Military radio and archimedes’ screw: what they have in common
- Step 1. Military radio — has part — Antenna. It needs an antenna.
- Step 2. Antenna — is part of — Radar. An antenna emits and receives.
- Step 3. Radar — works like — Sonar. The same echolocation principle: sound in water instead of radio waves.
- Step 4. Sonar — is part of — Submarine. Underwater acoustics.
- Step 5. Submarine — has part — Propeller. A propeller.
- Step 6. Propeller — evolved from — Archimedes’ screw. The first propellers by Smith and Ericsson were a variation on the Archimedes’ screw.