Note 3 — LECTURE I SPACE AND TIME IN PRE-RELATIVITY PHYSICS
Edwin P. (Edwin Plimpton) Adams translation
There are thus two kinds of Cartesian systems which are designated as "right-handed" and "left-handed" systems. The difference between these is familiar to every physicist and engineer. It is interesting to note that these two kinds of systems cannot be defined geometrically, but only the contrast between them.