Have you ever wondered why the hands of a clock rotate only in a straight direction? Know the interesting fact behind this

Interesting Fact: Watch has become a very important thing in today’s times. If this is not the case then many people’s work may get stopped or may not be completed on time, because most of the people do their work only after seeing the time. This is the reason why a clock is found in almost every house. Many people also like to wear a watch on their hand to maintain punctuality.

You may also be fond of wearing a watch, and even if not, you must have noticed one thing that the hands of the watch always rotate in the right direction.

But have you ever wondered why this happens, why it does not rotate in the left direction? If not, then let us tell you the reason behind this today.

If we want to understand why the hands of the clock rotate in the right direction, we will have to go back in history. Actually, sundial was invented in ancient times. At that time, people lived in the Northern Hemisphere, where the Sun appears to move from east to west while passing through the south.

For this reason, the shadow falling on the sundial used to move from left to right. People learned to estimate time by looking at the shadow formed by a stationary stick. This shadow revolved around the stick in the same direction in which the hands of the clock rotate today.

Later, when early mechanical watches were made between the 12th and 15th centuries, people adopted the same tradition. Due to the influence of Greek discoveries and the already formed habit, the direction of the hands of the clocks was kept the same as that of the shadow of the sundial.