ENIAC and submarine: what they have in common

  1. Step 1. ENIAC — has part — Vacuum tube. ENIAC contained about 18,000 vacuum tubes.
  2. Step 2. Vacuum tube — includes — Magnetron. An electron vacuum device.
  3. Step 3. Magnetron — is part of — Radar. The cavity magnetron made compact radar possible.
  4. Step 4. Radar — works like — Sonar. The same echolocation principle: sound in water instead of radio waves.
  5. Step 5. Sonar — is part of — Submarine. Underwater acoustics.

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