Was there an alternative adjective to “clockwise” other than “the rotation you take around left hand”?

Also, how did all watch companies around the world agree on what the direction of “clockwise” is?

  • CheezyWeezle@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Well, clocks are just mechanical sundials. Before clockwise, there was sunwise (or deosil), and clocks’ movements are based off of the movement of a shadow across a sundial.

    • Thann@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 years ago

      does that mean that “clockwise” in the southern hemisphere is backwards?