The 96-metre (315-foot) high tower which houses the clock was built as part of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament by architects Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin following a major fire in 1843.

在1843年的一场大火之后，作为重建英国国会大厦的一部分，建筑师查理斯•巴雷和奥古斯塔斯•帕金共同设计了这座96米（合315英尺）高的钟楼，而大本钟就在钟楼之上。

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Example: Probe to fire every 500 milliseconds (wall clock time).

示例：每500毫秒(墙上时钟时间)触发一次的探针。

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So I had to go back to the beginnings of rapid-fire technology and start my clock from there.

所以我不得不从速射武器的技术开始学习，第一件就是我的闹钟。

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At a council meeting on Wednesday the Fire Authority agreed a proposal for round-the-clock cover using a smaller fire engine and fewer crew.

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The complex runs completely on solar power, courtesy of 150 Sanyo solar panels that provide round-the-clock electricity. ("We fire up the generator once a month just to see if it works, " Derek Joubert says.) Construction materials were chosen through an environmental audit: The furniture is made from Indonesian mahogany uprooted by the 2004 tsunami.

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Teams from the army, the fire service and border guards are still working around the clock at the site to find survivors, using heavy lifting gear, tools and their bare hands.

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