The Mechanical Genius of Big Ben | Blowing Up History

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

[garystinten]

Accidentally knocks off the pile of pennies..

[yepperdeedooda]

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

[alisonwilliams]

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

[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.

[juliecope]

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

[manishmandal-]

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.

[cartridgestudios]

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

[natalieobman]

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"

[mrbrownkayumangi]

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

[rockmassa]

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

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

[iristhehooman]

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

[dirtyblond]

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.... ;)

[BuildYourOwnWatch]

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

[simonhulmesh]

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

[cheyenneblack]

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

[santoshghimire]

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

[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.

[justynsweeting]

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