@neiltyson I call bullshit: you just made up the word "gnomon".
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@neiltyson Thanks! I was just wondering this the other day when teaching trigonometry and telling my students that + rotation is counterCW.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson So, clocks could of been designed to turn the opposite way if "clock wise" had been determined in the Southern Hemisphere?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson time weights for gnomonThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks for the "gnomonclature" lesson...
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@neiltyson so the South basically just agreed to do the whole counter-clockwise thing? that's pretty big of them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Sometimes, I feel that people who are supposed to be the smartest people ever are actually idiots. Because NDGT.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson and the North remembers#winteriscomingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson: ...shadow of a sundial ... sweeps clockwise... defined clockwise in the first place.” Fout. Enkel horizontale zonnewijzer. 1/3Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Congrats on your 1000★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/512997561804656643 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson In Australia its anti- clockwise its Enantiomeric time. Time runs backwards landowonder landownunderThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson ONLY IF YOUR LATITUDE IS BIGGER THAN 27°. If not there are many days where the gnomon's shadow is counterclockwise. In the North!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Its counterclockwise in Australia.Frame of reference - time runs backwards in the landO wonder landownunder enantomeric sundialThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson I always wondered about that. Facepalming a bit now, as it suddenly seems so painfully obvious.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Thank you for all the wonderful information. You just made my day :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson So do clocks and wrist watches run backwards down there too? How about digital ones?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson read: Early medieval tower clocks...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson early need a tower clocks turned either way. Clockwise probably historical accident. 2/2 -
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