Chapter 450: Scientific Research

As the sun sets in the west, the colorful clouds rise in the sky, and the reflection of Vienna is even more colorful.

Busy people do not have time to appreciate this beautiful scene. Ola Beaver is an exception. Recently, the laboratory has assigned him an easy job, which is regarded as a vacation.

Bathed in the sunset, Olabeev did not forget the work in hand. Picking up what looked like a receiver in his hand, and what looked like a microphone, shouted loudly.

That's right, that's his day job. Since it is a vacation, naturally there is not much to do. Three call tests a day are a day's work.

At first, it was just outside the laboratory, and then the distance gradually increased. Now Olabiver is more than 20 kilometers away from the laboratory. If it is further away, it will be out of Vienna.

Olabifer has been working at the Royal Academy of Sciences for five years without any accident. It is common for institutions to work overtime in scientific research.

In five years, Olabeev's longest vacation was less than three days. The so-called long vacation is nothing more than adjusting the position to a more relaxed seat and relaxing the pressure.

Telephone research has always been one of the key projects of the laboratory. The word "telephone" was used in Europe as early as the 18th century, and the telephone was invented in 1860 by Italian Antonio Muzzi.

But it doesn't work well, or it doesn't work at all. The original time and space has always been the default that Bell invented the telephone in 1876, just because Bell has improved it and has practical value.

Naturally, I can't wait that long now. This relatively easy-to-conquer technology was targeted by Franz early in the morning.

It can be seen from the test distance that the Royal Academy of Sciences has taken the first step in telephone research, and it is not far from success.

If the call quality is not considered, now the phone can conduct "voice chat in the same city", which has certain commercial value.

The birth of the telephone was originally designed to facilitate communication between people. It is obvious that Franz's needs cannot be met with a mere tens of kilometers to achieve call coverage.

Improving call quality has become the biggest problem. As long as there is a breakthrough in voice communication technology, it is very convenient to expand the call distance.

The big deal is manual wiring, Franz does not have such high expectations, and he takes it for granted that it can be done in one step to achieve intelligent wiring.

Oscar on the other end of the phone complained in surprise: "Ola Beaver, keep your voice down, I'm not deaf."

Olabiver was overjoyed, and the quality of the call improved. Almost every day, new equipment is replaced, and ideas are messed up, and they are all tested in turn.

Inventions and creations are often very boring. Only by looking at the brain holes of researchers and adding a lot of experiments can the final results be achieved.

Of course, the most important thing is luck. Almost all scientists admit that scientific research depends on luck, and people with bad luck are not suitable for scientific research.

Olabifer, who was in a good mood, directly replied: "I know Oscar, if you are deaf, you won't complain about my loud voice.

However, I don't think that should be your focus right now. It seems that the call quality has improved this time, and success is not far away. "

Improved call quality does not mean success. After all, this is just a dedicated line phone, and in actual use, this thing has no economic value.

However, the laboratory has this advantage. It can divide labor and conduct research on multiple technologies at the same time, and even there are multiple teams for each technology research.

Taking the quantitative route is a huge advantage over individual researchers.

Taking telephone research as an example, hundreds of people participated in this key project. Including: voice quality, telephone exchange, telephone line, telephone... Divided into more than a dozen groups and conducted research at the same time.

The advancement of any technology is crucial to this project. Bonuses are of course indispensable, and Franz has always been generous in this regard.

Scientific research cannot use love to generate electricity, and that little amount of electricity cannot support the entire industry. In recent years, the field of scientific research in Austria has developed very well, and the Royal Academy of Sciences has made great contributions.

The annual investment of millions of Aegis has become the driving force behind the advancement of Austrian science and technology.

Compared with the telephone, the phonograph technology is more mature, and the relevant patents have been registered. It is expected to be put on the market after Christmas this year.

Well, after stealing Edison's patent again, and playing like this, Franz is very suspicious of what new tricks the inventor can come up with later.

These inventions made Franz no longer obsessed with celebrities. Facts have proved that as long as you are willing to invest, these are technically feasible, and scientific inventions and creations that are only short of ideas can be smashed out.

In this case, Edison's value is greatly reduced. It is easier to win over a scientist and a businessman. Instead of spending a lot of money to chase successful "businessmen", it is better to use the same money to support hundreds of scientific researchers.

These are the real strengths of the country. In modern times, behind any powerful country is a group of researchers and engineers.

Without the backing of industry, the great ideas of scientists are always just ideas. If they want to become reality, it depends on the basic industry.

Even the progress of science and technology is closely related. When people pay attention to such big names as Edison and Einstein, they often ignore the unknown basic science researchers behind them.

These people are not well-known and have no inventions that affect people's lives, but all inventions are inseparable from them.

Since the 19th century, most of the scientific inventions and creations have been concentrated on the European continent, and the problem can be seen.

It's not that there are no geniuses in other regions, just because

The lack of basic industries cannot support these geniuses to invent and create, and they have to take another path.

In a corner of the research institute, the internal combustion engine project team is still struggling.

The origin of this technology is also very early. In the 17th century, the Dutch physicist Huygens used gunpowder explosion to obtain power, but the study failed because the gunpowder technology was immature and it was difficult to control the results.

In 1794, the Englishman Street proposed to obtain power from the combustion of fuel, and first proposed the concept of mixing fuel and air.

In 1833, the British Wright proposed the design of directly using the combustion pressure to push the piston to do work.

In the mid-19th century, scientists perfected the theory of converting the heat generated by burning gas, gasoline, and diesel to mechanical power. This laid the foundation for the invention of the internal combustion engine.

Since its inception in the 1860s, the piston internal combustion engine has become a relatively perfect machine through continuous improvement and development.

In 1860, Lenoir in France imitated the structure of a steam engine and designed and manufactured the first practical gas engine.

These are all external factors that prompted the establishment of the internal combustion engine project. Now that the foundation has been laid, Franz will not ignore this epoch-making invention.

From a technical standpoint alone, the 18th century internal combustion engine technology was possible. Of course, scientific research is not so easy, and the original time and space have been delayed until the late 19th century to break through.

Franz's push has only accelerated the process, with the internal combustion engine already being born in the lab two years ago.

It's just that because the power is too small and has no practical value, it can only be left in the museum for viewing. Now it is the second-generation internal combustion engine.

When it can be applied to life, this question can only depend on luck. After all, laboratory results and commercial applications are two concepts.

There are still many black technologies in the Royal Academy of Sciences, but for various reasons, they cannot be released. Among them, medicine and biology are the most effective, and many medicines with good effects cannot be industrially produced at all.

Not only the industrial technology is not good, but many are too few raw materials. Especially for the kind of medicines that are processed from herbs for hundreds of years, the laboratory's own research lacks raw materials.

Needless to say, the behind-the-scenes proponent of these messy studies is Franz.

The projects researched in Vienna are not bad, and some laboratories in Africa are terrible. There has also been a discharge of laboratory sewage that led to the extermination of several African tribes.

It can be said to be the earliest biochemical weapon. Fortunately, Franz had the foresight and put the laboratory on the African continent, otherwise things would have happened.

Franz has always believed that every excellent scientist is a little expert at death. There are many things that you don't understand at all, and you dare to study them directly, even if you don't admire them.

Lots of bad research with unimaginable consequences. Franz can now make bioweapons if he wants to.

Obviously, the peace-loving he did not do this. No one knows how serious the consequences of releasing the by-products of scientific research will be, and Franz doesn't even want to try it.

The medical technology in this era is limited, and if an unknown virus is released, it is not impossible to directly put humans out of business.

Scientists still know the importance of this aspect. After each experiment collects data, they must carefully deal with the garbage brought by the research.

If you want to deceive people, it is very effective to collect these wastes and send them to the past for storage. Of course, Franz never did this kind of wicked thing.

In order to deal with the laboratory waste, he also paid a big price. Usually, they are burned at high temperature first, and then transported to inaccessible places for burial. They will not stay in the country anyway.