Wild North America 1846

a few days later

University of California, Electrical Energy Applications Laboratory

This is the largest comprehensive university in the Tang Dynasty with the highest level of scientific research and the most comprehensive curriculum. It is also one of the top universities with the highest level of research and development in the world. His Majesty the King will come to inspect it every two or three months to communicate with high-level universities.

Scholars and professors discuss the development issues at the forefront of science and technology.

After visiting the Materials Application Laboratory, His Majesty the King came here to listen to relevant reports on the research and development of electrical energy application equipment, and he seemed to attach great importance to it.

The first industrial revolution was the liberation of productivity marked by the application of steam power, and the second industrial revolution was the flourishing of science and technology represented by electrification and chemical engineering. This had already sprouted in the middle of the 19th century and was gathering strength for further development.

Of course, the Tang Kingdom could not miss this technological wave, and it wanted to lead the world's electrification industrial revolution. It continuously invested in research and development and achieved fruitful results.

Since the British physicist Faraday discovered the law of electromagnetic induction in 1831, top scientists from all over the world have devoted themselves to research in the field of electromagnetism and have achieved rapid development.

Currently, there are two main research and development directions in this frontier field; one is complete sets of generator equipment and power transmission equipment. The other is electric energy applications.

In the field of developing complete sets of generator equipment, in 1832, French scientist Pixie applied the principle of electromagnetic induction to create the original generator.

The initial generator equipment was relatively bulky, and its motive force was human power. It was difficult to obtain high-power current by increasing the rotational speed.

From 1833 to 1835, Saxton, Clark and others successively invented new devices such as the rotating coil armature and the static magnet structure. The introduction of these new devices greatly reduced the operating equipment of the generator, thus improving the efficiency of the generator.

Rotating speed.

The research and development result of the Datang Kingdom's Electric Energy Application Laboratory was that German scientist Siemens made major improvements to the generator and made an electromagnet generator.

The electromagnet generator uses electromagnets instead of permanent magnets to enhance the magnetic force and can produce a powerful current that is far beyond comparison with Pixie's generator. It has the ability to be widely used in practical applications.

During the improvement of Siemens generators, Italian physicist Pachinuti invented the ring generator armature. This armature uses coils wound on an iron ring instead of coils wound on an iron core bar, thereby improving power generation.

machine efficiency.

inspired by this

Siemens made use of Pachinuti's annular generator armature and made a generator set with excellent performance at the end of 1858. This generator had excellent performance and already had the main characteristics of future generators. It began to be used in factories, mines and other fields.

Promote applications.

Soon afterwards, Siemens Electrical Equipment Company was established with 60%, 18%, 15% and 7% shares respectively held by Kingdom Fund, University of California, Government Science and Technology Fund and Professor Siemens, specifically for the production, research and development and promotion of complete sets of generator equipment and power transmission.

equipment.

in this field

The Tang Kingdom was already leading the way, and the German scientist Mr. Siemens, who was famous in German industry in history, traveled across the ocean to develop his career here because he was highly paid by the University of California in the Datang Kingdom.

In terms of respecting knowledge and talents, California has formed an unprecedentedly relaxed and generous environment, forming a top innovation force with the laboratories of major universities as the core. It has great reputation around the world and is known as the "Science Valley".

No matter which country they come from, experts and professors, as long as they have real talent and knowledge, will be respected and hired with high salaries here. It is very convenient for them to teach, educate people, carry out scientific research, apply for patents, and hold scientific lectures.

The World Science Congress held in California last year attracted many European scientists to stay and develop in this beautiful and sunny coastal city, making Chang'an City even more famous.

Only these few years

A series of higher education institutions such as the California Institute of Technology, the North American Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, the Royal Medical College, and the Canadian Normal College have been established, further enriching the strength of Chang'an's scientific and technological community and creating a stronger R&D atmosphere.

The second research direction, the main application field of electric energy is electric lamps.

Electric light is a lighting source that emits heat through electrical energy. The world's first incandescent lamp was invented by Henry Goebbels (Edison actually found the right material and invented a practical incandescent lamp, and the light bulb had already been

Appeared in 1854).

The precise technical name of the light bulb is "incandescent lamp". The periphery of the light bulb is made of glass, which keeps the filament under vacuum or low-pressure inert gas. The function is to prevent the filament from oxidizing at high temperatures.

The current R&D problem is;

The filament life of incandescent lamps is short, with an average of only 400 hours, and there is still a slight gap between the promotion and application.

"Since we can't find a material suitable for filament, let's conduct extensive experiments." Richard didn't want to cheat on such a trivial matter, so he directly used his money power with a wave of his hand and transferred it to the university principal;

"The laboratory will make a table to list various high-temperature-resistant materials that may be applied to filaments, and test them one by one. There are so many college students in the school, and we will recruit some R&D assistants by issuing subsidies to complete this project as soon as possible.

In the future, similar methods can be used for a large number of simple and repeated experiments, freeing up scientists to do more important research."

"Wei Chen understands and will make arrangements as Your Majesty orders as soon as possible."

"In the future, on some important scientific research projects, we will arrange some scientific research assistants for professors to free them from the heavy basic experiments and try to provide them with better research conditions."

"Your Majesty is kind, I will keep this in mind."

"Um."

After giving the instructions, Richard finally felt at ease.

If the laboratory invented the durable incandescent light bulb earlier than Edison in history, then with the practical application of generator equipment, the electrification process could begin.

In world-class cities such as Chang'an, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, brilliant lights are a symbol of metropolitan nightlife, which can drive the nighttime economy and enrich human cultural life. It has great social significance and contains huge economic benefits.

The world's early large electrical equipment companies all started with seemingly inconspicuous electric lamps, gradually accumulated strong development capital, and applied electrified equipment to a wider range of fields. This is a process of gradually expanding market demand.

It is human nature to crave light at night, and will indulge in the blurry illusions created by brilliant lights. The most typical examples are nightclubs and bars, the streets with blurry lights at midnight, and the luxurious night banquets that the upper class indulges in. These are all incandescent lights.

vast market.

It has to be said that in order to promote the industrial development process of the Tang Dynasty and find support points for future industrial development, Richard was as worried as his old father.

"Professor Siemens, first of all I want to congratulate you. The first batch of Siemens generator products have been highly praised by the industry. This has added new strength to the industrial development of the Kingdom. It is not easy!" Richard said with a smile.

Professor Siemens bowed his chest humbly, raised his head and said gratefully, "Thanks to this city's enthusiasm for scientific researchers, Siemens Electrical Appliances Company has been able to achieve rapid development. I am very grateful for this and thank you for your support."

kindness."

"You're welcome. The Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty has always respected knowledge and is more willing to create an atmosphere conducive to scientific development. It is willing to explore the unknown and promote the progress of industrialization to benefit mankind. This is the original intention of the king and the consistent policy of the government."

Speaking of which

Richard turned to the crowd and said loudly in an inflammatory tone;

"Knowledge is wealth, knowledge is power.

As can be seen from the development history of Siemens Electrical Appliances Company and Nobel Chemical Company, the Tang Kingdom welcomes experts and scholars from all over the world to come here to start businesses and develop, to turn their talents into reality and benefit everyone.

in this process

Both the government and the private sector are willing to invest in creating inventions, and with sufficient soil and government support, technology-based enterprises can thrive and bear fruit.

The Royal Government has preferential support policies for science and technology enterprises in terms of finance, taxation and capital, which reflects the greatest sincerity of the Royal Government. This is something that no other country in the world can do.

Nobel Chemical Company has developed rapidly since its establishment. Last year's sales reached 7.3 million yuan. The company has also become a star enterprise in the Kingdom. As a result, Professor Nobel has received huge benefits and government awards, and was awarded the title of Lifelong Baronet in the Kingdom.

honor.

The laws of the Kingdom protect the interests of experts and professors and protect the sanctity of everyone’s research and development results.

The Kingdom advocates freedom of belief. Here, you will not be persecuted because of your religious beliefs. This situation widely exists in European and American countries, so I will not go into details.

Here, as long as experts and scholars are willing to join the Chinese community, you can marry as many women as you want. Of course, there is only one wife.

The Tang Kingdom is a country with the most open and relaxed social atmosphere and the best R&D environment. California has done the best in this regard, and everyone must have experienced it personally.

Here again I solemnly pledge myself as a king;

The Tang Kingdom unswervingly upholds the dignity of the law, protects and respects intellectual property rights, and respects talents, and this will not change in the next 100 years or even longer."

His Majesty the King's impromptu speech won a flood of warm applause. The experts and scholars present were so inspired that they wanted to write to their European friends immediately about the good news, asking them to pack their bags and come to California.

This place is great, it is simply a paradise for scientific research.

In today's European feudal kingdoms, with the exception of the United Kingdom, which is more enlightened, other countries generally have a preventive and suppressive attitude towards scientists, and many of them are often thrown into prison.

The United Kingdom first initiated and passed the Patent Law, but this thing was not welcomed at all in many feudal kingdoms in Europe, and no one took it seriously.

Plagiarism of British scientific research results abounds, and the British can only block the export of sensitive industrial equipment, such as Jenny textile looms. The British strictly prevent and strictly prohibit exports to the United States, and offenders are subject to severe penalties.

There's no way, Americans don't have the concept of patents.