The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1245 Controlling Thunder and Lightning
With danger coming from all sides, it will take a long time for the Russians to break out of their siege.

However, Franz still hoped that they could stay together a little longer. After all, Franz did not want the Austrian Empire to be involved in large-scale conflicts in Europe again.

The Austrian Empire's reverse engineering of Siemens generators was very successful, and in conclusion, Franz's actions were somewhat unnecessary.

The design drawings that Werner von Siemens provided to the Austrian Empire were completely correct. He did not hide anything from others. Franz was simply judging others by his own standards.

However, in Franz's opinion, it is very necessary. The research of reverse engineering is also a kind of experience for the technicians of the Austrian Empire itself, and it is also very important to verify the authenticity.

Siemens' generator is definitely a revolutionary product, but in Franz's eyes it is far from enough. Its efficiency is still very low and its power is insufficient.

If it is just to send a telegram or light a light bulb, then it is indeed no problem. But if you want to apply it on a large scale, or even replace steam to complete the electric revolution, then there is still a long way to go.

At this time, this high-power generator in Franz's hands was mainly used for electrolysis of magnesium and aluminum. At that time, the price of aluminum was comparable to that of gold, and the price of magnesium was equally exaggerated.

However, the biggest demand for magnesium powder comes from the photography and military industries. The burning of magnesium powder produces strong light that can help take better photos.

The military demand for magnesium powder was equally urgent, as the Austrian Empire's signalmen had had enough of the dangerous white phosphorus flares.

The white phosphorus flare had another name in the colonies, which was the elephant-killing gun, meaning that it could kill an elephant with one shot.

White phosphorus flares can kill an elephant. If they hit a person or explode in a person's hand, the consequences would be disastrous.

Therefore, the reconnaissance troops of the Austrian Empire would never use this thing unless it was absolutely necessary. They would rather find some firewood as a signal than use such an advanced and dangerous thing.

However, flares made of magnesium powder will not have this problem. At least there will be no situation where scouts are killed instantly by flares.

In addition, magnesium powder is also used for whitening and making laxatives. Magnesium sulfate and magnesium hydroxide are still in use today.

Inspired by the Siemens generator, experts and engineers from the Royal Academy of Sciences in Vienna soon developed practical electric motors.

However, electricity was still a scarce resource at that time, so electric motors were not used on a large scale.

Although the electric motor was still very clumsy at that time, it marked the beginning of a new era. In addition, Franz's refrigerator finally no longer needed forty people to run in turns to generate electricity.

It was probably too early for personal home refrigerators, but it made possible the invention of large refrigerated ships.

If North American beef could be brought back to Austria, the Austrians' meat problem would be greatly alleviated.

The invention of the Siemens generator is also a huge breakthrough for the telegraph industry. In the future, the telegraph office may replace the post office and become the main means of long-distance communication for people for a period of time.

More stable and powerful electricity also made the emergence of telephones possible, but when the telephone would be invented is another question.

At this time, in addition to magnesium and aluminum production, the most likely large-scale application is still in the lighting field, that is, replacing gas lamps with electric lamps.

In addition to electricity, the most important thing for making an electric light is a filament. The development of materials science often relies on trial and error. However, Franz did not need to do that because he knew the result, which was tungsten filament.

First, tungsten has a melting point of about 3422°C, the highest of all metals. This allows tungsten wire to withstand high temperatures without melting.

Second, at high temperatures, tungsten evaporates more slowly, extending the life of the bulb.

Third, tungsten has good mechanical strength and can maintain its shape even at high temperatures. It also has very good plasticity and is easy to process into filaments.

Tungsten wire almost perfectly meets all the requirements of a filament, but Franz soon discovered that tungsten at that time was difficult to produce and expensive.

If tungsten filaments are really used to make street lamps, I am afraid that a large number of lamp thieves will soon appear. After all, people die for money and birds die for food.

Fortunately, Franz had also heard the story of Edison, carbonized cotton thread. Edison could buy other people's patents and claim them as his own inventions. Franz could naturally steal future results and claim them as his own inventions.

Of course, Franz only knew the name of carbonized cotton thread, but fortunately this name highlights its physical properties.

As long as we follow Franz's idea, the so-called carbonized cotton thread can be produced quickly.

The advent of the generator was also a huge benefit to the science and research of the Austrian Empire. At least it was much easier to put electricity into experiments than in the past.

This was especially true for Babbage and his Analytical Engine, because steam power was not stable enough, and even the hydraulic presses of the Austrian Empire could not provide nearly perfect parts to fulfill his dream.

However, electricity is undoubtedly a more stable and more potential power source, and Dr. Babbage devoted his entire life to this analytical engine.

At this time, a mechanical monster composed of 240,000 special parts was lurking in Babbage's studio, but it could only lie dormant here because the technology at that time could not make it operate perfectly.

While studying the analytical engine, Babbage also accepted Franz's advice and was working on miniaturizing and electrifying the calculator.

Coincidentally, the Siemens generator was introduced at this time, and Babbage's electrical calculator would also sell well in the foreseeable future.

At this time, Babbage was not a loner in history. Thirty of his students joined his career after graduation. At the same time, Babbage used the money he earned to hire fifteen mathematicians and twenty-three engineers to work with him.

Including the logistical personnel provided by the Austrian Empire, Babbage's team had more than one hundred people.

This time he did not die alone in poverty and illness. Although the research work was still very tiring and it was very difficult to advance, at least there was someone to share the pressure with him. At least he did not have to worry about trivial matters such as whether he would have the next meal or where to live the next day.

But as a programmer, wearing glasses and being bald are inevitable, and coupled with the high-sugar diet at the Royal College for Girls, diabetes is also inevitable.

Whenever students pass by, they can always tell that someone from the School of Digital Engineering is there: “Four Eyes”! “Mediterranean”!
Babbage was not a stingy person, and his financial sponsor Franz would not mistreat someone who might change the course of history, at least not materially.

So the people in the School of Digital Engineering have no complaints. For these experts, a grand goal and relatively generous treatment may be happiness or luck.

Thanks to book friend Guchuan520 for the reward.