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To it was actually added The great Tower, the White Tower and this is when the king moved in as a steady resident. The castle was always being added to and adjusted. It is a happy thought that if town planning had existed today there would be no Tower of london. There would be a mound of earth and some old stone walls. Today you can view the White Tower which was basically finished in 1097 and would wear display a group of armour and weapons.

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The most fascinating thing let me reveal the Europe's largest tower clock. The building once served as a hearth tower, had been a man on duty who would hang out a flag on the medial side of the tower facing the district with fire and would start ring the bells.

Tower Bridge is often confused with London Bridge, which is directly across from it on the River Thames. London Bridge actually is like a normal bridge, whereas the Tower Bridge is a famous suspension bridge installed on two towers along the river bankers. It was built in 1886. About 40,000 pedestrians and motorized vehicle drivers cross the bridge every several weeks. Tourists can take the Tower Bridge Exhibition observe its Victorian era steam engine room.

The Imperial State Crown, made in 1838 for the coronation of Queen Victoria and containing 3,000 precious stones including the second largest cut diamond previously world. Along with the Kohinoor diamond which is set in the crown have to have a the coronation of George VI's queen, Elizabeth (the present Queen Mother) in 1937.

They placed them in public areas - like city centers - and used their shaddows to measure time. It was either morning, midday or afternoon. They marked the floor around the obelisk for just about any "more accurate" measurement. The movement for the shadow from one marker to a higher was an hour. Egyptians divided the time between sunrise and sunset in 12 hours - regardless of the year. For them, a summer hour was over a winter one.

Another famous water clock was mobile China by Su Sung in 1088 A.D. Made a tower over 30 feet tall and incorporated a few mechanisms. It had five front panels with doors that opened to show mechanical figurines that rang bells and held tablets indicating the hour.