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

Chapter 65 Two Chief Editors
If Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, then Pluto is definitely an infinitely dark interstellar dust.

The huge 28-inch telescope at the Greenwich Observatory can play around the entire solar system, but if you don't know the coordinates, it is extremely difficult to find Pluto, because it is really small, even if you observe it through this telescope, there is only one point .

It is no exaggeration to say that finding it is as difficult as finding a single pixel on a large screen that fills the entire Earth's night sky.

Fortunately, with the exact direction given by Li Yu, now this telescope is like a cannon pointing at the night sky, just waiting for the expected light.

Pluto naturally does not emit light itself, but only reflects sunlight.When the faint light stubbornly reflected by Pluto in the distant starry sky finally reached the earth after more than 5 hours, time seemed to stand still!
Director Christie blinked hard, confirmed again, and then shouted in a voice that was almost tearing: "I see it! It is indeed a celestial body that has never been marked before!"

Everyone on the scene boiled instantly!
"let me see!"

President Huggins also saw the faint dot through the eyepiece, it was so inconspicuous, as if it would disappear with a slight blow, "Holy God!"

Lord Kelvin is obviously not good at astronomy, and he felt lonely after watching it for a long time, so he couldn't help pulling Huggins to tell him in detail where he was.

After tossing for a long time, I don't know if I saw it or not. Anyway, since Huggins and Christie both saw it, there is nothing wrong. After all, one is the president of the Royal Society and the other is the director of the Royal Observatory.

Huggins may be the happiest. His observatory was the first to observe Pluto. His own observatory can be regarded as proud, and he can charge tickets for future visits!

Christie was the first to calm down. As an astronomer, it is not enough to just see. It will take a period of time to observe and eliminate all uncertainties before he can definitely announce the discovery of the ninth planet.

Christie immediately mobilized everyone in the observatory to invest in the observation and photographing analysis of the new planet. Since the calculation of the orbital parameters given by Li Yu's paper was very clear and concise, their verification work went smoothly.

Lord Kelvin couldn't be of much help. He really only knew a little bit about astronomy, but he wanted to witness this historic moment, so he moved a table beside him and drank cups of coffee.

"Director Christie, can you move faster?" In the middle of the night, Lord Kelvin was so sleepy that he could hardly keep his eyes open.

"My lord, I am already fast, but this kind of thing must not be sloppy."

"That's that! Don't make a mistake!"

Lord Kelvin drank another cup of coffee: "Director Christie, your coffee is too bitter! Why is there no milk?"

"My lord, the milk won't be delivered until tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then go on and hurry up."

Lord Kelvin couldn't bear it any longer, so he dozed off inadvertently, and woke up immediately with his head tilted: "How is it? Have you got it done?"

Christie's face was dark: "Lord! You only fell asleep for 10 minutes!"

"I'm really sorry, or I'll sleep again."

"Don't! Your snoring is too loud, it's better to listen to your rambling!"

"Director, you..."

Lord Kelvin drank another cup of coffee, staring wide-eyed and determined not to fall asleep again.

On the other hand, Li Yu, who was next to him, was sleeping soundly on the table, and after a while, he even stayed behind, wondering what he had dreamed about.

Near dawn, Christie's team finally completed the calibration, and he said with a slight trembling: "It's ok, everything is ok! It's a planet outside Neptune!"

President Huggins and Lord Kelvin cheered in unison, and Li Yu, who was on the side, also woke up, wiped his head, "It's over?"

"It's absolutely true! What you found is the ninth planet in the solar system!" President Huggins said excitedly to Li Yu, "It's so exciting!"

Lord Kelvin shook Li Yu's shoulder vigorously, "Boy, you are about to develop!"

President Huggins put his hat on. "I'm going to Editor Jolsen right now."

"Take me," said Lord Kelvin, "not only in your Journal of Natural Sciences, but I think The Times will be interested."

Huggins smiled and said, "It's really you!"

When they returned to the observatory, there was not only the editor Jorsen behind him, but also a tall reporter.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Yu: "Lord, is he the Li Yu you mentioned?"

Lord Kelvin said, "Yes, that's him!"

The tall reporter stretched out his hand and walked over: "Mr. Li Yu, it's a great honor to meet you. I'm George Barker, editor-in-chief of The Times."

Good guy, Lord Kelvin directly invited his editor-in-chief this time.

"Nice to meet you."

Li Yu shook hands with him.

Editor-in-Chief Buckle said: "Lord Lu told me about your discovery this time. It's incredible. I don't think the headlines on the front page are enough to set off your discovery. I..."

Before he finished speaking, a voice came from the door: "I think so too. If you only let the "Times" report it, it would be a shame for such a shocking discovery!"

The corner of the editor-in-chief Barker's mouth twitched, and a man with a slightly bald head walked in. He continued: "Without our "Daily Mail" and "Daily Telegraph", I don't think it would be enough to make this great news. The findings will inform more people."

The speaker was Harmsworth, but like Lord Kelvin he was better known by the title of Lord Northern Rock, only he was not yet knighted.

This man is a bigwig in the newspaper industry. The price of the "Daily Mail" he founded is only half a penny, which is only half of that of "The Times". It has a very high share among the public, especially the poor.

Not only is the price low, but Beiyan is also a very powerful marketing genius.At the beginning of the newspaper, he advertised that the person who guessed the most accurate deposit figures of the Bank of England would get one pound a week, which immediately increased the circulation of his publication and opened up the market in an instant.

When the "Daily Mail" was first published, the slogan was: This is the newspaper of the busy man, and this is the newspaper of the poor!You can read all the news for half a penny.

The appeal to ordinary people is strong.

The "Daily Telegraph" also has an amazing circulation and is also a civilian newspaper.

In fact, in the 21st century, the circulation of the "Daily Mail" and "Daily Telegraph" is far higher than that of "The Times".

It is also worth mentioning that Sir Beiyan has been to China and only met with Shi Liang, a Chinese newspaperman who was later mentioned in the previous article and later bought Shenbao.

(End of this chapter)