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?

  • erusuoyera
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    1 year ago

    The first mechanical clocks were invented around 1300. The first flushing toilet was 1775.

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      1 year ago

      “we don’t have clocks, how do we describe right ways or leftways rotation?”

      “Well, the tires on my Dodge Ram 3500 rotate to the right when I drive it forward, so we’ll call it ramforward and rambackwards”

      “Brilliant”