On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, John Carmichael wrote: > I was wondering which is the correct or preferred way to draw the direction > of the date sequence on the date line of an analemmatic sundial. Which > would be better: a clockwise or counterclockwise direction? (see > attachment). > > "Doesn't the Earth's orbit go counterclockwise if viewed from above > (north)? Although certainly not a mistake on your part, I find it > jarring to see the months arranged in clockwise order. The "fault" is > in the viewer, but the clockwise progression is counter to my > personal visual time-line images, wherein March has a definite > location relative to August, next Tuesday has its place relative to > next Friday, and 3 AM tomorrow relative to 3 PM today." > > Any thoughts on this?
If I stop to think about how I visualize dates, I still think clockwise, just as I do hours. Therefore, August is to the right or clockwise of March... Dave 37.28N 121.97W -
