Rotor and barrel: what they have in common
- Step 1. Rotor — is part of — Electric generator. The rotating part with a magnetic field.
- Step 2. Electric generator — is part of — Power station. Generators produce the current.
- Step 3. Power station — is made of — Brick. The buildings of the first power stations were brick.
- Step 4. Brick — is material for — Arch. Arches were built of brick or stone.
- 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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