Today I Found Out

Today I Found Out

Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? (2016x197)


Yayınlanma tarihi: Eyl 24, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?su→’re asked to pass something clockwise around a table, you hand it to the person on your left because that is the same direction that the hands of a clock move. But what you may not know is that this standard direction is a function not only of timekeeping, but the Earth’s rotation and the happy accident that much of human civilization evolved in the Northern Hemisphere. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/06/clocks-run-clockwise/ Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_face http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=clockwise http://circumsolatious.blogspot.com/2009/09/clockwise-counterclockwise-sundial.html http://circumsolatious.blogspot.com/2009/09/clockwise-counterclockwise-sundial_20.html http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=1244 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sundials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_timekeeping_devices http://www.outsideonline.com/1784106/how-long-can-humans-hold-their-breath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar_(Jaipur) http://www.amc.com/talk/2007/11/the-longest-ame-1 http://www.space.com/11337-human-spaceflight-records-50th-anniversary.html http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/history/historical-highlights/the-clock/ http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A659892 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1304404/Wells-Cathedral-clock-wound-human-hand-replaced-electric-motor.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-shortest-baseball-games-smack-spt-0706--20150707-story.html https://www.quora.com/Why-do-clocks-run-clockwise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wells_cathedral_clock_dial.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goran_%C4%8Colak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_apnea

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