218, the broken shore also looks at the cold fireflies

After the paper was published, Sun Yuanqi took the time to write a popular science article on general relativity and sent it to the British magazine RE, saying that he had no intention of favoring one over the other. No pop-up update fast // (D genius only takes 3 seconds to remember)

In the article, Sun Yuanqi expounded the various principles proposed in the paper in simple terms, showed the charm of general relativity, and proposed three experiments to test the correctness of general relativity: one is the precession of Mercury's perihelion, the second is the bending of light rays in the gravitational field, and the third is the gravitational redshift of spectral lines. Among them, the latter two items are difficult to verify in the near future due to technical problems; But the first is a question that has existed for a long time.

In 1859, the French astronomer Le Verlier discovered that the observed value of Mercury's perihelion precession was 38 arc seconds per century faster than the theoretical value calculated according to Newton's laws. At that time, Newton was still a god-like being, so Levelier did not suspect the error of Newton's laws at all, but guessed that there might be an asteroid around Mercury, and the asteroid's gravitational pull on Mercury caused the value to be skewed. But after years of observation, he never found the asteroid.

In 2 years, the American astronomer Newcomb recalculated that the excess precession value of Mercury's perihelion was 43 arc seconds per 100 years. He thought it was possible that Mercury's motion was hindered by the diffuse matter emitting zodiacal light. But that doesn't explain why several other planets have similar redundant precessions. Newcom was puzzled and even began to wonder if gravity obeyed the inverse square law.

Later, some people used electromagnetic theory to explain the anomaly of Mercury's perihelion precession, but they were also unsuccessful.

Now that the general theory of relativity has been introduced, the question of Mercury's perihelion precession has become a matter of course. According to the general theory of relativity, the planet's motion around the Sun can be seen as its motion in the Sun's gravitational field, and the planet's perihelion precession occurs every time the planet revolves around the Sun's mass, which causes the planet to have perihelion precession for each revolution. For Mercury, the calculated results coincide with Newcomb's observations, which solves the unsolved mystery of Newton's theory of gravity for many years, and can also be the most powerful evidence to prove the correctness of the general theory of relativity.

Since 1898, Sun Yuanqi has become a representative of "civil science" and "non-mainstream" in the eyes of Western scientists, and almost every paper has been attacked and ridiculed by a group of orthodox physicists. However, Sun Yuanqi seems to be indifferent to the identity of "civil science" and "non-mainstream", not only did he not restrain himself a little because of the ridicule and criticism of orthodox scientists, but on the contrary, he became more and more intense, and he had a posture of "not ashamed, but proud". What is even more difficult for classical physicists to accept is that his series of fallacies are in good agreement with the experimental results, which makes many young people who are not deeply involved in the world be fascinated by him and fall to the ground.

This is the case in the scientific world, no matter how beautiful and perfect your theory is, as long as it contradicts the results of the experiment, it will be ruthlessly discarded; No matter how clumsy or ridiculous your theory is, as long as it can accurately explain the results of the experiment, scientists will pinch their noses and admit it. There was no doubt that Sun Yuanqi's theory belonged to the latter, and orthodox physicists had no choice but to pick up his thesis and start studying it while scolding.

If it's just one or two articles, they will still have a critical interest. But Sun Yuanqi's new theories emerge one after another, and each new theory is so absurd that they gradually become numb. When I saw the Oriental wonder boy's paper again, my first reaction had changed from "he was wrong" to "he might be right".

The same is true of general relativity, which not only accurately explains the anomaly of Mercury's perihelion precession, but also lays the theoretical foundation for the Big Bang in full swing. Since the article came out, physicists and astronomers have paid great attention to it, and relevant discussion articles are often published in newspapers.

The vigorous publication of "General Relativity" did not affect the dismal business of the Beiping Iron Works in the slightest. Since there is no market for the steel helmet so far, the foundry does not dare to officially operate at all, and the products produced can only be backlogged in the warehouse. Fortunately, the steel helmet does not have to worry about insect and rat bites, as long as it is coated with grease to avoid rust, otherwise it is a huge expense.

The iron factory does not produce much, but the wages of the workers and the maintenance of the equipment should cost a lot of money. In addition, the purchased mining and smelting equipment is being shipped one after another, and it is necessary to hire someone to install and debug it. Almost every day, money has to be put into the factory.

Don't look at the iron factory is now thriving, employing hundreds of workers, all kinds of equipment are roaring, in fact, the iron factory is more gas out, less air intake, hanging half-dead. In case one day the funds can't keep up, the factory will only burp and catch a cold.

Beiping Iron Works is not like Hanyang Iron Works, people have official backgrounds, even if they don't open for three years, they can get through relying on government subsidies; Even if the products produced are not competitive, they can be sold with the operation of the government, and they are still at a high price! Beiping Iron Works has no big background, so it can only rely on itself, be self-reliant, self-reliant, and be self-responsible.

As the core management personnel, Cai Qide, the assistant manager of the iron factory, knows the inside story, and there are a few more gray hairs these days. In order to find business for the iron works, countless articles were published in major newspapers, but the results were really lackluster. Occasionally, a few people came to the door, all of them were small fish and shrimp, which did not help the current situation of the ironworks except to increase their popularity.

One day in late April, Cai Qide was sighing in the office, and the servant came to report: "Master Cai, there are a few young people from outside, newsprint, and I want to come to the factory to have a look." ”

Now, every businessman who came to inspect was the hope of the iron factory to come back to life, Cai Qide did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly got up and went downstairs to greet him. I saw that the people who came were four young people, all in their twenties and thirties, wearing top hats, suits and leather shoes, and two of them had noses and eyes.

"Under the surname Cai Qide, he is the assistant manager of the iron factory." Cai Qide reported to his home when he met, and then arched his hand and said: "Everyone is here, Cai has missed the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins!" ”

Several young people also hurriedly returned the salute, and the person in the lead said: "Associate Cai, contemptible Wei Zhenxiong, these are my friends. We read about the ironworks in the newspaper, and we came to visit, I wonder if it is convenient now? ”

"Convenient! Convenient! Cai Qide said repeatedly: "Everyone, please come to the house, let Cai give a detailed introduction." ”

Wei Zhenxiong waved his hand: "If we can, we want to take a look at the equipment in the factory first." ”

"Okay!"

After taking over the position of assistant manager of the Peking Iron Works, Cai Qide put a lot of effort into making up for his knowledge of the steel industry. The more he studied, the more he admired his behind-the-scenes boss, because he found that all the equipment of the iron factory was the most mainstream technology at the moment, which was almost an era higher than that of the Hanyang Iron Works, and he didn't know where they came from.

Since there is a treasure at home, and there is a person who knows the goods, how can there be no reason not to show off? Cai Qide almost agreed to Wei Zhenxiong's request.

At the open-pit mining site, Cai Qide pointed to the roaring machine in the distance: "We use pneumatic rock drills instead of Daye Iron Mine's explosives blasting, which not only improves efficiency, but also ensures safety." ”

In the steelmaking workshop, Cai Qide introduced to several young people endlessly: "This is a converter, which uses the Thomas converter steelmaking method to blow high-phosphorus pig iron into steel, which is the most important steelmaking method in Western Europe today. ”

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The four young men also seemed to be very knowledgeable, talking to each other in whispers from time to time, asking each question to the point. It took me half a day to finally look at all the equipment from mining to casting

Wei Zhenxiong was obviously satisfied, and said directly: "I want to talk to your boss." ”

Cai Qide is overjoyed: Since they say so, they have the intention to cooperate, but I don't know how big their appetite is. Sun Yuanqi was busy with affairs, and Arthur often went abroad, so in order to keep the iron factory running normally, he granted Cai Qide some arbitrary powers. Therefore, Cai Qide said politely: "On general cooperation issues, Cai can make a decision." ”

Wei Zhenxiong said: "The matter is confidential and the stakes are very important, I'm afraid that you can't make your own decisions, right?" ”

Cai Qide became more and more happy: "Okay, please leave your address, we will visit us within three days." How is it? ”

Right now, Arthur has traveled around the world again, and the boss behind the scenes is only Sun Yuanqi alone, and I don't know if he is in the capital or in Jingshi University? Beiping Iron Works is located in Jugezhuang, Miyun County, hundreds of miles away from the capital and farther away from Jingshi University. No matter where you are, you will definitely not be able to contact them in a short time.

Two days later, Sun Yuanqi took Cai Qide to the inn to visit Wei Zhenxiong.

The young man who opened the door stared at Sun Yuanqi for a long time, and asked tentatively, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Baixi?" ”

Sun Yuanqi felt that this young man was also a little familiar: "Yes, it's me." You are? ”

Student Wu Jian, whose name is Renzhi, studied at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Last time I had a meeting in London, I met you! Wu Jian hurriedly introduced himself, and immediately became a little puzzled: "Who are you?" ”

Sun Yuanqi turned around and let Cai Qide, who was behind him, say with a smile: "Didn't you ask me to come?" ”

Wu Jian was dumbfounded: I didn't expect Sun Yuanqi to be not only a scientist, educator, and official, but also the behind-the-scenes boss of the Beiping Iron Works!

Wei Zhenxiong and the other three were also shocked when they saw Sun Yuanqi, and Sun Yuanqi found a place to sit down very casually: "Hehe, don't be polite, just treat me as the boss who smells of copper." ”

After sitting down, Wei Zhenxiong asked tentatively, "Mr. Baixi, why did you think of opening the Beiping Iron Works?" ”

All of you here are acquaintances, and Sun Yuanqi does not hide it: "We have a research institute at Jingshi University, which specializes in the research and design of engines, and often needs to cast prototypes. Just find a steel plant, afraid of leaks, but also afraid that the technology will not be up to standard. In case of any further modifications, I will continue to trouble others, so I think of setting up my own steel factory.

Moreover, the steel industry is the pillar industry of the national economy, and specialized technical personnel are also needed in related mining engineering, steel smelting, and material processing. Since the name of Jingshi University is 'Jingshi', it will inevitably involve these disciplines. If there is no steel mill as an internship base, it always feels a bit like talking on paper.

"Coincidentally, during the geological exploration practice, the students of the school happened to find a large open-pit iron ore in the area of Jugezhuang, so they raised funds to build the Beiping Iron Works."

"......" The people present were a little speechless: in order to cast the engine prototype and find a training base, they invested millions of taels of silver to build a huge steel plant, which is also a bit of a fuss, right?

Sun Yuanqi continued: "Jingshi University is a private university, and the current funding for running the university mainly comes from social donations, but the manpower is sometimes poor, and relying on others is not a long-term solution after all. Since there is a need for a stable source of funds, the establishment of an industry has become an inevitable choice, and the steel plant is just an attempt. Therefore, the construction of the Beiping Iron Works is regarded as a grass and rabbit without delay. ”

Wei Zhenxiong said bluntly: "Mr. Baixi, with all due respect, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Beiping Iron Works to make a profit in a short period of time, right?" ”

Sun Yuanqi said with a wry smile: "Shoukun is right, at the beginning of the establishment, we had conceived several products, but the sales were not satisfactory. It is estimated that for a long time, the iron factory will not be able to make ends meet. That's why we published it in the newspaper, looking for cooperation. ”

Liu Qingen, who had not spoken on the side, interjected at this time: "Mr. Baixi, do you know what industry is the most profitable? ”

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