All four of the clock-faces on the Palace of Westminster use Roman numerals for the hours, (I = 1, V = Five, X = Ten), which is why the points of the clock faces are III, VI, IX and XII respectively.
23 feet
Gold leaf is on the clock face dials.
The largest clock face in the UK is on the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, "Big Ben" as it's wrongly called is 6.9 meters the Liver Building Clock is 7.6 meters. Big Ben is the wrong answer and is the common mistake a lot of people make.
The clockfaces of the Big Ben have a diameter of 7.5m.
Big Ben, or to put it correctly: 'The Elizabeth Tower', has four clock faces, and on each of those faces there are two hands. This is a grand total of eight.'Big Ben' is actually the name of the bell housed inside the tower.
Each of the four clock faces of "Big Ben" has the inscription DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM on the stone immediately beneath the clock face. This is Latin, and means "O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First."
Big ben tower holds the clock faces and mechanism of the big ben tower clock
Big Ben is a clock, it is neither good or bad. It is simply a clock.
4.2672...but if you're rounding it, it would be 4 meters!!<3
There is a MOUNTAIN in Scotland called Ben Nevis, but Big Ben is a clock in LONDON ------------------------- Big Ben is actually the bell of the clock.
Big Ben is a chiming clock and has the same purpose as any other clock.
Yes, the faces are 7m (23') wide. Maybe a limousine can be bigger though.