Chapter 1162 Postscript 18 The Academic World Is Also a Filthy Place

11. Academia is also a filthy place

There are many types of dampers. Traditional analytical balances have dampers, some skyscrapers have dampers, and cars also have dampers.

But the basic principle is actually the same: the law of conservation of energy.

Moreover, Xie Yan has seen a laboratory balance.

He had a high school classmate who was also an alumnus of the university when he was an undergraduate. The two are inseparable, one is studying civil engineering and the other is studying chemistry.

The four major sinkholes of biochemical environmental materials occupy half of the country.

One day, the two of them made an appointment to meet fellow students who were studying in the same city. They heard that there were several women among them, and they might have a chance to escape the fate of being single.

Xie Yan waited and waited until he called and found out that the chemistry guy was in the laboratory.

He asked along the way and went in without hesitation.

The chemistry guy was extremely surprised: "How did you get in?"

Xie Yan said: "I walked in."

The chemistry guy asked: "No one stopped you?"

Xie Yan looked innocent: "No."

The chemistry guy looked around and found that the teacher had long disappeared.

Xie Yan pointed to the weathered semi-automatic electro-optical balance: "This thing is very expensive, and it is also covered with a glass cover."

"It's junk. It's for undergraduates to practice their skills. The agate knife has been worn out. The graduate students have eliminated it and thrown it to us undergraduates for recycling." The old chemistry guy complained, saying that the school doesn't treat undergraduates as human beings. This Tai Lao Gu antique is older than the student.

Xie Yan stood aside and watched.

The chemistry guy was operating the scale while explaining the principles to Xie Yan.

About a shit hour later, the laboratory suddenly became quiet. The two looked back and saw the teacher standing behind them, and the other students were suppressing laughter.

The structure of this thing is very complicated, but once you understand it, it can be said to be very simple.

It is nothing more than adding some devices to improve accuracy on the basis of ordinary balances.

The air damper is also easy to make. There is a large tube at the bottom, a small tube at the top, and the middle is full of air.

Those large and small tubes are made of aluminum alloy. Xie Yan can't find aluminum for the time being, so he can only replace them with other materials. The accuracy will definitely decrease as a result, but it is enough in this era.

The optical reading device is optional, but Xie Yan still wants to try it. Instead of enlarging the scale twenty times, it should be okay to enlarge it three to five times, right?

There is not much else to say, three agate knives, an agate plate, a weight hammer, and some debugging devices.

Xie Yan didn't know how to control the knob, because he didn't see the internal structure, so he had to rely on his own little brain to design it.

Including the optical reading device, you must also design it yourself. The principle is very simple and can be understood by junior high school students, but it is very time-consuming to make.

The more design, the more headaches.

The day before school started, Xie Yan found his mother: "Mom, I'm not going to study for the time being. I'll study the agate balance later. Can you contact me again, a craftsman who can grind telescope lenses, and a craftsman who knows micro-carving skills. , I also need a skilled jewelry craftsman. Well, I also want to buy the best balance now."

So, don’t be a scientist if you were poor in ancient times. It would be quite expensive to build a high-precision balance.

After listening to his son's various requests, Wang Yitong forcefully swallowed back the curse words.

Oh, forget it, my son broke his head.

Wang Yitong did not scold her son, nor did she go to various craftsmen. She decided to let her son recuperate at home for a few days.

Xie Yan didn't know that his mother was perfunctory and happily continued to design various parts.

Several days passed and the craftsman still hadn't been found. Xie Yan finally realized something was wrong: This mother was fooling people!

…

"Liu Lang is still not clear-headed?" Xie Yiqin asked.

Wang Yitong said: "He has been drawing drawings in the study. I have also looked at those drawings, and they don't seem to be scribblings. Is he really studying the scale?"

Xie Yiqin said: "I'll go take a look."

Today is a ten-day holiday, and Xie Yiqin is rarely relaxed.

He came to the children's study room. Xie Yan was writing and drawing, Xie Wan was doing homework, and Xie Kan went out with his classmates.

"Are you still designing the balance?" Xie Yiqin asked.

Xie Yan sighed: "Oh, you don't believe it, and the craftsmen won't help me find it. I always have to prove myself. Why am I writing a paper for a physics journal?"

"Weren't you studying a chemistry journal last time? Why are you writing a physics paper this time?" Xie Yiqin felt that his son was sticking a hammer and a stick here and there, and he had to stick to everything.

Xie Yan explained: "This physics paper is also related to the study of balances. I proposed a damping concept that can be applied to various machines. Current carriages use springs for shock absorption. If suitable materials can be found, it can actually be The same goes for adding dampers."

"Really or not, it can reduce the shock of carriages and trains?" Xie Yiqin was quite surprised.

Xie Yan said: "Of course it is true. If my paper is published, it will prove that I am really doing research. Then you will have to help me hire craftsmen."

Xie Yiqin smiled and said: "If you can publish a paper in a physics journal, I will get you whatever you want."

"It's a deal," Xie Yan said.

Xie Yan will not only write one paper, but three in a row, all about balance components.

Xie Yiqin stood aside and watched, wondering what his son was writing.

At this moment, Wang Yitong quickly walked into the room, holding a letter in his hand: "Sent from the Imperial Academy of Kaifeng."

Xie Yan was confused. Didn't he send his last paper to Luoyang?

In fact, the young chemist in Luoyang was frantically writing letters to his friends to discuss "Molecular Theory" and completely forgot to send a rejection letter to Xie Yan.

The letter in front of him was sent by Zhu Shirong.

In the next period of time, Xie Yan will probably receive many letters from chemists.

After Xie Yan opened the letter and read it, he handed it to his father: "A letter from the vice president of the School of Chemistry of Kaifeng Imperial College, discussing the details of molecular theory with me, and inviting me to Kaifeng Imperial College for face-to-face exchanges."

Xie Yiqin hurriedly read the letter, and was dumbfounded before he finished reading it.

Seeing her husband stunned, Wang Yitong snatched the letter away and was overjoyed after reading it: "My son is actually a chemistry prodigy!"

Hearing this, Xie Wan threw down her homework and ran to ask: "What's wrong with Sixth Brother?"

"Your Sixth Brother is outstanding in knowledge and was invited by the vice president of Imperial College." Wang Yitong was delighted.

Although Xie Wan didn't know how big this matter was, she still felt that her brother was very powerful. She jumped up and down and said, "I'm going to tell my teachers and classmates. They must be envious of me!"

Xie Yiqin finally calmed down: "Can your damper really reduce the shock of carriages and trains?"

Xie Yan said, "We need to find the right materials."

"Then hurry up and write the thing, and I will apply for a patent for you. Don't let anyone get ahead of you!" Xie Yiqin said.

Xie Yan had to explain: "Damping is a physical phenomenon, and I'm afraid it can't be patented. It will take a lot of effort to make a damper. And different dampers have completely different structures."

"Then apply for a patent for the damper you use on the balance." Xie Yiqin said.

Xie Yan smiled and said, "The air damper of the balance will not make much money even if it is patented. How many people can use this kind of damping balance in the whole Ming Dynasty? They can make it themselves. As long as they don't sell it for money, they won't infringe the patent."

Xie Yiqin didn't say anything, as if he had lost 100,000 strings of cash.

He read Zhu Shirong's letter again, and finally said: "What kind of craftsman do you want, what kind of material do you want, I will send someone to get it immediately!"

...

Before Xie Yan made the damping balance, the paper on damping had been sent to Luoyang.

Nie Qi was the second review editor of the physics journal. He was doing nothing that day. After all, there were only so many physicists in the country, and it was not every day that he could receive important papers.

"Sir Nie, there is a good article." The first review editor Sun Sanyi walked over quickly.

Nie Qi took the paper and read the title: "Damping? This name is very strange."

Sun Sanyi said: "Very useful."

Nie Qi read it carefully, and after reading it, he said: "Get two springs!"

Sun Sanyi immediately went out to call someone to find two springs from the laboratory, as well as a few weights that could be hung.

This experiment was very simple and was completed in a few minutes.

Of course, to get more accurate data, more detailed experiments are needed.

Nie Qi sighed: "Such a common physical phenomenon, no one has discovered it for hundreds of years."

"The more common it is, the more it is ignored," said Sun Sanyi. "The author of the paper proposed that dampers can be used in carriages, trains, and large ships. Especially for trains and ships, if anyone can make a damper, the Royal Society will probably award a gold medal. At least a baron, or even a viscount."

Nie Qi shook his head: "The principle is very simple, but it is difficult to make something. This paper will be published in the next issue, and I will write to the Ministry of Industry in person."

"President Geng..." Sun Sanyi reminded.

Nie Qi said: "The papers we received have nothing to do with him."

Sun Sanyi stopped talking, he didn't want to get involved in this struggle.

Nie Qi asked: "It seems that the author of this paper is not our member?"

Sun Sanyi said: "He didn't mark the membership information on the envelope, probably a folk scholar who has not yet joined the society."

Nie Qi sent Sun Sanyi away and wrote back to Xie Yan in person.

The general content was to ask Xie Yan to prepare his resume, including more specific identity information, research results, etc.

Xie Yan could become a full member of the Royal Physical Society just by discovering the damping phenomenon.

Moreover, once someone invented a car-mounted or ship-mounted damper, the value of Xie Yan's paper would continue to rise.

By then, Xie Yan would be at least a baron!

Of course, Nie Qi also had his own selfish motives. He reviewed the papers, recruited the members, and reported to the Ministry of Industry. Hehe.

"Dong Dong Dong..."

There was a knock on the door.

Nie Qi looked at Sun Sanyi standing at the door: "Why are you back again?"

Sun Sanyi said: "Can a damper be added to the balance?"

"What to use to apply damping?" Nie Qi asked back.

Sun Sanyi said: "Air."

Nie Qi was startled, and slapped his thigh and said: "Great!"

Sun Sanyi laughed.

Nie Qi said: "Let's do it together, and you must not announce it to the outside world. By the way, keep that paper to yourself until we get the damping balance out."