"Clockwise" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the instrument roughly square with AB. The hatchet is now lightly pressed in order to mark its position on the paper by making a slight dent, then leaving the hatchet free to move as shown in Fig. 1, the tracing point is caused to traverse the line, AB, and the boundary line in a clockwise direction, as shown by the arrows, returning to A via AB. The hatchet will now be found to have taken up a new position, Y, which must be marked by again pressing the hatchet to make a slight dent in the paper. If ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 • Various
... clock is not only the origin of the astrolabe and of all later planetary models, it is also the first clock dial, setting a standard for "clockwise" rotation, and leaving its mark in the rotating dial and stationary pointer found on the earliest time-keeping clocks before the change was made to a fixed dial and ...
— On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass • Derek J. de Solla Price
... raised their heads among the beech and oaks. He cut a cross [image: anti-clockwise swastika] thus, on each one of them, because trees are so deceptive. This mark is the old symbol of the Mithras cult, two axes placed sideways signifying the striking of fire. It is an old sign known and respected by the fairies; so he hoped ...
— Fairy Tales from the German Forests • Margaret Arndt
... a piece clockwise around the board and took the threatening piece, then moved again. "I hope you see ...
— Uller Uprising • Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr |
