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OCR: Curiosity Shop 1st Edition Will the real Big Ben please stand up? he bell is the true Big Ben but to most people it is also the name of the whole of the famous clock tower of the Palace of Westminster (or Houses of Parliament). was possibly named after Big Ben Caunt hea vweight boxer of the mid- 1850s, or after Sir Benjamin Hall, the rotund man in charge of the palace's building works The hollov copper minute hands on the four massive clock faces are nearl, 5m (16ft) long. PIO pennies are used to make slight adjustments 0 the weight of the clock's pendulum when necessary but only rarely has the The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster time been out by more than fract ion second otherwise known as Bic Ben