shadow of britain

Chapter 62 Faraday's Enthusiastic Advice
Greyham College, in the Royal Institution laboratory of the Royal Society.

Farah manipulated the experimental equipment with the first hand, and recorded some data on paper from time to time with the other hand.

At this time, he completely lost the enthusiasm that he had in the lecture that day. He frowns from time to time, and sometimes relaxes it suddenly. He walked out the door with a smile.

But before he reached the door, he found a familiar face sitting on the laboratory chair behind him.

Faraday was stunned for a while, and then asked in surprise: "Mr. Hastings, when did you come?"

Arthur stood up, took off his hat and said, "I just came here, if you are busy, you can continue."

Hearing this, the experimental apprentice on the side smiled and said, "Mr. Hastings has been here for a while, but he saw you doing experiments, so he didn't have the heart to disturb you."

Faraday smiled and waved his hand and said: "You don't need to be like this. Didn't I tell you before? If you have any scientific problems, you can come to the laboratory to find me at any time.

By the way, I'm about to finish the paper on electromagnetic induction. Would you like to have a look over it and help me check for gaps? If you don't have any questions, please sign it later. "

"signature?"

Upon hearing this, Arthur hastily refused: "I just provided some insignificant little things, at most some empirical methods, it's not a big deal."

"Um……"

Faraday squeezed his chin and pondered for a while: "If you don't want to sign it... By the way, have you published any papers on electricity? If you haven't published them, you can hurry up and write one during this time, mainly discussing your papers. The Lawrence force, oh, no, it is the Hastings force. In this way, when I publish the paper, I can mark the reference."

Arthur couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this: "Mr. Faraday, why did you have to take me with you? I'm just an amateur science enthusiast, and I only know a little about electricity, so I can't take it seriously if I say it casually."

When Faraday heard this, his smiling face suddenly retracted. He took a deep breath, and his tone of voice became serious.

"Mr. Hastings, science cannot be faked. I think your conjecture has a certain theoretical basis, and it is not fabricated out of thin air.

And, most importantly, if it's your discovery, it should be yours.I can give in on anything, but on this alone, I won't give in an inch.

Although I am just an ordinary scientific researcher, I have no identity, just a commoner.I also don't have any wealth or status, so I can't force anyone to obey.

But I also have my principles, I will never steal anyone's scientific achievements.I have sworn my life to God on this point.

Please forgive my offense, I didn't mean this to you.But please do take my offer seriously, because I'm not joking. "

Arthur originally wanted to decline, but the experimental apprentice on the side suddenly grabbed his sleeve and muttered something in a low voice.

"Mr Hastings, don't argue with Mr Faraday.

He is a very good person, and he is usually very talkative, but he is extremely persistent in scientific ethics.

Because he has been injured in this regard.

You may not know that Mr. Faraday was once falsely accused of plagiarism in experiments in the early years. If Mr. Faraday hadn't been a decent man and persisted, his research career and reputation would have been almost ruined.

So, don't continue to decline, he will be very sad. "

But even though the little apprentice said so, Arthur couldn't bite the bullet.

Faraday thought he was refusing, but Arthur was not.

It's okay if you let him hunt down criminals, but wouldn't it kill him if you asked him to write a paper on electricity?
"Mr. Faraday, I'm really not refusing. To be honest, I actually graduated from the Department of History. Papers on electricity are really not my specialty."

Faraday saw his attitude loosen, and the smile on his face returned.

"It's nothing. You have at least been to college, but I only have a primary school diploma. Anything I can write, you, a college student, must be fine.

Being a scientist is not as hard as you might think, and you may not know that there are many people in our profession who don't have a higher education.

My mentor, Sir Humphrey Davy, also only went to secondary school, but he became the best chemist in Britain by virtue of his diligence and hard work.

I'm also available to help you if you're not confident writing your thesis.As you can see, I'm in the lab almost every day, and you can start by writing a first draft.

Get it here after you write it, and I will accompany you to revise it over and over again. Hard work can make up for it. "

When Arthur heard this, sweat dripped from his forehead: "Okay, okay, I'll think about it."

Seeing this, Agares smiled from ear to ear: "Arthur, this Faraday is probably trying to kill you. Why don't you get me a soul, and I'll help you with the thesis?"

Seeing that Arthur finally accepted, Faraday was also relieved. He smiled and asked, "What kind of things are you planning to hear from me today? Electricity or chemistry?"

Arthur hurriedly changed the subject: "To be honest, I came to you today for two reasons. Mr. Faraday, the knowledge about chemical gases you gave me last time did not expect to come in handy so soon."

Faraday was a little surprised when he heard the words: "Did you use it to solve the case?"

Arthur smiled and nodded: "I can't go into too much detail right now, but if the result comes out, I believe you will see it in the newspaper. The knowledge you gave me may have saved many lives. "

"That's really good!"

Faraday patted Arthur on the shoulder excitedly: "Do you know why I like science? It is because I believe that science can make this world a better place. Thank you, Mr. Hastings!
You have made my ideal come true. I am happier to know this news than to discover electromagnetic induction!
What would you like to learn today?Distillation to extract benzene?Metallographic analysis?Liquefied chlorine and other gases?Preparation of hexachloroethane and tetrachloroethylene?Or the method and law of electrolysis?
As long as it is what you want to learn, I will, and I am willing to teach you! "

Arthur quickly waved his hand and said: "Mr. Faraday, I can learn these things later. I came to you today to ask if you know an expert who treats lung diseases. There is a dying little life in St. Giles parish A professional doctor is urgently needed to rescue him."

"Experts who treat lung diseases?" Faraday thought for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "You really found the right person. Do you remember the last time I told you about nitrous oxide?"

"Nitrous oxide? Laughing gas?" Arthur couldn't help frowning when he heard the term: "Go on."

Faraday said with a smile: "In fact, the properties of nitrous oxide were discovered by chance by my mentor, Sir Humphry Davy.

At that time, Clifton founded an institute of air therapy, and their main research topic was whether lung diseases could be treated by breathing air.

My tutor was invited to help with the research, and he prepared a large number of gases according to Joseph Priestley's "Experiments and Observations of Various Airs", one of which was nitrous oxide.

He was preparing a large bottle full of nitrous oxide, and Dr. Thomas Beddoes, the founder of the institute, accidentally broke the bottle, leaving the laboratory with the stuff.

The two of them laughed inside for about ten minutes. After the other people came in, they found that something was wrong, so they hurriedly pulled them out, and nothing happened.

Later, when I was an apprentice with my mentor, I went to the gas research institute. Please wait a moment, and I will copy the address to you. "

(End of this chapter)