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Article #1117Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise -- An Answer?
From: lip Loren I. Petrich
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 02:43
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 02:43
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In "Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise, and Other Imponderables", we see one proposed hypothesis -- that clock hands move in the direction that they do because that is the direction that the shadow of the pointer of a sundial moves in the Northern Hemisphere (before people used clocks, they used sundials). One may speculate that, if clocks had been invented in the Southern Hemisphere, "clockwise" would be the opposite direction. ------------- Loren Petrich, the Master Blaster lip@amid.s1.gov lip%amid.s1.gov@and.s1.gov lip%amid.s1.gov@mordor.s1.gov (whichever one works)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!mordor!amid!lip From: lip@amid..ARPA (Loren I. Petrich) Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.bio,talk.origins Subject: Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise -- An Answer? Message-ID: <23482@mordor.s1.gov> Date: 11 Jan 89 02:43:18 GMT Sender: news@mordor.s1.gov Reply-To: lip@s1-amid.UUCP () Organization: Supercomputer R&D Project, LLNL Lines: 14