A Man of Science and Engineering in Troubled Times Wandering in the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 198 Science Sends a Manuscript

Morgan agreed to continue investing another $20, but first provided him with five radio receivers.

The boundaries between factories, enterprises, and workshops today are far less clear than in later generations—of course, later generations are often not very clear.

Buyers can place orders to companies or individuals; sellers can also take advantage of this to continue research and development.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, almost all kinds of industries were evolving rapidly in this way.

Anyway, what rich people want is novelty and the feeling of "I have what others don't have". It doesn't matter if the cost performance is lower if you spend more money.

After all, the current productivity of the United States is increasing too fast, and the social consumption power is almost comparable to that of the whole of Europe.

Now that Tesla has money, he immediately began to think: "Great, with money, I can complete the power improvement project and then create artificial lightning."

Li Yu said: "I remember the architect saying that the project would cost $20."

Tesla said, "That's right. I thought Mr. Morgan would only give $15. That's enough."

——At present, there is no complete scientific theoretical study to understand why the nearest moon has only one side facing the earth.

The first to find Li Yu was another super chaebol in the United States, the oil tycoon Rockefeller.

Tesla said: "The current price will be relatively high, $600 per unit."

Then I talked about tidal locking.

Tesla also had little contact with Rockefeller, and had mainly had contacts with Morgan before.

This article was not only submitted to "Science", but also handed over to Pulitzer's "Le Monde" for publication, but the "Le Monde" deleted the technical part, leaving only the simplest principle and the use of longing content .

Well, how do you say it?
Deserves to be single...

In addition, he will naturally write an article to introduce his "mobile radio device", that is, a radio, and talk about the great role of triodes in communication in principle.

Rockefeller chose to meet at the university, which can demonstrate his enthusiasm for education.

Tesla understood what Rockefeller meant, so he said: "Well, Mr. Rockefeller, I will do it for you as soon as possible."

Rockefeller laughed loudly: "No wonder I heard Morgan say that you are a weirdo, you really don't know how to do business! Of course I know that its price will decrease in the future, but what if I don't want to wait half a year?"

This time there are more sound sources than last time, and there are even songs.

Rockefeller moved his Standard Oil company headquarters to New York many years ago, and following the University of Chicago, he donated money to build a new university two years ago—Rockefeller University (currently called the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research). The location is very good, just On the Upper East Side next to Central Park in Manhattan, a rich area of ​​New York.

Tesla said: "I know, I will help you teach. But you must keep my funds secret."

In the article, he first discussed the Roche limit that Roche had studied decades ago, and the analysis of the formation reasons of Saturn's rings.

Rockefeller also belongs to the kind of person who has more time, because he retired a few years ago, but he still holds a lot of equity, so he no longer has to worry about daily management.

Tesla went on to say: "Actually, Mr. Rockefeller, I think its price will drop within half a year. It's just that our production capacity is still relatively weak and we cannot mass-produce it. By then, I think it will The price may be only a few tens of dollars."

Rockefeller was as excited as Morgan when the voice came over the radio, "Fantastic stuff! Fascinating!"

Haha, it’s not easy to have such a good movie, and it’s hard science fiction. I have to find fault with others, find fault with the egg, and destroy my favorite thing with my own hands.

Li Yu said: "Several of my engineers will assist in the whole process, and just learn by the way."

Anyway, foreigners like Chinese calligraphy quite a lot, but the level of Chinese characters written by Li Yu in Chinese is really low, so I can only bluff foreigners.

To put it simply, a certain or a few comets entered Saturn's Roche limit, and then were torn apart by tidal forces to form Saturn's rings.

He was also worried, and he had to prepare a radio set, which delayed his going to Wardenclyffe Tower for experiments.

So he added a Chinese saying at the end of the article: When that day comes, the mountains will have no edges, and the heaven and the earth will unite.

In view of the current love of American scientists for astronomy, Li Yu is going to write another article on astrophysics.

On the other hand, the "Science" magazine he invested in will also publish a new issue. According to what was agreed in advance, he will continue to write a manuscript.

Tesla is full of ambition: "This is my last chance, and I must not let it go."

"Two great scientists, this university really complements each other with your arrival." Rockefeller said, "I heard that you have developed an excellent radio device. An old man like me really wants to see such a thing. "

Li Yu feels his head is big, Tesla is really obsessed with wireless power transmission.

But this time will be very far away, even the day when the sun explodes will not come.

The formation of tides has already been studied to a certain extent. Li Yu extended it a bit, and then discussed through mathematical calculations and force analysis that the moon has been tidally locked by the earth, so only one side faces the earth.

Rockefeller was obviously more concerned about its role in transmitting information, "It doesn't matter if the cost is higher, I can buy three, what is the price?"

Li Yu didn't know what to say, so he had to agree, "I'm afraid paper can't cover fire."

Doing things requires ups and downs, and Li Yu plans to write a less sensational one this time.

At this point, Li Yu couldn't persuade him anymore.

It's just that Morgan will definitely be pissed off at that time, and then he will inevitably ignore Tesla as in history, and instead invest the money in the Italian Marconi.

Relying on fame, more researchers submitted papers for the second issue.

After all, the sales of the first issue were so good that it is still unbelievable that it is still being printed.

This is almost sky-high price, close to a Cadillac sedan.

This is just Rockefeller. You don't need to think about it. After that, the Wall Street plutocrats and bankers may also need it.

Li Yu sent three engineers together with Zou Zhou and others to manufacture radios at Tesla's place, learning as much as possible the basic manufacturing steps.

The Roche limit was also a hot concept before Li Yu traveled because of "The Wandering Earth".But there is a small bug in the movie: the director team actually gave the wrong Roche limit distance between Jupiter and the earth.

The rigid body Roche limit between Jupiter and the Earth given in the movie is 89 kilometers, and the fluid Roche limit is 171 million kilometers. Then the story is mainly to avoid entering the rigid body Roche limit.

Forget it, let him suffer enough, otherwise he will keep this matter in his heart.

Rockefeller is a person who loves to invest in education, and will even spend a little more money on it than Carnegie in the future.

"Mr. Rockefeller, hello!"

However, this kind of small bug does not affect the excellence of the movie itself.

According to the calculation, because the density of Jupiter is too small, its Roche limit of rigid body is inside itself, that is, it is impossible to tear the earth into pieces.

According to the analysis, the moon is an oblate spheroid, the major axis of which always points to the earth.

"I know, it's for Mr. Morgan." Tesla said casually.

His "Fractal and Chaos" made many people start discussing the multi-body problem again, but it is obvious that the three-body problem is too difficult, and Li Yu plans to write a conventional two-body problem.

Finally, according to the characteristics of Li Yu who has to do something every time he writes a thesis.He also mentioned that according to the theory, the rotation speed of the earth is also slowed down very, very slowly by the tidal force of the moon. One day in the future, the earth and the moon may be tidally locked to each other, that is, two planets are like two people Pull your hands together in a circle.

There is really no way, it seems that he will not turn back until he hits the south wall.

Back to Li Yu’s article, after discussing that Saturn passed the Roche limit to form Saturn’s rings, he mentioned that Jupiter also has planetary rings, but it is not easy to observe.

Li Yu and Tesla showed him the radio, and then said: "The current operating cost of the radio station is still relatively high. In the future, I think there will be a dedicated broadcasting company."

Unexpectedly, Rockefeller readily agreed: "Yes, but the delivery must be fast."

——This is the stink of the engineering man.

Many bigwigs were really interested.

Like Carnegie, Rockefeller has become much less airy since he stepped down from his management position. Seeing him and Morgan are completely different feelings.

Li Yu reminded him: "In any case, we must first make a few stable versions of radios."

Li Yu and Tesla were invited to Rockefeller University on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

The reason for the mistake is that the director team was careless. They included the Roche limit data of the sun and Jupiter.That is, the distance at which Jupiter will be torn apart by the sun when it enters a distance of 171 million kilometers from the sun.Rather than the Roche limit distance between Jupiter and the Earth.

Although the fluid Roche limit reaches a radius of 11 kilometers, it exceeds its radius of 7 kilometers.However, this value is quite small. With such a short distance, it is not as simple as tidal force, because the mass of the earth is not too small.

"That's it," Rockefeller got up and said, "Anyway, I'm here, and I happened to be taking a walk in the institute."

The Rockefeller University is very small, has always only recruited doctoral students, and focused on biology and medicine.The campus area is very small, and those who don't know it may think it is a middle school.

Rockefeller said to Li Yu: "I happen to have a very good oriental scholar here, but he is a Japanese."

Rockefeller led them to a biological laboratory, then pointed to a young Japanese and said, "This is Hideyo Noguchi. He is currently studying at the University of Pennsylvania. His report on snake venom four years ago was amazing. I am also interested in it." Let him go to Rockefeller University after graduation."

(End of this chapter)