minus-squareCheezyWeezle@lemm.eetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?linkfedilinkarrow-up38·1 year agoWell, 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. linkfedilink
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.