someone younger to continue maintaining the clock when he retires.
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The bell is "Big Ben" and not the namesake of the tower. The tower was named for Elizabeth I
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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"
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I wanna know how they lift up that thirteen tons bell to that height.
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It's amazing how all of this is done by one man.
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Imagine forgetting the keys at the base floor before going up 300+ staird
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This series is gold... Came here after the video on Cologne Cathedral 😂
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fun fact: you didn't search for this video
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Can't believe they still use pennies to correct time
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Now its time for the Big Ben to rest some years
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I always admired the way the light reflects onto Big Ben & Parliament....so beautiful.
