Rotor and barrel: what they have in common

  1. Step 1. Rotor — is part of — Electric generator. The rotating part with a magnetic field.
  2. Step 2. Electric generator — is part of — Power station. Generators produce the current.
  3. Step 3. Power station — is made of — Brick. The buildings of the first power stations were brick.
  4. Step 4. Brick — is material for — Arch. Arches were built of brick or stone.
  5. Step 5. Arch — works like — Barrel. Staves squeezed by hoops hold their shape by the same compression as the stones of an arch.

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