Tang and electric fan: what they have in common
- Step 1. Tang — is part of — Knife. The part of the blade fixed in the handle.
- Step 2. Knife — is part of — Meat grinder. A cross-shaped blade.
- Step 3. Meat grinder — has part — Auger. An auger.
- Step 4. Auger — evolved from — Archimedes’ screw. The Archimedes’ screw as a conveyor.
- Step 5. Archimedes’ screw — evolved into — Propeller. The first propellers by Smith and Ericsson were a variation on the Archimedes’ screw.
- Step 6. Propeller — is part of — Electric fan. The blades.