The first mechanical clock makers could have built clocks running counter-clock wise and we would have a reverted idea of the same concept. What is the technical or historical reason?
2007-08-20 11:02:29 · 6 answers · asked by Francis 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Clockwise is the direction that the shadow on a sundial moves in the Northern Hemisphere.
2007-08-20 11:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by Randy G 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A clock moving in the opposite direction would have movement to the left. Most things of a "left-handed" nature were viewed as sinister and evil and would have been discarded. For this reason, as well as the movement of the sun on a sundial were the reason.
2007-08-20 20:19:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first clocks, water clocks (clepsydra) were following the sytem of 'clockwise' from the time honoured system of putting a stick in the ground and watching the sun's shadow move around it .. Northern hemisphere .. left to right i.e.: clockwise
2007-08-20 18:08:30 · answer #3 · answered by The old man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the direction the sun's shadow moves on a sundial.
2007-08-20 19:02:30 · answer #4 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that they were making it analogous to the movement of the sun in the Northern hemisphere. Probably because they were copying sun dials.
2007-08-20 18:45:43 · answer #5 · answered by Klaus Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it goes left to rite
2007-08-20 18:06:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋