As soon as Faraday's question was asked, Arthur immediately sensed that something was wrong.

As a top graduate of the history department of the University of London, he was almost ignorant of the current progress of science in the world.

In order to prevent him from pulling up a whole bunch of new concepts that he hadn't invented in the course of explaining Lorentz's force, this time he cleverly used the techniques of interrupting and clichés he had honed at Scotland Yard and the Magistrate's Court.

Arthur touched the back of his head, pretending to be embarrassed, and he spoke.

"Mr. Faraday, I'm sorry you misheard. I'm from Yorkshire, so my spoken pronunciation isn't as standard as London's, and I'm not talking about Lorenz, it's Lawrence. ”

Faraday was surprised: "Lawrence? These two words do sound about the same. ”

Arthur replied, "Let's not mention this yet, do you still have any confusion about the other things I just said when I stated the rule of the left hand?" ”

Faraday thought back: "There should be nothing else, things like what kind of charge and so on, are relatively basic concepts. And your accent is not so strong elsewhere, I can hear it very clearly. ”

When Arthur heard this, his hanging heart finally relaxed.

It doesn't matter if you don't have electrons, just have the concept of electric charge.

With a bottom in his heart, Arthur's tone of voice was also much more relaxed.

"Mr. Faraday, you should know that Lawrence means laurels and honors.

This also represents my view of the Lawrence force, which is like an honor, which looks as if it exists, but in fact it does not exist.

Perhaps, it only exists in people's imaginations.

That is, I speculate that it may exist, but I can't confirm that it exists, which may be a nominal force. ”

Faraday frowned and thought when he heard this: "You mean that this so-called Lawrence force is a conjecture of yours?" ”

"That's right."

"And what is your definition of it?"

Arthur saw that Faraday and the audience had been completely carried away by him, so he was relieved and boldly began to talk.

"May I ask you, what is the current definition of electric current in the academic world?"

Faraday replied without thinking: "The current was first proposed by the Italian scientist Galvani, and after a long controversy, Mr. Benjamin Franklin finally discovered the positive and negative charges in the 50s of the 18th century. ”

When Arthur heard this, he finally smiled and said, "As you said in your speech and experiment, electricity can produce magnetism, and magnetism can also produce electricity, and you should know that there is a force between magnetism and electricity.

Therefore, when I looked at your experiment, I guessed that if the current is composed of electric charges, then in the process of magnetic generation, those new charges should also be subjected to force during the movement.

Ampere force is the force exerted by a magnetic field on an electric current, and what I mean by Lawrence force is the force experienced by a moving charge in a magnetic field.

Although they are all forces exerted on electricity, one is macroscopic and the other is microscopic. ”

Faraday frowned when he heard Arthur's explanation, and he pondered for a moment, and suddenly seemed to understand something.

He asked, "In other words, you think that the ampere force is the resultant force of this so-called Lawrence force?" ”

Arthur nodded, "Exactly. ”

Faraday touched his forehead and said with a smile: "I have to say, this is a very interesting conjecture, and it sounds very logical.

However, as far as the current scientific research is concerned, although we know that electric charge exists, it is only an extremely idealized model that we imagine that it has mass but does not have volume and shape.

No wonder you would call it the Lawrence Force, for in its current state it is indeed a laurel and honor that is not touched but feels present. ”

Arthur laughed, "I'm sorry I didn't make much real progress for you, it's just my personal unrealistic conjecture." ”

As soon as Arthur finished saying this, the Red Devil on the side muttered quietly: "Hey! Fuck, Arthur, you kid guessed right. ”

Although the so-called Lawrence force was merely a conjecture, Faraday still did not hide his admiration for Arthur.

He smiled and patted Arthur on the shoulder: "Young man, what science needs is conjecture.

Until no one proves you wrong, then you may be right, and no one can easily deny you.

Before I came up with the results of my experiments, many people didn't believe that magnetism could produce electricity, but it just happened, and science is such a wonderful thing.

Maybe one day in the future, the Lawrence force you call will become a reality?

By the way, I haven't asked for your name yet. ”

Arthur bowed slightly, "Arthur Hastings." ”

"Arthur Hastings?" When Faraday heard this name, he was stunned for a moment, and then muttered, "I think I've heard this name somewhere." ”

As soon as he had finished saying this, a lady sitting not far away suddenly exclaimed, "The Scotland Yard police uniform and shiny epaulettes are named Arthur Hastings, and they are also very young.

O my God! He—Could he be the same Officer Arthur who saved the poor child's life in the magistrate's court? ”

"The police officer who was covered in the newspapers some time ago?"

"The embodiment of justice, the example of the public, the strongest voice of that Scotland Yard?"

"Oh! It could really be him! Young and motivated, and so learned, only such a person can convince a jury and a magistrate. ”

All of a sudden, the originally quiet venue was boiling again.

Everyone began to give a standing ovation, both as a tribute to Faraday's newfound discoveries and as a courtesy to Arthur's vast knowledge and past experiences.

Faraday couldn't help but smile when he saw the audience standing up and Arthur, who barely blushed but still kept his composure waving to the audience.

"Officer Arthur, who said Lawrence represents laurels and honors? Look at the standing ovations of the public, your last name, Hastings, is the true laurel and honor.

Don't call it Lawrence Force, just call it Hastings Force, even if it can't be seen or touched, but as long as the public doesn't deny it, your name will always be there! ”

When Arthur heard this, he was surprised: "Is this really possible?" ”

"Absolutely." Faraday smiled and stretched out his hand to Arthur: "In addition, I also hope that you can allow me to quote your two rules for explanation in the paper that is about to be completed, I wonder if you can agree?" ”

Arthur looked at Faraday's outstretched hand, pondered for a moment, and spoke.

"I can agree to your quote, but before that I want you to grant me a request."

"What request?"

Arthur said seriously: "To tell you the truth, I actually wanted to listen to a chemistry lecture today. But ......"

Faraday laughed when he heard this: "It turns out that you are for this matter, chemistry, I am more confident than electromagnetism."

If you want to hear about this, you can always come to me. If I'm not here, it's in the laboratories of the Royal Society.

Oh, by the way, I can go to the President and ask you for a Royal Society pass, so you can enter and leave the College whenever you want. ”

Faraday said this, and just wanted to turn around and go to the president.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he saw a servant also wearing a dark black suit running briskly towards Arthur.

The servant bowed slightly, and said to Arthur, "Mr. Hastings, the Duke of Sussex, President of the Royal Society, please." ”