▲ 327 ▼ How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first mechanical clocks were invented around 1300. The first flushing toilet was 1775. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] all-knight-party@kbin.cafe 4 points 2 years 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" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] all-knight-party@kbin.cafe 4 points 2 years 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" permalink fedilink source parent