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BIG BEN AND HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT: LONDON 



The tower is 300 feet high and the clock 22 Y / 2 feet in diameter. The great bell, Big 

 Ben, upon which the hours are struck, weighs 13^2 tons. A light is shown at night to 

 denote when the "House" is sitting (see text, page 286). 



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