Chapter 161: Light Bulb

At this time, the cognitive mages of the microcosm had not yet reached a conclusion, and the so-called atom was only considered to have obtained a single substance when it was decomposed to the point where it could no longer be decomposed.

This is the latest method of dividing the elements, and the mages who hold this theory believe that the world is made up of such atoms, and that atoms are the most basic and indivisible substances that make up the world.

But many mages of the Elemental School are not satisfied with this, the number of atoms is too large, and there are more than 60 kinds of them found so far, and there is no law between these elements for the time being, and there is a lack of beauty. Moreover, there are still atoms that are constantly being discovered, and people can't even determine how many atoms there are, compared to the classical theory of earth, water, fire, and wind, the atomism is too complex and lacks the necessary laws, making people feel that the whole world is scattered.

Therefore, many mages do not think that atoms are the most basic elements, and some mages have even transformed earth, water, fire and wind, thinking that earth, water, fire and wind are only general terms, which are four more basic particles, and the combination of earth, water, fire and wind constitutes atoms, and atoms constitute molecules and substances.

In this way, the model of the atom becomes simpler, but there is a problem, there is no finding to prove that the atom can be divided, and if there are more elementary particles, it is not necessarily four.

Jiayi's periodic table is also in trouble, most of the elements in the two worlds don't seem to be much different at the moment, but because of the existence of more magic energy, everything has become magical.

For the time being, he does not have the ability to study and understand why the foundations of the two worlds seem so similar, but they are so different, not only magical, but also many substances embody wonderful qualities, so he can only use the experience of the previous life as a reference and slowly explore.

His periodic table has not made much progress, but Fesenden's electric light has progressed very quickly.

Kaichi and Queenie are back in the Supreme Council, and now that they are not on the radio station, Wilmot allocates a laboratory to Fresenden, where his experimental team is all located.

They entered the laboratory through the guards, and before they could stand firm, Fresenden came over and said, "You have come just in time, we are experimenting with the life of the light bulb, your proposal is right on the point, our first few experiments have worked well." ”

As he spoke, he led Kaichi to a test bench with a huge circle enclosed by a large glass enclosure and several light bulbs in the middle, connected in parallel to an entire circuit, several of which had gone out.

Fresenden introduced: "This is the time acceleration circle found by Lord Wilmot, the time flow rate inside the cover is 24 times that of the outside, one day inside, only an hour outside, and now it has lasted for almost 30 hours. The few light bulbs that have gone out are carbon filaments, and the longest lasted only 15 hours. ”

Jia Yi looked at the remaining lights: "Are these tungsten lights?"

"No, the two on the side are tungsten wires, and the gold wires next to them are molybdenum wires, alloy wires mixed with trace amounts of fine gold, etc., and now it seems that tungsten wires have the best effect. ”

Fessenden introduced on the side that it was not the first time he had tried the wire scheme, and before the carbon wire was discovered, he used various metal wires for testing, but the effect was not good, and now the tests are all improved metal wires.

His team has tested hundreds of materials.

Soon, another light went out, and a mage next to him reported while recording: "Golden wire, duration 30 hours and 25 minutes, fuse." ”

As he spoke, another light went out soon, it was molybdenum wire, and within a few hours of Jiayi's arrival, all that was left was tungsten wire and alloy wire doped with pure gold.

Fresenden said to Kaichi: "As with the results last time, tungsten filament worked best, and last time it lasted more than 45 hours. ”

"What about this alloy wire?" Kaichi was very interested in this, theoretically the wire doped with pure gold should not be bad, at least until now.

"This last time there was no tungsten filament, the composition of adamantite is too small, we actually want to use adamantite to make filament, but Lord Wilmot did not approve. ”

Fresenden said a little embarrassed, he also knew that this was a bit whimsical, it was meaningless to use pure gold as a filament, even if the effect was good, such a street lamp would not be stolen the next day.

The tungsten light bulb now looks like it's barely usable, and Freisendon takes Kaichi to another lab: "This is the power lab, the latest transformation circle we have researched, which can convert mana into more electricity. It only takes two magic circles to support us in installing street lights on the entire main street of Moshacher. ”

Jia Yi looked at this magic array, the magic circle was connected to the energy pool of the Supreme Council, and the energy was endless, but if the entire Moshacher had to popularize electricity in the future, the energy pool might not be able to catch it.

The power of the energy pool is almost endless, but the maximum power output is limited, and I am afraid that a new energy pool can only be built to generate electricity, otherwise electricity will still be a problem. Of course, there are not many electrical appliances now, and it should take a long time for the electricity shortage to occur.

Thinking of this question, Kaichi asked, "Have you ever tried a generator? Wind or water power is used to drive the motor to rotate and cut the magnetic field to generate electricity. ”

Although electromagnetic transformation was no stranger to them, because the magic array could directly convert magic power into electricity, they actually ignored this method, and no one had ever considered a generator.

Fresenden was a little annoyed, and patted his forehead: "If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten this, the energy pool is precious after all, and it is difficult to build, if there is a generator, then it is convenient to use electricity elsewhere." ”

The biggest advantage of electricity over magic is that it is cheaper, and if you use wind or hydroelectric generators, then the price of electricity can be cheaper. Jiayi didn't say anything about thermal power, mainly because Moshacher is an island with abundant wind and tidal energy, but fuel is relatively scarce.

For now, however, the energy pool converts enough electricity to make the street lamp.

The construction of street lamps also requires the laying of circuits, and the foundation works are huge, so it is necessary to start construction in advance, and finally install the street lights.

They did not choose too far for the first phase of street lighting, and planned to install street lights on the place where Baker Avenue in the council district connects to Central Avenue, and after the end of the first phase, they will prepare for the second phase to build street lights for the Central Avenue that runs through the whole of Moshacher, and the last three phases will be completed to cover the whole of Moshacher.

This whole project takes a lot of time, even if it is only the first phase of the project, it is not a month or two to complete.

They held a two-day meeting to confirm the plan for the installation of the wires, arguing over whether the wires should be buried in the ground or in the air.

Both options have their advantages, one is less costly, the other is more aesthetically pleasing, and it is safer. But in the end, the elevation faction gained the upper hand, mainly for the sake of cost, burying in the ground needs to cover the wire with an insulating layer, and also need to consider waterproofing.

The best material is Eucommia ulmoides gum, the planting area of Eucommia ulmoides has been getting larger and larger over the years, there are several large plantations along the coast not far from Mochather in the southwest of North Senzhou, every year you produce a large amount of Eucommia ulmoides gum, and the price of Eucommia gum is slowly decreasing, but Eucommia gum is still a big cost, accounting for almost half of the cost of wires. If you want to install street lights for the whole of Moshacher, this is a factor that cannot be left unconsidered.

Although the Supreme Council is considered to have the strongest financial resources in the entire continent, the Supreme Council's spending on magic is too high, and it seems to be a little stingy.

After two days of sitting in the Supreme Council, Jia Yi slipped away, and although there were still many problems to be solved, he was no longer needed.

Back in his lab, Kaichi listed the periodic table of elements in his memory, and then filled in the existing elements according to them.

This was supposed to be a simple matter, but because the atomic masses of many elements were now inaccurate, it was impossible to fill in according to the periodic table in his memory.

If he wanted to actually fill the periodic table with these elements, he would need to calibrate at least part of the atomic mass, which would prove that he was right, not just a guess.

There is a big difference between guessing and extrapolating.

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