Railway switch und telephone: was sie gemeinsam haben
- Schritt 1. Railway switch — ist Teil von — Railway track. Switches.
- 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 zu — Telephone. The telephone grew out of attempts to send several signals over telegraph lines (the “harmonic telegraph”).