Chapter 288 The Buried Person (Second update, please subscribe)
As it turns out, the cause of this "misfire" was actually a communication problem.
To put it bluntly, there is a problem with the communication between the airship team and the troops, but in this era, this kind of communication between heaven and earth does not need to be considered at all.
In fact, communication between heaven and earth, even communication on the ground, was extremely inconvenient in this era. However, the invention of the telegraph more than 20 years ago changed everything to a great extent. But it was only a change to a certain extent. After all, professional training was required from sending to translating telegraphs.
However, it was thanks to the invention of the telegraph that a new industry emerged in the world - the telegraph company.
Founded in 1862, South China Telegraph Company was only a few years old, but it built thousands of kilometers of telegraph lines to connect South China with Shanxi, Patagonia, Shandong and other places. As a company, the need for development requires South China Telegraph Company to hire technical personnel in various countries through overseas offices every year.
Like all foreign offices, the New York office also publishes job advertisements in newspapers.
For those impoverished immigrants from various countries living in New York, the job advertisements in the newspapers are undoubtedly their hope of life.
"Nolita" located in downtown Manhattan is the famous "Little Italy" where many immigrants from Italy live. Although the streets here are dirty and chaotic, and every room is crowded, for immigrants from Italy, this is the only place where they can feel safe in the New World. Even though it is full of poverty and the mafia, so what?
For those immigrants who cannot speak English, at least they have hope of survival here. If they leave here, they will not even be able to survive without speaking English.
Antonio Mucci, a doctor, is such a person. Although he immigrated to the United States as early as 1845, he still cannot speak English until now. Although he calls himself a doctor, he still lives in poverty. This is because his treatment method is very alternative - electrotherapy. After immigrating to the United States, in order to improve his living environment, he began to study electrophysiology, which he was very interested in. And he developed a method of treating diseases with electric shock. However, people have always been skeptical about this informal treatment method, and there are not many customers who come to the door, which directly led to his extremely tight life. It can even be said that he is poor.
As usual, Anthony came to his friend's store and saw that the store was empty without a single patient, so he said to Muchi.
"Muqi, my friend, maybe you should leave here? There will be more people outside,"
"Leave here? I don't speak English."
Of course, Mucci thought about leaving Little Italy. Only by leaving here could he attract more customers, but for him who couldn't speak English, leaving here would mean he couldn't survive.
"I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about leaving America..."
Anthony said, throwing the Nolita Daily, the Italian-language newspaper of Little Italy, in front of Mucci.
"Look, this telegraph company is hiring technicians. You might be able to apply there. Although it's not in the United States, if you get the job, you can earn $100 a month!"
"I don't understand telegraphs!"
Mu Qi refused directly.
"Mookie, have you forgotten your invention?"
"Invention? What invention?"
"Is that the 'long-distance walkie-talkie'?"
"Long-distance intercom?"
Mu Qi was stunned. He almost forgot about it.
That was his invention 20 years ago, in 1849. When he was preparing to treat a friend in another room, an unexpected miracle occurred. Through a wire connecting the two rooms, he clearly heard the voice of his friend from another room. Since then, he has spent several years improving the invention.
"If you take your invention over there, they will definitely be willing to hire you for a lot of money! At least they will buy your invention."
"But I don't speak English! And what if they take my invention away from me?"
In fact, his invention was already very mature as early as 1860. In order to promote his invention, Muchi even published an introduction to the prototype of the telephone in an Italian newspaper in New York. However, he did not apply for a patent for his invention because it cost $250 to apply for a patent in the United States. The impoverished Muchi simply could not afford such a huge sum of money. He did not understand English and could not find investors because he failed to integrate into American society.
That's why his invention has been delayed until now.
"Muqi, you have to try. You have to know that this is the only job advertisement that does not restrict language. Maybe this is an opportunity."
Chance!
Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. When Mucci came to the New York office of American Company accompanied by his son, he immediately attracted the interest of the recruiter as soon as he demonstrated his invention.
"You mean, this invention of yours can transmit sound?"
Zhao Mingqing looked at the drawings with some curiosity. As a company recruiter, he was mainly responsible for receiving Italian-speaking people.
“Did you bring anything real?”
Compared to this drawing, he needs physical evidence.
"Here, sir, if you are interested, I can bring it over."
Muchi, who was already 61 years old, seemed a little nervous. Out of caution, he did not bring the actual "telegraph machine that could talk", but he was afraid that the other party would not believe him, so he explained.
"The 'long-distance talker' is actually a vibrating diaphragm. This vibration changes the current on an electromagnet. When this change in current is transmitted to the other end of the wire, it transmits the same vibration to the receiving diaphragm and converts it into words..."
In fact, Muchi's invention was completely accidental. At that time, he inserted a metal reed connected to a coil into his friend's mouth. The coil was connected to a conductor in another room. In fact, the metal reed acted as a sensor here. It was precisely because of the connection with the coil that its vibration was converted into an electric current. Muchi immediately realized that this phenomenon had unusual significance and immediately began to study the device he called the "talking telegraph".
The following year, Mucci's telephone was named "Long Distance Talker". Meanwhile, the device was being further improved: the crude coil was replaced by a combination of a magnetic coil and a diaphragm. In addition, Mucci also conceived a multiplier to strengthen the signal along the line to avoid the gradual attenuation of the signal over long distances.
Although he had already created a perfect "long-distance transmitter", he had no channels to promote it and change his life. More importantly, Mucci, who could not speak English, found it difficult to convince others in Italian to invest in or buy his invention.
But he is also cautious. After all, even in the United States, there are many "invention thieves" who specialize in stealing other people's inventions.
That's why he didn't bring any real objects with him this time.
(End of this chapter)
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