Into Unscientific

Chapter 311 – My Lord, I Have To Pay More… (6.4K)

Chapter 311 My lord, you need to pay more. (6.4k)

In the classroom.

looked at Stokes in a hurry.

Xu Yun suddenly had doubts in his eyes, pointed at himself, and asked:

“Professor Stokes, you said Mr. Whewell is looking for me?”

“Just me?”

Stokes nodded slightly.

As Xu Yun made many big incidents, his attitude towards Xu Yun has gradually softened a lot:

“That’s right, it’s just you.”

Xu Yun couldn’t help but look more puzzled when he heard this.

It would be easier to talk about other times, but now that the UK has just announced that it is ready to start the Crimean War, Whewell came to the door.

This made Xu Yun have to imagine a possibility:

William Whewell is looking for himself at this juncture, will the content of the talk be related to the war or some high-level decision-making?

Think here.

Xu Yun couldn’t help but look at Old Maitang and Avelyn beside him.

He gave them a wink of ‘I’ll go ahead to explore the way’, then turned his head, and said to Stokes:

“In this case, Professor Stokes, please show me the way.”

Stokes patted him on the shoulder to express his impoliteness, and led him out of the classroom through the back door.

After leaving the classroom.

Xu Yun and Stokes walked side by side on the path.

be honest.

From a personal point of view, Xu Yun is quite interested in Stokes, a well-known mathematician.

Although the status of this person in later generations is far inferior to that of Gauss or Faraday, he is extremely famous in a certain field.

The Stokes formula he derived is very famous in curve integrals, and can even be said to be the most famous formula in curve integrals.

In addition, Stokes’ achievements in fluids are also extremely good.

For example, the well-known Navier-Stokes equation is the N-S equation, and it is also recognized as one of the most difficult physics equations in the world.

That Peking University ‘Wei Shen’ Wei Dongyi, who has been searched several times on Weibo, is studying this equation system.

It’s a pity that Stokes is a bit difficult to deal with-the key is that his appearance is a bit cold:

Two beards of the same style as the later Wolverines and a head that is always raised high make people feel a little daunting unconsciously.

So during the whole process, Xu Yun didn’t start a conversation, but silently followed Stokes with his head bowed.

About ten minutes passed.

Stokes stopped in front of the Academic Affairs Building of Trinity College, pointed to the gate and said:

“It’s time to go, classmate Luo Feng, I won’t accompany you in.”

Xu Yun nodded to him:

“Thank you, Professor Stokes.”

After watching Stokes leave.

Xu Yun turned around and walked into the academic affairs building that he had visited countless times.

Today, a tall and thin boy with freckles was in charge of visitor registration. Xu Yun filled in his name with ease, followed his memory to the innermost room, and raised his hand to knock on the door.

Boom boom boom—

After a few seconds.

William Whewell’s groans sounded in the room:

“The door is unlocked, please come in.”

Xu Yun gently opened the door and walked into the house.

At this time, only William Whewell was sitting in the room. The ruler of Trinity College was sitting by the window, brewing a pot of coffee with great interest.

See Xu Yun enter the house.

William Whewell smiled and waved to him, beckoning him to come forward.

Xu Yun obeyed obediently:

“Good morning, Mr. Whewell.”

“Well, good morning.”

William Whewell greeted kindly, tilted the coffee pot in his hand slightly, and poured a cup of coffee:

“Here, classmate Luo Feng, try it, the coffee beans I ground myself.”

“To tell you the truth, I am quite confident in blending coffee.”

Although Xu Yun was a little curious about William Whewell’s purpose in looking for him, since the other party didn’t take the initiative to speak up, he simply responded to the ever-changing by remaining unchanged.

I saw him pick up the cup and blow on the beaten soybean oil.

Then he took a sip of coffee.

Actually.

Xu Yun actually has no special preference for coffee.

He always felt that this thing was really bitter, and drinking this thing would be better than drinking happy water.

However, in my previous life, I had to work and rest in the underworld when I coded, and I don’t know if it’s because of the receptors. The refreshing effect of coffee on Xu Yun is often better than that of American ginseng.

So in desperation.

Xu Yun could only hold his nose and drink coffee.

And the better coffee beans have high requirements on the technique and process, and a slight mistake may cause the finished product to be sour.

So it takes a long time.

Xu Yun naturally entered the door passively, more or less able to taste a little coffee.

The cup of coffee brewed by William Whewell is quite strong, and it is obviously not ordinary beans:

“The taste is smooth and the acidity is very low. Mr. Whewell, this shouldn’t be coffee beans from Europe, right?”

Whewell nodded when he saw the words, and seemed to be somewhat satisfied with Xu Yun’s ability to taste the inner way:

“That’s right, these are coffee beans shipped from Panama.”

Xu Yun was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise:

“Panama? So far?”

He thought it was beans shipped from coffee-producing regions in Africa.

To know.

The logistics system these days is not as developed as later generations. Even sea transportation requires a lot of transit cycles.

Although the American trade system has matured, the trading materials of this trade system are still mainly black slaves and their labor products.

Being able to drink Panama coffee in the UK is indeed a treat these days.

Then Whewell motioned Xu Yun to sit down, poured himself a cup of coffee, sipped it and said:

“That’s right, the coffee beans from Panama, this is one of the supplies that arrived in the UK with the North American colonial industrial delegation.”

“Oh, so it is”

Xu Yun subconsciously prepared to respond with a few words, but while talking, he suddenly reacted:

“Mr. Whewell, what did you say?”

“North American colonial industrial delegation?”

Whewell nodded slightly, his face straightened slightly, and he explained:

“That’s right, an industrial delegation from the North American colonies.”

“To tell you the truth, this is also the main reason why I asked you this time, and that is in a few months.”

“The first International Industrial Fair, which Prince Albert put a lot of effort into organizing, is about to officially open.”

“World Expo?”

Hearing this word, Xu Yun was slightly taken aback again.

After regaining consciousness.

He glanced at the coffee cup in his hand, a hint of bewilderment appeared in his eyes.

I see

He said why Whewell suddenly asked him to taste coffee

It turned out that the ulterior motives were not drinking, it was purely to bring up this real topic.

But think about it.

This year is 1851, but it is indeed the year when the International Industrial Fair opened.

International Industry Fair.

This name may sound strange at first.

But if you talk about its name in later generations, many people will be familiar with it:

World Expo.

The earliest World Expo in history can be traced back to 609 AD, and it was hosted by none other than Huaxia.

Emphasize it.

This is not a rhetoric to give yourself money, but it is true:

In the fifth year of Daye (609), Emperor Yang of Sui ascended to Guanfengxing Hall, displayed cultural relics, played nine pieces of music, set up fish and dragons, and feasted Gaochang King and Tutun on the hall to pamper him. More than 30 countries attended the event.

At that time, Turkic, Silla, Mohe, Bi Daci, Hedu, Chuanyue, Unaho, Bola, Tucharo, Julujian, Hulun, Heduo, Peihan, and Kucha participated in this grand meeting. , Shule, Khotan, Anguo, Caoguo, Heguo, Muguo, Bi, Yimi, Shifanyan, Jiazhe, Khitan and other countries, known as the “Exposition of All Nations” in history. (For details, see “Sui Shu·Di Ji·Volume 3”)

As for the earliest modern industrial exposition?

It was the first International Industrial Fair organized by Prince Albert in 1851.

It brings together the world’s top industrial technology, famous specialties and rare treasures, attracting exhibitors and visitors from all over the world.

In order to hold this exposition.

Britain also built a huge “Crystal Palace” with steel and glass in London’s Hyde Park—this is the construction site that Xu Yun and the others saw on the day of the interview at the Apostle Club.

The building area of this exhibition hall is about 74,000 square meters, about 563 meters long, 138 meters wide, and 39.48 meters high.

The Universal Exposition lasted 23 weeks from its opening in May 1851 to its closing on October 14.

A total of 6.3 million people visited the venue, and there were as many as 14,000 exhibits.

Ticket revenue netted £186,000.

The largest diamond in the world at that time, the “Mountain of Light”, weighing 186 carats, was also one of the exhibits.

The Expo closed after half a year, the “Crystal Palace” was demolished, and building materials were sent to south London for reconstruction.

From 1854 to 1936, the reconstructed “Crystal Palace” has been one of the main landmarks of London.

Unfortunately, it was destroyed by a fire in 1936 and has not been restored to this day.

In Xu Yunlai’s later generations, there is a saying on the local Internet about the fate of the “Crystal Palace”, which roughly means that this is the retribution of burning the Old Summer Palace.

how to say

This is actually a bit extreme-because it actually has nothing to do with the Old Summer Palace.

The first burned Crystal Palace was an empty shell with no exhibits in it, which was fundamentally different from the Old Summer Palace.

Secondly, most of what the Crystal Palace exhibited during the exposition were not looted treasures, but industrial inventions or rare treasures brought by other countries—for example, the gems exhibited in Africa were eventually returned to others.

The place where the looted treasures are actually stored is actually the British Museum, which houses more than 23,000 cultural relics from China.

For example, the “Dunhuang Star Atlas”, which is of the same level as Su Song’s Star Atlas written by Lao Su, has always remained in it.

Xu Yun once visited the British Museum in his previous life, and always felt angry and regretful whenever he saw Chinese cultural relics being stored there.

That is the place that has been tainted with sin. One day we will welcome back those lost treasures with dignity.

The line of sight returns to reality.

Seeing the thoughtful expression on Xu Yun’s face, William Whewell knew that this young man from the East had understood his thoughts.

So he pondered for a moment, and said to Xu Yun:

“Student Luo Feng, I asked you to come here today, actually there are a few things I want to talk to you about.”

Xu Yun quickly put on a “beautiful.JPG” posture, sat upright and said:

“You say.”

William Whewell added some more coffee to Xu Yun’s coffee cup, then said after deliberation:

“Student Luo Feng, what is the current completion level of the analytical machine designed by Charles and the Countess Lovelace?”

“The degree of completion.”

Xu Yun has been paying attention to Babbage’s progress recently, and has basically mastered the synchronization information, so he said without hesitation:

“Mr. Charles debugged the piezoelectric ceramics in early January, and now he can store data for 700 vacuum tubes.”

“If the programming that the Countess is in charge of is also forcibly converted into a specific progress, then their total progress is about”

“It looks like it’s in the early 20s, but less than 25%.”

Xu Yun gave the piezoelectric ceramic drawings on December 26 last year. Due to some work damage and break-in in the initial preparation, the laboratory did not prepare suitable piezoelectric ceramics until early January.

After more than a month of debugging.

Babbage and the others have prepared a huge 2.2-meter-long vacuum tube to store mercury, successfully completing the most critical delayed storage.

At the same time, there are 700 vacuum tubes responsible for data exchange, and the power is provided by the steam engine.

Now this device can simply calculate 14-digit addition and subtraction or 6-digit multiplication and division, which is a little more than one-fifth of Xu Yun’s requirement.

Considering the previously agreed time with Gauss, this progress has obviously exceeded expectations.

Looking at Xu Yun with a satisfied expression, William Whewell hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked another question:

“Then Luo Feng, if you have enough resources to cooperate, can you finish this equipment by the end of October?”

“Huh? End of October?”

Xu Yun was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask why the time was advanced, but before he could say anything, he realized what his dean thought:

“You mean you want our analysis machine to be exhibited at the World Expo?”

William Whewell nodded, did not directly explain the reason, but asked another question:

“Student Luo Feng, you should have heard the news that the Crimean War is about to start?”

Xu Yun was silent for a few seconds, then hummed softly:

“Well, I heard.”

William Whewell showed a deep look in his eyes, adjusted his sitting posture, and continued:

“The Crimean War is expected to officially start in April. Although I don’t like those furry bears in the east, their combat effectiveness cannot be ignored.”

“With full equipment, a bear warrior can even fight one-on-one with our red shirts.”

Xu Yun’s mouth twitched when he heard the words, but he stopped talking.

He really wanted to tell the dean that 1v1 is actually the peak of the British army’s combat power.

In his later life, there was a real incident where 200 bear fans beat up 2000 British fans.

Of course.

Considering that he might be hung up and beaten for saying this, Xu Yun finally remained silent.

William Whewell, who was immersed in emotions, did not notice Xu Yun’s abnormality, but continued to introduce the situation on his own:

“Considering the possible pressure brought by the war situation, His Majesty Albert issued a death order a few days ago, and stepped up efforts to make the first International Industry Fair a success.”

“For this reason, he deliberately postponed the duration of the expo, adding an additional four weeks, which is one month.”

“At the same time, many universities, including Cambridge University, have also been assigned corresponding tasks.”

While speaking, William Whewell glanced at Xu Yun again, trying to think about his words:

“According to the information we have, Oxford University has prepared a lot of novel things this time. With Cambridge’s technical reserves, I’m afraid it may not be able to beat them.”

“So the school directors thought of the Analytical Engine—after all, Cambridge University is the only investor in this project, and it is completely in compliance with the rules in nature.”

“.”

Looking at William Whewell with the expression of “I just want to make the victory bigger”, Xu Yun couldn’t help touching his chin lightly.

As expected of a philosopher, the word game is subtle.

Obviously the lack of an analysis opportunity will inevitably lead to a disastrous defeat, but when it comes to Whewell’s mouth, it becomes impossible to win steadily

However, considering that Whewell did this for the face of Cambridge University, Xu Yun ignored this point and talked about the credibility of this plan:

“Dean Whewell, it’s the beginning of February, and the time you requested is the end of October, about eight months or so.”

“If you do the multiplication alone, we’ve done 20% in the past month and a half, and 100% in eight months seems like we should be able to catch up.”

“But the problem is that the research and development of electronic equipment cannot be converted through simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It doesn’t mean that it took more than a month to complete 20%, and the same progress can be completed in the same amount of time.”

Xu Yun is babbling about selling miserably.

William Whewell on the other end suddenly said a word:

“Then Luo Feng, what is the price?”

Xu Yun’s heart moved, and the second half of the sentence suddenly stuck in his throat.

have to say.

Chatting with smart people is very comfortable.

Afterwards, he pondered for a moment, and his face suddenly became more solemn than ever before.

I saw him staring at William Whewell seriously, and said word by word:

“Dean Whewell, I want a promise.”

“A Cambridge University Promise.”

Note:

Everyone seems to have a lot of opinions on the word count of the finished book that I said yesterday. Didn’t I say that, that’s the word count of my previous outline.

If I follow the current score, I will definitely extend it, but it will probably be 4-4.5 million words at most, and 6 million is definitely not even considered.

(end of this chapter)