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Re: Definition of term
From: Martin Gardner
Date: 2003 Feb 4, 07:37 -0800
From: Martin Gardner
Date: 2003 Feb 4, 07:37 -0800
Hello Trevor, You wrote, in part... > I doubt that the British/US difference is anything more than a chance > selection of over-simplified British books and more professional > American ones. Growing up in England, I learnt that a wind "veers" when > it changes "with the Sun" and "backs" when it changes "against the Sun". > In the Northern Hemisphere, of course, "with the Sun" is synonymous with > "clockwise" and it is sometimes used in that sense globally. It's that gol-darned 'of course' that I stuck on. How is it that "with the sun" is synonymous with "clockwise"? The way I look at it, clock hands go around in circles, and the sun goes from east to west. I know you're right, I'm not disputing that, but I don't get the connection. Regards, Martin
