Chapter 2055 Drink of Victory (5)

   Hearing the drums of the military band, Georgiana and Farron who were walking on the beach quickly stepped aside to make way for the marching team.

  At first, the grenadiers did not recognize her, but then someone spotted her and whistled at her.

  She gave a distorted smile dryly, without beckoning.

  In fact, compared to military music, Georgian prefers the divine Bach, but the rhythm of the snare drum is really suitable for marching.

  She and Farrong watched these soldiers who are also going to "show". In fact, Napoleon was not only busy dealing with artillery positions. He also visited the transport ship to make the stacking of materials more scientific and reasonable so that more things could be loaded.

  This can be regarded as the personal experience of the scholars who went to Egypt. At that time, the cultural relics were randomly placed, which caused them to sleep in a very small place.

  How to say, if Bonaparte really intends to lead an army to the UK, he also needs to carry as much supplies as possible to avoid being cut off from his back and not having supplies.

  Of course, it is also possible to pack at any time and transfer the large barracks to the German region. Frederick the Great said that the British were like knocking on the door one by one with a purse. Practice has proved that among the three persons of king, bishop and rich man, quite a lot of soldiers will choose gold coin and rich man.

  However, the wallets of the rich are now a bit deflated. The key is that the income tax that supports military expenditures is now forced to stop.

In fact, the textile industry is not as important as they thought to the development of the United Kingdom. The main products of the second industrial revolution: steel, organic chemistry, and electricity, none of them can keep up, even after the second industrial revolution started in other countries. , British factory owners do not plan to replace the equipment due to cost issues. They rely too much on "invisible hands."

  It can be said that the United Kingdom does not necessarily "success" in the textile industry, but must "defeat" in the textile industry. In addition to the textile industry, there are other industries in the UK, such as glass, which was used to build the Crystal Palace.

  During the Renaissance, Venetian glass with extremely high transparency was a luxury item. Although it was an imitation of a crystal glass, the price was almost the same, and some glass with complicated manufacturing techniques was even more expensive than crystal.

Although the Venetians restricted all glass craftsmen to one island, there was still a glassmaker who came to England. A glassmaker named Vercellini opened a glass factory in London and obtained a special sale. Permit, in the 17th century, British craftsmen were able to do very decent things, including the production of high-quality flat glass, thick glass and mirrors.

Fresnel, who had stayed in the Royal Glass Factory for a while, once thought about using British glass to make the kind of prism he wanted. A master familiar with glass told him that British glass is made of lead, although it is colorless. But it was full of impurities and couldn't achieve the effect he wanted.

  It is true that ordinary glass cannot be used for optical experiments. Sir Isaac Newton used a prism to disperse white light into multiple colors of visible light. This is a phenomenon of light refraction, and Fresnel’s research is a phenomenon of light polarization...

  To put it simply, Fresnel needs higher purity glass, and then he discovered the mineral Bologna.

Bologna stone is a dense silver-white stone. It was discovered by the Italian alchemist Cascariolo on the Mount Padeno near Bologna in 1603. He used this stone to synthesize a substance and combine it It is exposed to the sun during the day and glows at night. At first, people thought it was a magical stone that could turn base metals into gold in the legend.

Nick LeMay made the Sage’s Stone in Paris. In order to verify whether Cascariolo really made the Stone of Alchemy, "many" alchemists experimented with the Stone of Bologna, and then some people found it was used. Refined glass is purer than lead-made glass, that is, it is a more precious substance than lead, which indirectly proves that it is the legendary lapis lazuli.

  I found the anti-aging medicine. Of course, some people will swallow it. If lead is taken, it will be poisoned. Bologna stone is okay, but it does not have the effect of immortality. Then the rumor is self-defeating.

  After the French Revolution, there are only a handful of alchemy notes that can "survive". Even if you haven't experienced the Revolution, the alchemist's notes are very rare.

  Fresnel’s hometown is in Normandy, his father is an architect, and his mother is a member of the Merime family. Fresnel’s cousin Leonor Merimee often ran in Britain and France to buy books for Fresnel.

  This child has strong hands-on skills, but he is not good at theory and expression. In the UK, there is a genius named Thomas Young. At the age of 21, he has completed a thesis on the adjustment mechanism of the eyes, has become a member of the Royal Society, and has received a doctor of medicine from the University of Gottingen. , He is also studying the polarization of light.

  Isaac Newton is the recognized authority of this era, at least before the emergence of quantum physics, his classical mechanics is recognized. However, both Fresnel and Thomas Young were trying to overthrow Newton’s works on optics, because Newton believed that light is composed of particles. They both believed that light and sound waves are both waves. In 1801 Thomas Young also carried out double slits. The interference experiment demonstrated the nature of light.

Fresnel did not return to Normandy this time just to play, or to say that socializing was an extremely painful thing for him, but he has the research fee, and he can use silver and brass instead of iron that is easy to rust. Mechanical equipment such as slits and micrometers. In fact, Paris can do it too, but didn't he follow Turner and the others?

Farron knew many craftsmen, some of them also made Lavoisier’s experimental equipment. Fresnel did not know how much revenue his research results could bring. According to Farron’s estimation, the annual profit of British glass Up to 630,000 pounds, this is profit, not total sales. The United Kingdom also levies taxes on glass raw materials every year, without paying a word of cotton.

  Taxes encourage glass manufacturers to cut corners when making colorless glass, and add many decorations to the finished products to cover up this point, but in fact the tax is not heavy, only 10 and one-half pennies per pound. Of course no one will cut pennies in half and pay taxes. These half pennies are used in tokens, which are produced by Bolton’s Mint. Bolton also has its own glass factory. He produces high-purity colorless glass. It is a luxury product made of silver as a seasoning dish.

  Anyway, the formula of Fresnel cannot be leaked out. The perfume will also use a lot of glass bottles. Farron has brought Fresnel with him recently.

  In fact, Galileo just wanted a telescope at the beginning. In order to obtain colorless glass, he mixed the glass of Willis with sodium hydroxide, and then he had the world-famous Venetian glass.

  Genius is sometimes like this, in some ways clumsy, like fragile glass.

  Farron has met Watt. On the one hand, he came to France to visit his old friends, and on the other hand, he came to see his son James Watt II, who participated in a radical revolutionary organization.

  Bolton’s contacts have not yet expanded to France. Wilkinson has a factory in France, but he is only a private businessman compared to Georgiana. Who can find someone faster than the police?

  I can’t arrest someone if I find it. That’s why Watt gave Georgiana such rare earrings.

Of course, you must use a good wine glass to drink good wine, just like a good horse needs a good saddle. They talked about the wide-mouth glass for ice cream. In the past, the British glass was very popular in the Palace of Versailles, because it is not An imitation of Venice, it will draw a golden thread on the edge of the cup, which looks very gorgeous.

  Georgiana thought of Minerva again, and she turned the bird into a cup in the transformation class.

   Then she talked about desserts.

  Among the many flavors of ice cream, vanilla is undoubtedly the "king". People who like chocolate don't like vanilla as much.

  "Do you know the difference between natural vanilla and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde?" Georgiana asked Farron, a perfumer.

  Falrong seemed to be confused by her question.

   "I knew it." Georgiana looked at Farron and shook her head. "No one can understand the point of your joke, Severus."

"In fact, the fruit yield of vanilla pods is very low. It's just that the bees responsible for pollination are too diligent. Less than one-tenth of the flowers enjoy their services." Farron said, "so vanilla pods have very few fruits. Very few, the price of vanilla has become very high, even in the palace, only a few people can eat vanilla ice cream."

  "Why not use artificial pollination?" Georgiana asked, "I mean using people instead of bees to pollinate vanilla."

  Falrong seemed to be shocked.

  Georgiana just remembered that if the weather is too cold and the bees do not come out to move, people can replace the bees to pollinate the wheat, so that there will be no empty shells.

  The heavy wheat just bends down, which represents a good harvest.

   "It seems that I found other work for the children." Georgiana smiled maliciously.

Ravenclaw ran to the observatory in the middle of the night to observe the stars. The wind was blowing until it shivered. There was no way to pollinate the vanilla in the greenhouse to warm it. The flowers were all three in the morning. The children in the orphanage did not need to twist the cotton thread, but could use their little hands. Pollinated the vanilla pods.

  When they grow up, they can teach more people. Of course, they can also eat vanilla ice cream as a reward.

  "Speaking of naturalists, do you know John Ray?" Farron asked.

  "Where did we mention the naturalist?" Georgiana asked.

   "I just thought of that, do you know who he is?" Farrong asked.

   "Oh, I remember." Georgiana exclaimed, "He and Sir Isaac are from the same period."

  "What a wonderful name to show the wisdom of God from the creation." Farrong exclaimed, "Have you read that book?"

   "Not yet." Georgiana said.

  Farron turned and waved to Fresnel, Fresnel took a book from his briefcase to him.

  "Take it." Farron stuffed the book to Georgiananna. "I believe Newton has learned a lot from this competitor. After all, he is the ‘natural light’ as famous as Newton."

  (End of this chapter)