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Big Ben

Popular name for the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1858, and known as ‘Big Ben’ after Benjamin Hall, First Commissioner of Works at the time. It weighs 13.7 tonnes. The name is often used to mean the tower as well.



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When he awoke he found that it was still quite light, and presently he heard Big Ben strike seven.
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