Liebig condenser and mechanical clock: what they have in common
- Step 1. Liebig condenser — uses — Heat transfer. Cooling with water.
- Step 2. Heat transfer — is used in — Heat shield. It protects by carrying heat away with a vaporizing layer.
- Step 3. Heat shield — is part of — Space Shuttle. Heat-shield tiles.
- Step 4. Space Shuttle — is made of — Silica (sand). The heat-shield tiles are silica fibre.
- Step 5. Silica (sand) — is material for — Quartz clock. The resonator is a quartz crystal.
- Step 6. Quartz clock — evolved from — Mechanical clock. Quartz clocks replaced mechanical ones: a vibrating quartz crystal took the place of the pendulum and balance.