Rise of Empires: Spain

It turns out that good things always come in pairs.

Not long after the signing of the Treaty of Ceuta, Carlo received another piece of good news. That is, after several months of hard work, Gram's power laboratory produced an AC generator and a DC generator respectively.

Carlo was not surprised at the speed of the power laboratory to manufacture generators.

When he was in France before, Gram had manufactured two types of generators and was quite familiar with the principles and specific manufacturing processes of generators.

Although he came to Spain, he received great help from Carlo and some colleagues who worked in France before. The speed of manufacturing generators will not only not slow down, but will speed up.

After all, the earliest generators did not have any very sophisticated equipment, not to mention that they were small generators used for experiments. It was not difficult for Gram to manufacture such a generator.

Carlo was also very excited when he learned that the generator had been successfully manufactured.

Although the current generators look quite simple in later generations, this is the first step for Spain to explore electrification.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. Only after the generator was developed, the road to electrification in Spain can be regarded as a real beginning.

With the generator, there is electricity. It is not difficult for Carlo to use this new energy source.

To a certain extent, the principles of generators and motors are similar. It's just that one converts kinetic energy into electrical energy, and the other converts electrical energy into kinetic energy.

In addition to generators, Carlo is more familiar with another widely used tool for electrical energy, the light bulb.

Education from later generations made Carlo remember deeply that the material used in the light bulb was tungsten filament.

Although current technology may not be able to produce qualified tungsten filaments that can be used in light bulbs, what does this have to do with Carlo?

Carlo's task is to propose tungsten filament light bulbs as a concept to experts related to the research and development of light bulbs.

As for how to make tungsten filaments and experiment with tungsten filament light bulbs, that is something that scientists should consider, and it has nothing to do with Carlo, the king.

Considering the importance of electricity to the future, Carlo, who has nothing to do, decided to go to the power laboratory in person to see how the research in the power laboratory is going.

Fortunately, the power laboratory is not far from the Royal Palace of Madrid. Carlo soon arrived at the power laboratory in the suburbs, sitting in the luxurious carriage exclusive to the royal family and enjoying the attentive service of the maid.

"It is indeed much more spectacular than before." Carlo saw the newly built entire experimental area while sitting in the carriage. It has been much more complete than the last time he visited.

Whether it is the power laboratory's power laboratory building or the engine research room of the engine company, they are all built in a good manner.

Because it is a new building, the overall look is still quite impressive. The V-shaped complex building located in the center of the entire experimental area looks quite impressive, and it stands out in this experimental area where the floor height is less than three floors.

Let the two maids continue to stay in the carriage, and Carlo took some guards to the direction of the power laboratory.

In order not to disturb Gram and others' power experiments, Carlo deliberately did not inform the power laboratory of his arrival, which also resulted in no one to greet him in the direction of the power laboratory.

However, Carlo did not care about such false courtesy. If the power laboratory has research results, that would be something Carlo should be happy about, and it is also the reason why Carlo founded the power laboratory.

Because he had visited the experimental area before, Carlo was familiar with the location of the power laboratory.

After instructing the troops stationed outside the experimental area to continue patrolling and not to make a fuss, Carlo went to the power laboratory.

The power laboratory was quite lively at this time. After the two generators were manufactured, Gram and many colleagues began to discuss the use of electric energy.

It is indeed possible to generate electricity with the help of generators, but the question is how to use this electricity?

Or in other words, how to prove that electric energy is a more effective and cheap energy source?

At present, there are two explorations on the role of electricity, one is lighting and the other is power energy.

However, both explorations are in the initial stage, and it is difficult for electricity to prove its role, which is why electricity practitioners have not received attention so far.

Even if a generator can be manufactured and generate electricity, the problem is that the current electricity has no use at all.

It is possible to store the generated electricity with lead-acid batteries, but what is the use of that?

If electricity cannot be used well, then electricity is useless.

After having several guards waiting outside the laboratory, Carlo heard a heated discussion in the laboratory as soon as he opened the door.

"It seems quite lively." Carlo said with a smile.

Gram and others in the laboratory also heard the door opening and Carlo's voice. They looked up and found that Carlo had entered the laboratory.

"Your Majesty!"

Everyone stopped discussing and saluted Carlo.

There was no way, Carlo was now the big moneymaker of the power laboratory. The research funds of the power laboratory all depended on Carlo, which made everyone respect Carlo from the bottom of their hearts, and they wanted to use various methods to let Carlo increase the research funds.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Gram also stood up appropriately and expressed his apology to Carlo: "I did not receive any notice from the palace, so I did not go to greet you."

"It's okay, Mr. Gram. I ordered you to do it. Your experiment is more important." Carlo smiled and nodded, not caring about these empty formalities.

"I heard that both generators have been successfully manufactured?" Carlo looked into the laboratory with some curiosity, looking for the generator.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Gram hurriedly explained: "We have manufactured DC generators and AC generators, and are currently exploring the use of electricity.

Your Majesty, please look, these are the two generators we use for experiments. They have been tested and can generate electricity."

Carlo looked at the two small leak detection devices, and did not disdain them. Instead, he looked curious and satisfied: "Are there any devices that can store electricity now?"

"There are lead-acid batteries, Your Majesty." Gram continued to introduce: "At present, we store electricity in this kind of battery, which can ensure that when the generator is not working, we also have a certain amount of electricity for experiments."

The lead-acid battery was born in 1859 and was invented by French physicist Gaston Plant. It is originally something related to electricity. In addition, Gram and others have worked for the French power company, so it is natural that they have come into contact with lead-acid batteries.

After all, this is the only rechargeable battery in the world. It is more advanced than the earlier Voltaic pile and Daniel battery, and is more suitable for various research in the power laboratory.

"What stage is it now? Are there any difficulties at present?" Carlo asked immediately.

Although Carlo's knowledge of electricity is not rich, if it is put into 1870, more than 150 years ago, the knowledge in his mind is still quite useful.

A tungsten filament light bulb alone is enough to save Spain several years of detours in lighting. After all, the current research on light bulbs basically tends to be carbon filament light bulbs.

Electricity slowly began to develop, and there will be a war between Edison and Tesla on direct current and alternating current.

In fact, direct current and alternating current have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the scenarios of their use are different. Even in later generations, although people mostly use alternating current in their daily lives, direct current is also widely used in industry.

It's a pity that Tesla is still too young now, otherwise Carlo really has the intention of bringing Tesla to Spain to work in electricity.

Just give Tesla a few years of growth stage, without interfering too much in his success. When Tesla becomes an adult and starts looking for a job in the future, it won't be too late for Carlo to send someone to bring Tesla to Spain.

Tesla's ability is still quite good. He obtained about 1,000 invention patents in his life, and his research fields include alternating current, radio, wireless power transmission, ball lightning, turbines, amplifier transmitters, particle beam weapons, solar engines, X-ray equipment, electric energy meters, missile science and remote sensing technology, aircraft, cosmic rays, radar systems and robots, etc., which seem to be varied.

For ordinary scientists, specializing in one of them already requires most of their energy, and it also requires a little luck to discover some famous research results.

For Tesla, he has made contributions in almost all of these fields, and some of them have made quite outstanding contributions, which is precious.

However, in the later period, because he was a little bit stubborn in scientific research, he eventually got the title of a crazy scientist. Because he gave up the patent for alternating current, he continued to be poor and destitute, and became one of the famous representatives who made outstanding scientific research contributions but was poor and miserable.

If Tesla did not give up the AC patent, he would have to pay Tesla about $2.5 in patent fees for every horsepower of AC generated.

This is an extremely exaggerated income, but for a person of ordinary status like Tesla, whether he can get this patent fee is also a problem.

"We have conducted experiments on power generation and storage, but there are still many problems in the use of electrical energy." Gram reported truthfully.

When reporting, Gram's expression was a little awkward, obviously a little annoyed that he strongly supported Carlo but did not have much research results.

"Speaking of which, I also have some ideas about the use of electrical energy." Carlo smiled and said, "Mr. Gram, have you ever thought about using the principle of the generator in reverse?"

Gram was stunned for a moment, his mind was obviously stunned, but he continued to speak: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

Carlo nodded and explained with a smile: "Since kinetic energy can generate electrical energy, why not try to generate kinetic energy through electrical energy?

The generator can generate electricity, why can't it use electricity in reverse? I think this is a good idea, Mr. Gram, why don't you try it?"

Gram nodded slowly, and suddenly reacted again, with a very excited smile on his face, looking at Carlo with gratitude: "Oh my God! What a wonderful idea, why didn't I think of it?

Your Majesty, you are a genius! If you also work in the field of electricity, I'm afraid those electrical scientists would have no food to eat long ago."

Carlo smiled and shook his head: "This is just an idea I suddenly had. Whether it will work depends on the specific experiments."

It is still very simple to conduct relevant experiments.

Gram asked people to bring two DC generators and began testing the generator and motor.

The principle of the test is also very simple. The generator is supposed to generate electricity. If the electricity generated by the first generator is transmitted to the second generator, what wonderful things will happen?

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Gram began to connect the two generators.

After connecting all the wires and checking them carefully, Gram ordered his men: "Start the first generator!"

With the countdown, the first generator officially started.

"Electricity is generated!" The current passed through the test line, and the experimenters successfully detected the generation of electricity.

Hearing that electricity had been generated, everyone quickly looked at the second generator.

After the current entered the armature coil of the second generator, the generator started running at a very fast speed.

"God, this is true, this is unbelievable!" Ram looked at the two generators running at the same time with a crazy face, and even tears were brewing in the corners of his eyes.

The other experimenters were not much better. They did not expect that the use of electrical energy was actually realized by Carlo's magical idea.

"Your Majesty, I have a good idea. Please wait a few minutes." Gram, who had discovered the electric motor, could no longer contain his excitement and asked Carlo.

Carlo nodded and waited quietly for Gram to realize his idea.

The device that Gram wanted to make was actually very simple, at least Carlo could understand the principle.

A small waterfall device, with a reservoir above and below the waterfall. After the water in the upper reservoir is released, the hydraulic engine generates electricity.

The electricity is transmitted to the motor below, and the operation of the motor can pump up the water in the lower reservoir and return it to the upper reservoir.

Of course, this is just a demonstration of the use of electrical energy, not a perfect circulation device. Such a device is not a perpetual motion machine. Electricity will have additional consumption in the generation and use stages. The purpose of Gram making such a device is just to show the role of the generator and motor more clearly.

Such a novel device immediately attracted the admiration of everyone in the laboratory, and even Carlo was quite surprised.

This can also show the mind and hands-on ability of scientists of this era. As soon as the electric motor was discovered, it was possible to create a corresponding simulated usage scenario. Carlo was even more curious about what kind of rapid progress the power industry would make in the future.

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