When you are standing on a Analemmatic dial, the numbers and your shadow
go clockwise. It just seems natural that the date line should keep the
same format for the understanding of the users.
Besides, in the northern hemisphere, the user is faced north, not "looking
down from the north" as mentioned in other postings. When facing north,
the sun moves in a clockwise manner.
Best regards
Mike
36.9151 : 121.3539
--- Dave Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
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