1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 209 [Vice Admiral]

Only a few classes need to be taught in three years. The working hours are really easy. The only thing that makes the horse hesitate is that the commuting time is a bit long-thousands of hours.

Now that there is no plane, it is really not easy to go to and from the UK from the inland of North America. A lot of time is spent on the road. Although you can do a lot of things by car and boat, such as reading and writing, there will still be a lot of trouble in the end. waste.

So Horse Whistle haggled a bit before agreeing, before becoming a professor of physics at Cambridge University.

The Physics Department of Cambridge University welcomed his arrival and even held a special induction ceremony.

Ma Shao delivered a speech at the ceremony, the content of which was mainly some general expositions, of course there were also more specific ones.

For example, the calculation of the Roche limit.

He just read some articles written by French scientist Edouard Roche a few days ago, and realized that Roche might be trying to calculate the Roche limit, but he hadn’t calculated it yet, so he cut it off decisively and gave it directly in this speech Calculation process and results.

Although this achievement cannot be compared with the two laws of thermodynamics, its exquisite physical thought and profound mathematical foundation, coupled with the ability of the horse sentry podium, still impressed the physicists present.

Of course, Horse Whistle also gave Roxi a consolation prize, saying that he was "inspired by him" and "did a little follow-up work".

The Luoxi people are sitting at home, and the "award" comes from the sky. I don't know how they feel.

For another example, Horse Whistle suggested that Cambridge University build a laboratory.

Universities in this era generally lack decent laboratories, and Cambridge University is no exception.

Ma Shao knows that this is a problem, and physics will have higher and higher requirements for experiments in the future, so he mentions this.

But it's just a casual mention, after all, if it can't be built in a short time, it will be a long way to come up with results.

After the induction ceremony, Mashao went to visit the meteorological expert recommended to him by Prince Albert—Vice Admiral Robert Fitzroy.

He was accompanied by Darwin.

Darwin was called because he and General Fitzroy had been friends for many years.

When Darwin made scientific expeditions around the world on the Beagle, the captain was Fitzroy.

After the three met, they exchanged ideas.

During the brief contact, Horse Whistle quickly discovered the fact that although General Fitzroy was a meteorological expert, he was also a fanatical Christian.

When Darwin briefly mentioned the On the Origin of Species he was working on, Fitzroy unceremoniously criticized the old friend, so that Darwin had the good sense not to talk about this topic.

At this time, no one would have thought that when Darwin published this book in the future, Fitzroy would have a mental breakdown and commit suicide directly.

After leaving aside the topic of religion, the chat was quite pleasant.

General Fitzroy: "I have read about your weather forecasting plan. I have to say that this is a very good idea. It can facilitate people's lives and is of great military significance."

Weather and military affairs are closely related, especially for the navy.

Fitzroy, as a high-level military officer and meteorological expert, is indeed a perfect fit for him to preside over the meteorological office.

He changed the topic: "However, there are some problems, such as meteorological instruments. I think the current meteorological instruments cannot meet the needs of weather forecasting."

Horse Whistle smiled: "General Fitzroy, it may be a bit offensive, but I still want to say that your news is a little behind, and meteorological instruments are no longer a problem now. More advanced barometers, hygrometers, wind speed Meters, rain gauges . . . have been invented.”

Fitzroy was startled: "Who invented it? When?"

"I, last month." Horse Whistle said, and then took out a few instruments from the suitcase, "I brought some of them, General Fitzroy, you can take a look."

Fitzroy took over the instruments and inspected them briefly. As a meteorological expert, he realized that what the horse post said was true. These meteorological instruments were not the type he used in the past, and had become more advanced and efficient.

Looking at the instrument in his hand, and then at the horse whistle sitting in front of him, General Fitzroy was deeply shocked and was speechless for a while.

Horse Whistle is a little embarrassed: "In fact, it is a slight improvement on the previous instruments, but with these, coupled with telegrams and necessary personnel, the needs of weather forecasting should be satisfied."

Darwin smiled and said: "Captain, Sir Horse Whistle is such a genius, incredible creations are as easy as breathing for him, I think you will get used to it slowly in the future."

Fitzroy was still amazed, looked at the horse whistle and said: "Frankly speaking, I was quite skeptical about your achievements in other fields... until now, you have come to a field I am familiar with."

As Mashao said, the conditions for weather forecasting have been met, and the establishment of the Meteorological Office is a matter of course.

Fitzroy served as director of the Meteorological Office and began to organize the issuance of weather forecasts.He has full authority over military matters, while the weather information for the public is released by the horse post.

Of course, the meteorological instruments were not created in vain. These advanced instruments were exchanged for the exclusive reporting rights of the Meteorological Office.

Horse Whistle specially acquired a penny newspaper in London that was established less than two years ago. The penny newspaper that followed suit was not doing well and was on the verge of bankruptcy. Everything is available.

After buying the newspaper, Horse Whistle changed its name to "Daily Mail", adjusted its business strategy, and featured exclusive weather forecast information.

Many people have started long-term subscriptions to the Daily Mail in order to get weather information, bringing this dying newspaper back to life.

Afterwards, Horse Whistle invited Dickens and asked him to serialize novels on the "Daily Mail"-a novel with Apache as the background.

As the top of the top stream, Dickens's manuscript fee is quite expensive. In fact, Ma Shao paid him [-] pounds at one time, and it is estimated that he will pay another [-] pounds in the future.

But compared with the benefits brought, this ten thousand pounds is completely negligible.

This novel made the "Daily Mail" take off directly, quickly became popular, and made the British understand and favor Apache more.

It is foreseeable that with the help of Dickens' huge influence, the resulting public opinion and political orientation will gradually spread to the whole world...

Perhaps one day in the future people will sympathize with the Indians as deeply as they sympathize with the Jews, even though the Indians have long since escaped their miserable situation.

The success of the weather forecasting project allowed Horse Whistle to gain the friendship of General Fitzroy, and formally connected with the British military.

Like most people, Fitzroy admired Whistle's extraordinary creativity and wished he could come up with something awesome for himself.

What such a thing is for a general is self-evident.

"Sir Whistle, I wonder if you have a way of improving our weapons—like weather instruments?" he asked the question.

(End of this chapter)