Professor Woodgate took matters into his own hands, and Li Kangping and Allen helped them to finally debug the equipment to what they thought was perfect.

"Gentlemen, she looks good." Professor Woodgate describes the equipment as "she", standing next to the electric stove with eager anticipation in his eyes.

"Professor, can we get started?" Li Kangping was eager to try.

"The first experiment of space quantization verification, start!" Professor Woodgate turns on the electric stove.

At the same time, Li Kangping and Allen activated the vacuum pump, diffusion pump, semi-circular electromagnet, liquid air cooling device and other accessories.

The humming sound from the device is not deafening, but it is noisy enough to make it impossible to sleep.

For Professor Woodgate, Li Kangping, and Allen, it's not noise, it's the sound of nature.

If a silver layer is precipitated on the receiving glass plate and the silver layer precipitate splits into a strip with nothing in the middle and asymmetrical sides, the experiment is successful.

According to calculations, it takes about 12~16 hours from the start of the electric furnace to the visualization of the silver layer on the glass plate.

One person can't complete this experiment, at least two people have to change shifts.

The three-person team closely monitored various instruments, and Li Kangping shouted: "The temperature is normal!" ”

Alan yelled, "The pressure is normal! ”

"The magnetic field is normal!"

"The vacuum coefficient is normal!"

"Everything works!"

According to the experiment, Professor Woodgate instructed: "Second magnetization, Lee, you do it!" Now, right now! ”

"Roger!"

Li Kangping quickly adjusted the control valve of the electromagnet system, so that the silver atoms could fly freely under the control of humans.

Whether the silver atoms are moving in the σH/σz direction or not cannot be observed by the naked eye in real time, and we can only judge by the image pattern on the glass plate.

When we devote ourselves to the study of physics, it is easy to lose track of time, and hunger compels us to look at our watches, oh, half past one o'clock in the afternoon, and we have gone from morning to now, and before we know it, five hours have passed.

The experiment was in its infancy, and Professor Woodgate did not dare to leave the laboratory easily, and he asked, "Which of you is going to buy something to eat?" ”

"I'll go." Alan volunteered to go out and buy food.

Li Kangping had a brief time alone with Professor Woodgate, and he asked, "Professor, have you read Einstein's paper, the paper on wave and particle nature as two manifestations of light?" ”

"It was a paper published more than ten years ago, and who hasn't read it?" Professor Woodgate rightly said, "Of course, in the year Einstein published his paper, and in the years that followed, few people were willing to read or accept his theory of the wave-particle duality of light. It is only in the last two years that Einstein's theory has received the attention it deserves. ”

Professor Woodgate concluded: "Lee, you know, it takes a long, long time for a completely new theory to be fully understood and accepted. With effective and convincing experiments, we can reduce this time to a certain extent. ”

Li Kangping chatted with the professor for a while, and Alan bought back lunch.

The experiment went well, and the trio were ready to settle it out in the lab for dinner, and by midnight at the latest, they should be able to get their first impressions.

Li Kangping and Allen continued to monitor the experimental instruments and record a set of process data at intervals.

Everything looked perfect until the "click" sounded.

The "click" sound comes from cracked glass.

The glass vacuum pump suddenly cracked, and the crack was widening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Damn it!"

Professor Woodgate screamed and immediately turned off the electric stove.

"Oh my God!"

"How so!"

Li Kangping and Allen acted immediately after being shocked, and the two turned off other equipment one after another.

The vacuum pump cracked, which meant that the vacuum environment was not guaranteed and the experiment could not continue.

All the equipment was turned off, and the three of them checked it, and the danger was eliminated and it was safe for the time being.

"The temperature is normal, the pressure is normal, everything is normal! If everything is fine, why does it burst! Professor Woodgate yelled in annoyance.

Alan said innocently: "Professor, we didn't lie to you, and you saw with your own eyes that the meter data is indeed normal!" ”

"I think the process data is fine, it should be the glass pump body." Li Kangping intently observed the ruptured vacuum pump, and his first experiment ended in failure, and his heart was extremely heavy.

"I'm sorry, I was a bit out of shape. Actually, I never expected to succeed once, it doesn't matter, let's figure out the reason for the failure and start over. Professor Woodgate, who was gradually calming down, worked with two students to find the culprit.

After careful inspection, the trio found the cause, which was caused by the impact of boiling mercury and the condensed water vapor.

"Lee, Allen, the first thing we need to determine is, is there a problem with the experimental design?"

Professor Woodgate, Li Kangping, and Allen checked the experimental design drawings that had been checked many times, and they concluded that there was no problem with the experimental design.

Since the experimental design is OK, there will inevitably be mercury shock and water vapor condensation.

Professor Woodgate thought for a moment and said, "Lee is right, the problem may be the vacuum pump. Glass devices are susceptible to breakage, even if they are not attacked by mercury and water vapor, for example, when they are broken by heavy objects. So when it came time to blow, I had Bill blow three vacuum pumps. It's ten o'clock now, so clean up and go back to rest. Tomorrow morning, we will install another piece of vacuum pump. ”

Li Kangping and Allen asked at the same time: "What if the other one is also cracked?" ”

"If three vacuum pumps are broken in a row during the experiment, then we can conclude with certainty that this type of vacuum pump does not meet our experimental requirements." Professor Woodgate's expression was very solemn, and he said: "This is the last thing I want to see, and hopefully tomorrow will not be too bad." ”

Back in the dormitory, Li Kangping tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. There should be no essential difference between the experimental equipment of 1922 and the experimental equipment of 1921. Since the verification experiment of space quantization could be achieved in 1922, it is theoretically feasible to advance it to 1921 one year earlier.

Li Kangping had insomnia.

With the help of half a bottle of whiskey, he fell asleep groggyly.

Early the next morning, the three of Woodgate's apprentices gathered in the laboratory.

The trio worked together to install a new vacuum pump, and the second experiment of space quantization by the Woodgate team at Columbia University was launched.

"I hope the first time was an accident, and this time there won't be another accident!"

The three of them were energetic and experimenting, and they were expecting to get the image pattern of the silver layer.

For an hour, everything worked fine.

Two hours and everything worked fine.

Five hours and everything worked fine.

Eight hours and everything worked fine.

Yesterday's vacuum pump burst eight hours into the experiment.

Today's vacuum pump body passed eight hours smoothly and safely.

In the ninth hour, it clicked and cracked.

Again, the mercury shock and water vapor condensation destroyed the vacuum pump.

"Nope! No, no! Alan yelled.

Li Kangping sighed: "Hey, it's not an accident, it's more like the norm." ”

As the leader of the team, Professor Woodgate tried to look as calm as possible, saying, "Pack up and move on tomorrow." ”