Nitrogen and knife: what they have in common
- Step 1. Nitrogen — is material for — Ammonia. Nitrogen from the air.
- Step 2. Ammonia — is material for — Mineral fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizers.
- Step 3. Mineral fertilizer — evolved from — Crop rotation. Fertilizers solved the problem of fertility that crop rotation used to solve.
- Step 4. Crop rotation — uses — Plough. The three-field system with a heavy plough.
- Step 5. Plough — has part — Handle. Handles for steering the plough.
- Step 6. Handle — is part of — Knife. A handle.