How would studying the spine of a fish give an inventor the idea of making a saw?
Related to Greek mythology.
Talos, Icarus and Daedalus
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Explanation:
While he was still a lad in years, Talos/Perdix was receiving his education in the home of Daedalus.[2][3] Being more gifted than his teacher he invented the potter's wheel and according to Ovid, he used a fish spine as the prototype of the saw.[4] When Talos had come by chance upon a jawbone of a snake and with it had sawn through a small piece of wood, he tried to imitate the jaggedness of the serpent's teeth. Consequently he fashioned a saw out of iron, by means of which he would saw the lumber which he used in his work, and for this accomplishment he gained the reputation of having discovered a device which would be of great service to the art of building. He likewise discovered also the tool for describing a circle and certain other cunningly contrived devices whereby he gained for himself great fame.[5]