Steam locomotive und optical telegraph: was sie gemeinsam haben
- Schritt 1. Steam locomotive — nutzt — Railway track. It runs on rails.
- Schritt 2. Railway track — inspirierte — Time zones. Introduced because of railway timetables.
- Schritt 3. Time zones — nutzt — Electrical telegraph. Synchronizing time by telegraph.
- Schritt 4. Electrical telegraph — entwickelte sich aus — Optical telegraph. The electrical telegraph replaced semaphore lines.