Thomson clearly thought about it.

Ma Whistle gave him the first author of "On an Absolute Temperature Scale", which may be called modest, but this one is definitely not.

Because Ma Whistle knows that the conclusion of this article is wrong, and it is quite wrong, even the process is wrong.

As much as Thomson seems to care about the issue, this article is destined to be an inconspicuous scrap in the history of science.

Of course, everything depends on the foil of peers.

In the eyes of the whistle, this article is outrageously wrong, but compared to other contemporaneous speculations about the age of the sun, this article is the closest to the truth.

Many Christians still follow the assumption that the age of the sun is only a few thousand years old, as printed in the Bible hundreds of years ago.

Scientists, while discarding this apparently stupid view, have not come up with more decent conclusions either.

In contrast, Ma Whistle and Thomson at least constructed a set of theories that have not been faulted so far, replacing coal burning with gravitational potential energy and meteorites, and arriving at a result of 500 million years, which is more plausible and shocking.

Therefore, when this article was published, the repercussions were even greater, at least much greater than "On an Absolute Temperature Scale".

After all, only physicists pay attention to the absolute temperature scale, but anyone can be interested in looking at the age of the sun.

Just the day after the paper was published, several newspapers in Glasgow reported on it.

The more conservative newspapers ran headlines like "Physicists estimate the age of the Sun to be 500 million years old."

The more unrestrained and lively newspapers, on the other hand, showed the nature of the commercial media that were keen on making big news, focusing on the horse whistle and directly using headlines such as "Indian Scientists Calculate the Age of the Sun."

There is no doubt that such a combination of Indians and scientists is more likely to attract attention.

Therefore, with the publication of newspapers, in Scotland and even the whole of England, above the temples and far away from the rivers and lakes, this matter began to be discussed.

Even from Ma Whistle's personal point of view, he can feel this change in public opinion.

In a bookstore.

“…… Man, have you heard, there was an Indian scientist who calculated that the age of the sun was 500 million years. ”

"Indian scientists?"

"No, Indians, savages of America."

"How is this possible, are you sure you're not mistaken? If it's an Indian scientist, I can still understand it, but the American Indians, how can they have scientists? I've heard that they don't even have a written word and are still hunting with stone tools. ”

"But that's the way it is, and it's been reported in several newspapers, and it's absolutely true. An Indian scientist, in collaboration with Professor Thomson of the University of Glasgow, has published a paper that estimates the age of the sun – 500 million years – which is a staggering number! ”

Another joined the discussion in an arrogant tone: "You obviously don't know anything about science. ”

"What do you know?"

"Long before calculating the age of the sun, that Indian had already published several amazing papers that had a great impact on the academic community. Anyone who paid even the slightest attention to the academic community knew about the existence of this Indian scientist at least a week ago......"

“……”

"Great Chief, do you hear me, those people are talking about you?" Messy hair came over and said.

"Of course." Ma Whistle said disapprerovingly, closing the book in his hand and handing it to Ranfa, "Let's see if there is any book in the store, and if so, buy a few more." It's not easy to get to the UK, so we have to buy some books. ”

In recent days, this is not the first time he has heard talk about himself.

As the saying goes, when you see a cockroach at home, then there must be a thousand cockroaches partying in the dark.

Horse Whistle has heard such discussions with his own ears more than once, and it is conceivable that such discussions must have been very common in England, and probably happened all the time.

And it was, and a little more exaggerated than he expected.

Buckingham Palace, London.

The young Queen Victoria has been married for eight years, but is already a mother of six children.

Just a few dozen days ago, she gave birth to Princess Louis, but she apparently quickly adapted to life after giving birth.

At this moment, Her Majesty is holding her little daughter in her arms, talking close to her husband, Prince Albert, while his husband, Prince Albert, reads the documents submitted by the Cabinet.

If it weren't for the opulence of the room, they would have looked almost like an ordinary loving couple.

“…… My dear, what do you think of the house I am going to give Mr. Faraday a house at Hampton Court Palace? Prince Albert said.

"Of course." Queen Victoria said, "Faraday is a respected scientist whose contribution to Britain is evident to all. ”

As she spoke, she seemed to think of something: "Regarding science, I recently heard that there is an Indian scientist? ”

Prince Albert nodded: "I heard about it too." An Indian from the Americas and a Scottish professor calculated the age of the sun, and it seemed to be 500 million years old. ”

Queen Victoria: "That sounds so interesting, an Indian scientist, unheard of, I want to meet him." ”

"Yes, but we should listen to the scientists, maybe the Indian is just a grandstander. When Mr. Faraday comes, we can ask him what he thinks. Albert said, frowning suddenly, "Oh yes, there's still a lot of trouble to deal with." ”

"What's the matter?" Queen Victoria asked, and despite being the Queen of England, she apparently preferred to let her husband do his duty, so her inquiry was more of a courtesy than a real concern.

Prince Albert: "The Americans say we used the Indians as intermediaries to illegally sell a weapon in the Mexican War...... Prime Minister Russell believed that it was a private act of some companies, but after a long investigation, there is still no result. ”

"Illegal sales?"

Prince Albert: "That weapon is called a revolver, and its patent belongs to the Colt Company in the United States, and the Colt Company also registered a patent in England, but the revolver sold by the Indians in the war was not made by Colt. ”

"It is said that tens of thousands of revolvers were sold, which undoubtedly violated patent law, and more importantly, these 10,000 guns played a huge role in the war, so the Americans protested fiercely."

Queen Victoria thought for a moment: "Why can't it be a company from another country?" ”

Prince Albert shook his head: "To produce 10,000 guns in North America, apart from the United Kingdom, there are only American companies." It can't be produced by the Indians themselves, right? ”

Queen Victoria laughed, "That's not for sure, we thought the Indians didn't have scientists." ”

Prince Albert smiled disapprovingly.

"Dear Albert, it's getting late, I think we should rest." Queen Victoria suddenly approached and said.

Albert's face showed a hint of nervousness: "Victoria...... You've just given birth. ”

Queen Victoria said: "That was a few months ago, and our Louis has now learned to turn over, and my body has long since recovered." ”

“……”