Gauge needle and dial and telephone: what they have in common
- Step 1. Gauge needle and dial — is part of — Hygrometer. It shows the humidity.
- Step 2. Hygrometer — is part of — Weather station. A hygrometer.
- Step 3. Weather station — is used in — Weather forecast. Observations.
- Step 4. Weather forecast — uses — Electrical telegraph. Collecting reports by telegraph.
- Step 5. Electrical telegraph — evolved into — Telephone. The telephone grew out of attempts to send several signals over telegraph lines (the “harmonic telegraph”).