"Mr. Babbage, with all due respect, you and your machines have one thing in common - being too bloated." The military's chief weapon-making specialist, Vincents Augustine lamented.

In fact, this opinion represents the voice of all the experts present. But since almost all of them had purchased or booked Babbage's Difference Machine in advance, it was naturally not easy to offend this stubborn wizard in person.

In fact, due to the emergence and application of differential machines, many studies have been carried out smoothly, such as ballistics.

In the past, it took up to a year to complete a ballistic analysis with 20 long-trained actuaries and at least 10 hours a day.

Now, with the Difference Machine, the time required for this work has been reduced to just two months. Of course, because the weapons of this era were still very non-standard, the accuracy of calculations was limited, and it was often ridiculed as a useless subject.

And this time Babbage is not going to show the masterpiece of the difference machine, but the analysis machine he has developed. The massive machine, made up of 37,000 parts, is 3.5 meters tall and weighs five tons. If you count the steam power unit next to it, the total weight is probably close to ten tons.

"Mr. Augustine, did you know that there is a proverb that says, 'Great guys have great wisdom'? For example, since there is an infinite amount of wisdom in my belly, it can do the same. Also, please don't ignore my assistant, Miss Ada. ”

No one likes to be teased about their figure, and Babbage is no exception; Of course, no one wants to say that their treasure is bad, unless the sun rises in the west one day.

"In fact, in terms of the structure of raw analysis, your wisdom should be in your brain, not in your stomach, and the longest organ in your stomach is called the large intestine, which contains feces."

Vincentz Augustine sarcastically said. This man is a typical conservative who neither likes Babbage nor can accept the fact that a woman is engaged in scientific research. He even privately referred to Lady Ada as Babbage's mistress.

However, Babbage did not take the other party's ridicule to heart at all, but concentrated on explaining his creation to the experts present.

"Gentlemen, are you still satisfied with the simple four arithmetic and the most basic functional calculations?"

In fact, Babbage's differential machine can already run simple functions, which is why it has attracted the attention of the British government. This invention was a major breakthrough in navigation and astronomy at the time.

However, because the British machinery manufacturing industry at that time could not meet Babbage's requirements, it could only be left to fend for itself.

For the same important part, it may take more than a dozen masters and dozens of processes in the British factory, and after several days and dozens of pounds, there is no guarantee that the error is less than one thousandth.

And in Austria at this time, it only took a few hours and a few dozen florins to complete.

In the field of small-scale parts manufacturing, the gap between the two sides can be narrowed by nearly 100 times, because it is impossible for the British to open a production line specifically for this small batch of parts, while Austria only needs to make a simple mold to achieve mass production.

Closer to home, Babbage's "science lesson" continues, except that the rest of the people present don't seem to be infected by his excitement and excitement.

So, he asked his assistant, Mrs. Ada, to prepare a very complicated and tedious mathematical problem, and was ready to give the experts present five minutes to calculate in advance, and then do it himself after five minutes.

It's embarrassing that it takes less than a minute for someone to figure out the correct answer. Five minutes passed, and half of the people at the scene had already handed in satisfactory answers.

Vincentz Augustin looked at Babbage with interest, and although he could not figure out the answer himself, this did not prevent him from waiting for the other party to make a fool of himself with a gloating attitude.

The latter was already accustomed to this kind of embarrassing and deliberately difficult scene, and was completely unmoved and still said to himself,

"Ladies and gentlemen, as soon as I flip this switch, miracles happen. A set of 25 digits of completely accurate numbers will be clearly displayed in front of your eyes. ”

The scientific "giant", who had weighed more than 220 pounds (previously 150 pounds), grabbed the lever and then made eye contact with his assistant, Lady Ada (now 160 pounds, previously 100 pounds), who gave him an affirmative look.

At this moment, it was as if everything around him was still, and Babbage could not hear the noise in his heart, only his own analysis machine in his eyes.

"Witness the miracle!" Babbage pulled down the lever, and with the roar of the steam engine, the gears began to move at high speed.

Babbage looked at his watch, and a minute passed, which was theoretically calculated time, and he shouted at the audience.

"Welcome to the future!"

Just listen to "Boom! The Royal Women's College in Vienna had to suspend classes for a week due to safety concerns.

Later, according to statistics, a total of more than 20 professors were sent to the Vienna General Hospital, but fortunately there were no casualties.

Of course, the most seriously injured were Babbage himself and Mrs. Ada, who were closest to the center of the explosion, but fortunately the fat on their bodies acted as a buffer, and they suffered only minor abrasions and fractures.

The injuries of the rest of the injured were not serious, and considering that they were "at-risk" people who often visited the hospital, it was not uncommon to do an experiment on a few strands of scorched hair and experience first-hand what it was like to break the head.

At this time, Vincents Augustine, who was injured in the foot by a flying part, did not forget to taunt the two people who were wrapped in rice dumplings even though he was on crutches.

"I sincerely invite you to join my weapons development department, and in the future, you will take your invention to France to hold a seminar, and blow up all the French scientists, and you will be considered loyal to the country."

Babbage still held his head high, ignoring the other party's ridicule, and secretly said in his heart, "Lao Tzu is British".

Vincente Augustine saw that the other party was speechless, and felt that he had won a big battle, and left on crutches, but unfortunately he just collided head-on with a group of little Lori, and drowned in the sea of Lori before he could scream.

"What are you?"

Babbage looked at the lolis with small baskets in front of him, a little moved and a little puzzled.

"Teacher! We've got your back! You must continue your research! ”

"Yes, teacher, we also brought food!"

"yes, I did it myself!"

"Teacher, come on!"

"Teacher, come on!"

There was even a little Lori who brought Florin to show their sincerity. Obviously, these kids aren't the ones who don't know anything about the world.

It's just that they don't show it to people, but choose to put the money under the food and hide it in the basket.

Babbage and Ada were deeply moved. They never expected that their hard work and noisy work would be supported by so many people, and they couldn't help but shed tears of excitement.

In the future, whenever they feel that their research cannot be carried out, they will always remember what happened today, and then they will return to their posts with full motivation.

And what they don't know is that in fact, the main reason why this group of loli supports them is that they want more absenteeism, and these two teachers have done what they have always wanted to do - blow up the school.

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