Mecca clock to re-set the world standard time
more than a century, the London suburb of Greenwich Royal Observatory to provide a world standard time. However, this seemingly impregnable positions are now faced with a challenge.
local time on the 11th, in the holy city of Mecca in the world's largest bell - Royal bell tower (Royal Clock) scheduled to begin the testing phase. The bell tower 601 meters high, 40 meters in diameter dial is the famous Big Ben in London 5 times bigger.
25 km away can easily see that
Saudi Arabia has announced the world's largest bell in Mecca will be opening the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan into a period of 3 months of testing. Saudi Arabia expressed the hope that the next time the clock display to replace the current practice of GMT, as the world's standard time. The architecture project is also trying to develop Saudi Arabia pilgrimage to Mecca as part of a plan of local government would like the number of pilgrims every year from the current 300 million up to 1000 people.
Royal bell tower was rectangular, four have dial shows the time. Appearance looks very much like London's Big Ben. Mecca is located in a splendid bell tower on top of skyscrapers, will be completed up to 601 meters. Then the building will become one of world's tallest building, Taipei 101 higher, but lower than January 4 this year, completed the Burj Dubai slightly inferior.
present only one side of the construction of the Royal bell tower completed a 98 million above the mosaic glass mosaic tiles. Then each side of the bell tower will be engraved in Arabic "to the name of Allah," the words, and will decorate several thousand light source, even at 25 km away can be easily seen. Bell spire on all sides will be 23 meters in diameter, built a huge golden full moon, full moon surrounded by about 15 beam light beam fired at the sky. The base clock will also build a viewing platform area. Currently, 250 local workers with excellent skills framework is welding on the clock.
prime meridian from Mecca through
According to reports, the Royal bell tower by the German and Swiss engineers to design the whole project is expected to cost 800 million U.S. dollars. Opens, the bell tower will start the Arab Standard Time, GMT Standard Time this 3 hours in advance. Prior to this, the world's most famous clock tower is Big Ben in London. Currently, the world's largest four minutes Cevahir Shopping Center is located in Istanbul, Turkey, the dial diameter of 36 meters.
Saudi scholars want tower clock, once completed, will replace the status of Greenwich Observatory.
Doha in 2008, an international seminar on astronomy, Islamic scholars of scientific evidence that the Earth's prime meridian accurate time across from the holy city of Mecca, GMT is enforced by the West . The Assembly also proposed that the first Arab state from the start, the center of the world to change standard time in Mecca, to remove the subject of error Greenwich habits.
bell tower height:
Big Ben: Royal bell tower 95 meters: 601 m
clock face diameter:
Big Bell: 7 meters Royal bell tower: 40 meters
clock tower on the inscription:
Big Ben: Lord, please bless the Queen Victoria
Royal bell tower: in the name of Allah
Lighting:
Big Ben: At first use of gas lamps, and now each clock face has 28 light source illumination.
Royal Clock Tower: Clock face with two million LED lights; bells are 21,000 white top and green light source, 5 times a day to send the signal to allow people to pray. During the holiday season, there will be 16 vertical light beam irradiation over a distance of 10 kilometers.
