Q. Any reason why a clock's hands move clockwise instead of oppositely?
A. A sundial's shadow rotates clockwise in the northern hemisphere. Designers of the first mechanical clocks copied that.
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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica
Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.
Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors
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