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Why do clocks go clockwise?
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Gene Senior Member
since 2000-01-23
Posts 935Colorado, USA |
Maybe this should be for Philosophy 101, but why do clocks always go clockwise? Or do they go counter-clockwise south of the equator? Sure, you could number it backwards, then make the clock run counter-clockwise (or would that be called clockwise, then)? But if a clock has no numbers, then the whole thing is arbitrary and makes no difference which way it runs as long as you know which way it's going. Gene (formerly, u_gene) |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
A bit bored, are we? hehe  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Gene? I LIKE the way you think. Don't have an answer for you...but I love the question. |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
I don't own a lot of clocks, but none of the few I have go clockwise. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Mine are digital..they blink at 12:00 when the electricity goes out...actually: Before there were mechanical clocks, people told the time using clocks called sundials. They were set up outside, in sunlight. The bright sunlight casts a shadow on the face of the clock (it's dial.) As the sun moves in the sky, the shadow moves on the sundial's face. When the first clockmakers built mechanical clocks, they made the hands on their clocks move the same way the shadows moved on a sundial. There! Mystery solved. Next case! |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
because if they went counter-clockwise, they wouldn't be clocks, they'd be counter-clocks.  |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Interesting notion. P'raps we should consult Severn, our resident New Zealander. She should be able to shed some light on this esoteric conundrum. I do know that water spins down the drain counter-clockwise south of the equator, but not sure of clocks.... Alicat |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
  ... and...I know this really neat place - A house that's so full of clocks, there's no room for ANYTHING else... every corner of every table and every inch of every wall is covered with clocks.. all different types... and I do believe they all turn in a "Colon-Wise" direction... There's even a clock on a post in the front yard... You should hear the noise when the hour hits... It's really an awesome house... a museum of sorts... The people there tried their best to sell one of them to Ron too... but they just couldn't find one that would chime on the dot of "SOON"....  |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
I think Doreen has the most accurate answer lol  I see no changes, wake up in the morning I ask myself, "Is life worth living or should I blast myself" TUPAC SHAKUR |
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