Re: Clockwise without clocks

--- Muke Tever <hotblack@...> wrote:
> H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> wrote:
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>
> Going back to the wheel, saying that clockwise is
> turning left implies that
> your speakers are focusing on the top end (9-3) of
> the wheel. This might not
> always be the case (maybe if they read
> bottom-to-top, they might watch the
> bottom of the wheel first?)
Think not of the wheel but of the wagon.  Clockwise is
the wheel motion of a wagon which is moving to your
right, so saying right-wheel, rather than clock-wise,
makes perfect sense.

--gary

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