Chart recorder and rocket: what they have in common
- Step 1. Chart recorder — is part of — Echo sounder. It records the depth.
- Step 2. Echo sounder — evolved into — Sonar. Echolocation.
- Step 3. Sonar — is part of — Destroyer. Underwater acoustics.
- Step 4. Destroyer — has part — Steam turbine. Turbines.
- Step 5. Steam turbine — evolved into — De Laval nozzle. De Laval invented the nozzle for a steam turbine.
- Step 6. De Laval nozzle — is part of — Rocket. A narrowing at the outlet accelerates the gases and increases thrust.