Cellulose and electrical telegraph: what they have in common
- Step 1. Cellulose — is material for — Celluloid. Nitrocellulose.
- Step 2. Celluloid — is material for — Sunglasses. The frames are celluloid.
- Step 3. Sunglasses — evolved from — Glasses. Glasses with dark lenses.
- Step 4. Glasses — evolved into — Telescope. The first telescopes were assembled by spectacle makers.
- Step 5. Telescope — is used in — Optical telegraph. Signals were read through a telescope.
- Step 6. Optical telegraph — evolved into — Electrical telegraph. The electrical telegraph replaced semaphore lines.