Chapter 597: Walking Others' Paths and Leaving Them Without Paths (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
"The Empress of Austria-Hungary cured me with the Great Ming miracle medicine!"
Like most people, Li Lun also has the habit of reading newspapers every morning. When he saw this news in the newspaper, he felt more proud.
The reason for being proud is that the newspaper specifically mentioned that the miracle medicine "Fukangping" was invented by His Majesty the Emperor himself.
It is well known that His Majesty the Emperor himself is also a scholar. Even the reason why the Ming Dynasty is what it is today is fundamentally related to the Emperor's profound knowledge.
As a chemist, he invented many drugs that have wide applications and are very popular in the market.
As an engineer, he improved a variety of machine tools, invented the open-hearth steelmaking process, an improved blast furnace for ironmaking, and metallurgical technology.
Not only that, His Majesty is also proficient in art, from music to fine arts, from composing to designing clothes...
Your Majesty is simply omnipotent!
Li Lun was of course very proud to have such a scholar as emperor.
As the youngest professor at the University of South China, Li Lun is also one of the first batch of overseas students sent by the university. He graduated from the Zurich University of Technology and became an assistant professor at the University of South China three years ago. He was promoted to associate professor last year. In the past six months, he has been engaged in the research of vacuum discharge phenomenon and cathode rays.
In fact, he was not the only one doing research. Many European physicists were also conducting research in this area. However, compared with their European counterparts, the University of South China had more sufficient funding. After all, as the highest institution of learning in the Ming Dynasty, its funding was naturally fully guaranteed.
The reason why Li Lun was engaged in research in this area was that at a New Year's party, when His Majesty learned that he was the youngest teaching assistant in the Physics Department, he suggested that he conduct research on vacuum discharge phenomena and cathode rays.
This research achieved a breakthrough a few days ago. During the experiment, Li Lun discovered an unexpected phenomenon: in order to prevent the influence of ultraviolet rays and visible light and prevent the visible light in the tube from leaking out of the tube, he deliberately sealed the discharge tube tightly with black cardboard.
When conducting an experiment with high voltage current, Li Lun discovered that a fluorescent screen coated with barium platinate cyanide 1 meter away emitted a faint light green flash, which disappeared immediately when the power was cut off. This discovery surprised him and he repeated the experiment with greater concentration.
In the past few days, Li Lun tried to move the fluorescent screen farther and farther away, but even at about 2 meters, the screen still had strong fluorescence. When he took the coated paper into the next room, closed the door, and drew down the curtains, the fluorescent screen continued to flash when the tube was working. At that time, Roentgen was convinced that this new phenomenon had not been observed so far.
Although this phenomenon was a recent discovery, Li Lun did not tell anyone about his observation, neither his collaborating students nor his colleagues in school. He always worked alone to confirm that this accidental observation was a definite fact.
But now, after reading this report, an idea came to Li Lun's mind - to write a letter to the emperor and tell him about this discovery. After all, it was not just because His Majesty was a scholar, but because he had gained a lot of inspiration from His Majesty through this experiment.
From the sealed black paper box to the barium platinate cyanide fluorescent screen, all came from His Majesty's suggestion.
"...Then I experimented with wood, paper and books, all of which were transparent to it...I realized that this was something new and something I had never experienced before, and I hoped to obtain "perfect results" through the experiment. But now it is necessary to tell you this news, Your Majesty. This experiment was not only carried out with Your Majesty's funding, but also with Your Majesty's far-sighted suggestions. Without your guidance and reminder, perhaps I would never have engaged in research in this area and made this discovery..."
Li Lun's letter was quickly delivered to the palace through the post office and delivered to Zhu Xianhai. After reading his letter, Emperor Zhu just put the letter aside and talked to himself.
"Finally, X-rays were discovered by Roentgen's classmates!"
In fact, the reason why Emperor Zhu reminded Li Lun to conduct research in this area, in addition to the fact that he was engaged in physics research, was also because he and Roentgen were classmates at the Zurich University of Technology.
Well, that's just a coincidence.
But one thing is certain: from now on, there will be no more Roentgen!
Now that X-rays have been discovered, what's next?
Of course, he had to make an X-ray machine, so he wrote a reply letter. In the reply letter, he first congratulated Li Lun on his discovery, and then humbly stated that he had only made some suggestions, and the main credit still belonged to him.
In fact, Li Lun’s letter was just one of the many letters received by Emperor Zhu. What was Emperor Zhu’s favorite?
Of course, it is to give advice to the younger generation.
What tips can I use?
It might be a simple chat, or a few pages of information might be directly awarded. In short, anyone who receives advice from Emperor Zhu will achieve corresponding breakthroughs in some aspect. The rapid progress of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, especially the technological breakthroughs, has a lot to do with the emperor's advice.
The Heavenly Book has twelve volumes... The Great Emperor Zhu's Heavenly Book has more than twelve volumes!
Others only have a few volumes of heavenly books, but Emperor Zhu not only owns a book mall, but also the real thing.
"It's just a small breakthrough. I don't know why Wei Er was so excited back then. He invited him to show, perform, and have dinner together. Alas, such a discovery is a piece of cake in my Ming Dynasty!"
Emperor Zhu had no idea at that time that at the beginning of the next year, when the young professor Li Lun from the University of South China made his new discovery public, it would immediately cause a huge sensation around the world. The reaction was so strong and the impact was so rapid that it was even rare in the history of science.
Physicists in all research institutions and universities from Europe to America began to imitate Li Lun's experimental equipment and rushed to repeat his experiments. Li Lun also received letters from famous scientists in Europe and the United States. Those enthusiastic letters all praised him for his great contribution to science.
Nanhua University, this "unknown" university in South America, became famous overnight and became a world-renowned university. Because of Li Lun, Nanhua University also attracted a wave of talents from the European scientific community. Scholars and scientists who once needed to be repeatedly lobbied changed their previous attitudes. They were all full of curiosity and interest in that distant academic paradise.
Of course, this is all in the past...
(End of this chapter)
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