Chapter 44: The Scientists (1)

The coast is very quiet, the dark waters, crashing against the reef fiercely.

The soldiers of the Austrian Marines hid their boats behind imperceptible reefs.

Ten strike teams, a total of 50 Marines, were stepping on the reef and slowly moving towards the position where the three-point flame was lit.

In order to reduce the noise as much as possible, their shoes are specially made in Franz's arsenal, rubber non-slip shoes, the texture on the top can greatly increase the friction, and at the same time not too heavy to make unnecessary noise, the exterior adopts suede waterproof technology, and the interior is equipped with a layer of aluminum alloy plate, which also has the function of anti-puncture.

Their military boots were supposed to be the best of their time, and the technology of aluminum alloy was not difficult, as long as some copper and magnesium were added, it would greatly strengthen the strength of the aluminum, and at the same time be very lightweight.

However, it was not easy to explain this principle to the craftsmen, and Franz simply classified it as alchemy.

Vulcanized rubber technology was originally invented by the Americans, but Franz did not plan to pay patent fees to the Americans, so this technology came out in advance, which is similar to aluminum alloy technology, and does not have a high threshold.

And under Franz's operation, Vienna's chemistry scene can be said to be star-studded.

Fifty years after the publication of his article, Avgadro, another unlucky man in the history of science, also lived in Austria, a genius chemist who died in obscurity, and fifty years after the publication of his article, finally understood that he was enshrined as a god, and named the law he discovered Avogadro's law.

Avogadro, who had a salary of 500 florins at the University of Turin and worked as a scribe at night, heard that there was a job with a salary of 2,000 florins, so he immediately moved his family to Vienna.

Friedrich Wüller, then 36 years old and head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Göttingen, was at the peak of his life, and Franz refused several invitations, and the University of Göttingen also attached great importance to him and tried to retain him.

In the end, it was Adjani who asked one of her subordinates to open up the line for Villeer through Leopold Gmelin, a teacher close to Weller.

Wühler respected his teacher Gmelin so much that he couldn't refuse his teacher's invitation, so the pair packed up and came to Vienna.

Leopold Gmeerin was also a great chemist, but he was not very good at personal morality, and was easily controlled by Adjani's subordinates.

The Violet Knights did not play a role at all in the hands of Madame Sophie, and after being handed over to Adjani, there were some troublesome things that could be solved at a very small price.

Of course, Madame Sophie did not do nothing, she stuffed those orphans and misguided women into the Violet Knights, which originally had a team of only a dozen people, but now it has grown to nearly three hundred, but the level is difficult to describe.

Adjani's former deputy, Caroline, has an extra scar on his face that isn't so obvious.

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Kirchhoff, who had come to Vienna while wandering around, did not know them and would not have invited them.

The two of them were not famous, and they spent a lot of time drinking in Vienna, and as soon as they woke up the next day, they saw carriages carrying a noble lady with all kinds of flowers, heading north of the city.

The two followed all the way and entered the Royal Women's Academy in Vienna in a daze, which happened to have a shortage of teachers.

And the person in charge of enrollment happened to be Professor Liebig, who was originally very disgusted with the two drunks, and heard that they were from chemistry majors, which made Professor Liebig angry.

But after some testing, the two were actually quite insightful, and Liebig was also impressed by their talents and stretched out his hand.

"Gentlemen, congratulations on your successful passing of the examination. Introduce yourself, Eustis von Liebig. It's been a pleasure working with you. ”

Robert William Bunsen and Kirchhoff were stunned for a moment, then shook their heads repeatedly.

"Impossible! It must be a dream, if you are Liebig, I am Plato. Bunsen said.

"Then I am Socrates." Kirchhoff followed.

"Why is it Socrates? I'm older than you! Bunsen said.

"I'm so old, I'm still drinking more than you!" Kirchhoff retorted.

"I don't think you're sober, I'll help you wake up." Bunsen slapped Kirchhoff in the face.

"Whew! It hurts, why does it hurt so much in my dreams. Wake up, too! Kirchhoff also slapped him in the face.

Kirchhoff and Bunsen, one slapped each other one by one, and Liebig finally couldn't stand it anymore and walked away, leaving only one sentence.

"Two madmen."

After a while, Kirchhoff and Bunsen each spoke with their red and swollen cheeks covered.

"Doesn't seem like a dream?"

"Is it really Liebig himself?"

"Wow!"

The two hugged their heads and cried again, not knowing whether they were excited or ashamed.

Charles Babbage, a genius inventor, who in 1834 invented the principle of the analytical machine (the predecessor of the modern electronic computer), in this design he envisaged the possibility of any mathematical operation according to the instructions on the punch card where the data was stored, and conceived most of the other characteristics that modern computers have.

However, the British government refused to support his work because his ideas were too advanced to be realized.

While the genius was looking for a job, Vienna responded to him, and Charles Babbage, who was so bent on completing his research that he immediately accepted Franz's offer.

No one in this day knew better than Franz how important computers were, and Babbage was not asking for a very high amount of money, fifteen hundred pounds a year.

Babbage was joined by his assistant, Ada Lovelace, the sole legal heir to Lord Byron and the first programmer in history.

They were British, and their research required a lot of mathematical calculations, so Franz arranged for some mathematicians to be their assistants.

Franz knew that Babbage's dream would not succeed, but it was on the basis of his research that a hundred years later people developed the real computer, which we know as the computer in later generations.

Historically, Babbage did not receive any funding, but in order to turn the drawings of the analysis machine into reality, he exhausted all his wealth and became destitute.

He had to put aside his work for a while and discuss with Ada to try to make some money, such as making chess toys, horse racing consoles, and so on.

In order to raise funds for scientific research, they had to "go to the sea" to engage in "income generation". In the end, the two fell into a dilemma of panic.

Ada reluctantly sent her husband's ancestral treasures to the pawnshop twice to make ends meet, and on two occasions these treasures were redeemed by her mother's funds.

Poverty and endless mental work have led to a dramatic deterioration in Ada's health. In 1852, with a beautiful dream of success in the analysis machine and a wordless sorrow, the soul of the female software wizard returned to Huangquan, and the fragrance disappeared, and she died at the age of 36.

After that, Babbage persevered in poverty for another 20 years, and finally passed away with unwillingness. For the sake of life and research, Babbage even worked as the most despised governess and maid of the era.

So when Babbage and Ada came to Vienna, the first thing they did was to eat hause.

The dine-in chefs had never seen such a messy professor, but fortunately, there was a handicraft class at the women's college, and a group of little loli were holding their own experiments and queuing up to feed the two hungry professors.

(End of chapter)