A full 50,000 U.S. dollars was exchanged for three thin sheets of paper, which detailed the process of producing smokeless gunpowder, and the ratio of various chemical agents was accurate to two decimal places. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It is accurate enough, although there is definitely room for improvement in the formula, but with this, it is enough to obtain the patent right that Li Mu wants.

Generally speaking, the patent publicity period of the New York Patent Office is three months, but Henry has a way to shorten the time to one month, and with this, Henry is also worthy of the high salary offered by Li Mu.

After the one-month patent publicity period, if the patent is successfully obtained, Li Mu will also pay MIT a reward of 20,000 US dollars.

This reward is a drop in the bucket for Li Mu a month later, the demand for smokeless gunpowder is huge, and the profit must be amazing, Li Mu can become a monopoly in this era only by collecting royalties.

For the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they have succeeded in leaving a laboratory for the MIT through these months of hard work, and will also receive a large amount of awards, plus the honor of researching stable smokeless gunpowder, MIT has also gained a lot.

This is a win-win cooperation, Li Mu and Runkel both expressed satisfaction, Runkel expressed his gratitude to Li Mu for his trust at the celebration party, and said that if there is an opportunity in the future, MIT is happy to carry out similar cooperation with Li Mu.

"The future? No, no, no, I don't have to wait until the future, I have a vision now. Li Mu wants to continue the cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for Li Mu, only a small amount of money can obtain a valuable patent, this deal is very cost-effective.

"What assumptions?" Runkel was like a hound that found its prey, and his eyes were burning when he looked at Li Mu.

"Light bulb!" Li Mu sacrificed the ultimate killing weapon.

"Light bulbs?" Runkel is unfamiliar with this well-known term in the 21st century.

"It's electric light, you see, we can use electricity now, but not enough, in my opinion, the greatest use of electricity is to replace candles and kerosene lamps to provide us with light-" Li Mu explained to Runkel in detail.

"No, no, no, Reem, no one wants to spend even a penny for a few tens of minutes of lighting, your idea is good, but it doesn't correspond to reality, there were studies on this for decades, but it didn't come to fruition, I don't think it's worth investing in." Ronkel still has a problem with empiricism, which is also common to most people.

As early as 1801, the British chemist David began to study the electroluminescence of platinum wire, and ten years later, David invented the electric candle, which uses the arc between two carbon rods to illuminate.

David's research is actually the prototype of the light bulb, but unfortunately the light bulb invented by David has no practical value because of its short lifespan, so David's research did not continue.

"Just because there were no results from research decades ago doesn't mean it's impossible now – in fact, there are people who have developed light bulbs that provide 400 hours of light, not for tens of minutes." Li Mu broke the shocking news.

In 1854, Henri Goebbels used a charred bamboo wire and placed it under a vacuum glass bottle to illuminate it. Goebbels' invention seems to be the first incandescent lamp with practical effect today, and the bulb that Goebbels tested at that time could last for 400 hours, but Goebbels's research ended here, this guy was a pure researcher, and he did not know the actual value of the light bulb, so Goebbels did not immediately apply for a design patent.

Even before Goebbels, the Englishman Joseph Wilson Swan had begun to study electric light. If nothing else, a year before Edison's invention of the electric light, six years later, Joseph Wilson Swan's bulb powered by carbon filament under vacuum would be patented in England, and then Swan would set up a company in England to install electric light in British homes.

This also led to Edison's invention of the electric light, and the patent application in the UK did not go well, and the British granted the patent to Swan, and at the same time, Swan also began to sue Edison for infringement.

Now with Li Mu, Edison and Swan all have to stand aside, Li Mu even asked Henry to send someone to New York to find Goebbels a week ago, wanting to buy a patent on light bulbs from Goebbels, and then entrust the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to improve it on the basis of Goebbels' research.

With the big bug of Li Mu, presumably there is no need to wait until 1879 for Li Mu to obtain a patent for the light bulb, and it is also a worldwide patent, so there will be no controversy.

"4-400 hours." Runkel's mouth was dry, and in a trance, he seemed to see countless medals flying to his neck with wings, his office was filled with various honorary certificates, and his statue was placed on the lawn in front of the Capitol building.

"That's right, 400 hours, but that's not enough, 400 hours isn't good enough, we're going to improve this invention to a thousand hours, or even 10,000 hours, and leave all the competitors behind, and then we'll have exclusive access to the global light bulb market, think about it, every home needs electric lights, and more than one, and then the whole world will use our products, and the honor it brings is enough to be passed down through the ages, hundreds of years later, people won't remember the eighteenth president of the United States called Ulysses Grant, I won't remember that there was a dean at MIT named John Daniel Runkel, but people will always remember the inventor of the electric light-" Li Mu's voice was very low, leaned into Runkel's ear, and slowly said the above words to Runkel.

Hearing Li Mu's words, Runkel's Adam's apple kept squirming, his eyes were straight, and he stared straight at the candlestick on the table, like a fish leaving the water, and his mouth made a rough panting sound of "ho-ho", but he couldn't say anything.

"How do you feel about this direction? I pay for it, you do the research, I go to the results of the research, and the credit goes to MIT -- or you. Li Mu threw down the last straw.

"It's done! When does it start? This time I'm going to lead the team myself—" Runkel finally came to his senses, slammed his glass on the table, and his eyes were red as he spoke.

"When I buy Goebbels' research results first, and then we can start at any time, you will first form a team, prepare some relevant equipment, and be ready at any time, you don't have to worry about funding, just like the research of smokeless gunpowder, I am all in charge-" Li Mu took care of everything, and wanted to fix this cooperation model.

With smokeless gunpowder, the funds in Li Mu's hands will be endless, and it is time to expand aggressively.