Chapter 581 Inventing the Telescope
After September 22nd in the third year of Tianxuan, Sylvia Ocean led the main naval force to the northeastern waters of Yancheng Port to face the most powerful enemy the Yizhen Territory has encountered so far—after the invasion fleet of the Mughal Empire, Qu Mao was a little bored instead.
The number of prisoners of war in the territory of Yi Town is reduced due to the active responsibility of the navy and army, as well as the construction of a large number of large buildings such as the Lian Island Shipyard, the Lian Island Naval Port, the Lian Island Naval Barracks, the Outlying Island Textile Factory, and a total of 10 technical schools on each island. A lot, although the number is still more than a million.
According to the cruise fleet and the princess fleet, battles break out every day, and the battle consumption of prisoners of war and the accumulation of military merits are carried out simultaneously, and the number of prisoners of war is generally controllable.
Maffei Trani did not give up going to sea for business because of the impact of the war. Even though the invading fleet of the Gilhou Kingdom was all captured, the White Harbor of the Gilhou Kingdom did not know that the Nandi Chamber of Commerce belonged to the territory of Yi Town, so Maffei Trani has once again organized 20 warships to go to White Harbor City.
On September 23, the third year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao was wandering in Yi Town, and unknowingly walked to the resource mine realization area, and then inspected the resource mine realization area and the nearby military factory and glass factory.
It happened that a batch of new glass bottles had just finished production and was leaving the factory. Qu Mao picked up a glass bottle, looked carefully and found that the glass bottle was clear and transparent, and the scenery on the opposite side appeared to be raised through the glass bottle.
At this moment, Qu Mao’s heart moved. The naval hero complained to him more than once about the limited vision during patrolling. The remaining knowledge of another world involuntarily squeezed into Qu Mao’s mind. Since glass can be produced, why can’t a telescope be produced?
Turning the glass bottle in his hand over and over again, Qu Mao found that the bottom of the glass bottle itself was a concave lens. Qu Mao didn’t know the principle of the telescope, but his impression seemed to be composed of a concave lens and a convex lens.
The glass factory in Yizhen territory has been established in Yizhen for a long time. The first two glass factory technicians were invited back from Yancheng Port. It is said that there is no big problem in producing concave and convex lenses.
It's a pity that in another world, Qu Mao himself didn't study science and engineering, and he didn't have a solid grasp of these basic knowledge, and couldn't think of the specific technical combination essentials of the telescope.
But from the beginning of the construction of the Yizhen Glass Factory, Qu Mao and Su Yan have the same concern, that is, the glass factory produces transparent small glass bottles containing the essence of life, so as to increase the sales price of the essence of life.
In fact, after the glass factory was able to successfully produce small glass bottles containing the essence of life, Su Yan did not sell the essence of life, but accumulated all the essence of life every day. Qu Mao and Su Yan had similar concerns.
Thinking of this, Qu Mao went directly to the staff of the glass factory to take another 19 glass bottles and stuffed them into his backpack. Then Qu Mao took the glass bottles and walked towards Nanlai Xiaocun.
This kind of scientific research is naturally handed over to Kong Ming, who is more hands-on. He went to the small village in the north of the outlying island through the No. 1 Purple Light Trail, Qu Mao, and soon found Kong Ming in the reservoir village.
Kong Ming was shocked when he saw Qu Mao, and asked in astonishment: "My lord, why did you come to find your subordinates in person? If you have something to tell your subordinates, your subordinates will naturally go to the lord's cabin in Yi Town to find you."
Kong Ming was half-dragged by Qu Mao to the living room on the first floor of the five-story building in Reservoir Village. Qu Mao took out paper, pens and 20 small glass bottles from his backpack, and said to Kong Ming as he began to draw: "Kong Ming, The heroes of our naval cruise fleet always complain to me that the sea line of sight is too short, and the warships of the cruise fleet have not been modified with ship-mounted ballistas, so it is a disadvantage not to be able to detect the enemy in advance.
I am thinking about solving this problem. You see, this is the latest glass bottle I saw in a glass factory. The bottom of this bottle is round, thin in the middle and thick on both sides. Look through the bottom of the bottle. I wonder if a mirror thick in the middle and thin on both sides is added to the mouth of the bottle, and the bottle wall is replaced with something opaque, will it have the effect of seeing far or near? "
While introducing to Kong Ming his limited knowledge accumulation in another world, Qu Mao drew his imaginary telescope on paper.
Kong Ming listened to Qu Mao's explanation and looked at Qu Mao's drawings, and he didn't bother to shake his feather fan.
It wasn't until Qu Mao threw the pen away that Kong Ming exclaimed: "My lord, this is really a fantastic idea.
My lord calls the bottom of the bottle a concave lens. The convex lens you mentioned doesn’t exist yet, so my subordinates have no way to conduct experiments to verify your idea. But logically speaking, your idea can definitely be realized. "
Qu Maodao smiled, and became more and more sure that his memory of the other world's knowledge was correct, so he said to Kong Ming: "Kong Ming, this task must be entrusted to you, it is best to go to Yizhen Glass Factory as soon as possible, and directly ask the skilled workers to help Produce a convex lens, arrange tests as soon as possible, and produce this thing I call a telescope as soon as possible.
If it can be successfully developed, we really need to build another glass factory on Dry Island according to the model of Yizhen Glass Factory. Sooner or later, we will need to equip every hero with a telescope.
In the follow-up, even non-hero commanders in the army and even each team leader have to be equipped with a telescope, which is very helpful to improve the strength of our army. "
Kong Ming said with a smile: "My lord, according to your plan, this is a military industry.
I can't wait for this invention. You wait for an hour, and I will arrange the experiments in the reservoir village and the construction of the textile factory. Then I will go directly to Yizhen Glass Factory to conduct experiments and blow out some convex and concave lenses. Make the telescope.
Blowing the concave lens and the convex lens, and then conducting a combination test should be a relatively simple matter, and the results will be obtained soon. "
Qu Mao said: "That's OK, I'll go back to Yi Town first.
You go directly to the glass factory for testing later, and I will ask all the technical workers to cooperate with you. You can bring the test results to the lord's hut to communicate with me later. "
Kong Ming said: "That's fine, my lord, you should go back to the lord's hut first, and my subordinates are considering replacing the current glass bottle with a bamboo tube. On the one hand, the bamboo tube is opaque and will not affect the user's sight. On the other hand, the bamboo tube is better than the glass bottle." The bottle body is stronger and more durable, less likely to be broken..."
Qu Mao waved his hand and said, "You decide on your own. I'm just telling you such an idea. It's up to you to invent a specific product. Everything is durable and practical."
(end of this chapter)