I made science magic

Sean, who was extremely reserved, had no intention of joining the discussion. He sat down with his apprentice at a more outer position, listening attentively to the discussions of the wizards around him.

This year's academic seminar seemed to be particularly grand. It was no longer hosted by great wizards as in the past. Several legendary speakers were all present, which showed how much importance it attached to it.

Sean immediately turned his attention to the Speaker's seat. This was the first time he saw the true faces of several legendary Speakers at the top of magic studies. The figure in the center was particularly conspicuous.

Sean understood that it should be Speaker Linn, the magic star whose reputation spread throughout the empire and made the church tremble with fear.

Just as I was thinking about it, the exceptionally young Speaker looked over, cleared his throat and spoke.

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

An extremely loud voice suddenly resounded throughout the exhibition hall, carrying with it an unquestionable majesty and oppression, instantly bringing the noise and arguments to an abrupt end.

In just one second, the only sound in the huge exhibition hall was the constant echo.

This was Lin En's second time as a judge, so he was naturally very familiar with the various procedures. After saying some brief polite words and welcoming the many wizards who had come from afar, he announced the official start of this magic seminar!

Under the gaze of the crowd, an old wizard led several apprentices who carried a transparent box into the exhibition hall.

Inside the box is a very sophisticated device. The main body is a huge gear with a diameter of about three meters. Each tooth segment is made into a slope shape. Forty movable short rods are installed inside. At one end of each short rod is a 20-kilogram iron ball, which is moving outward along the spokes of the wheel.

"This is the result of my research, a vacuum gravity perpetual motion machine!" The old wizard who came on stage proudly introduced his great invention to everyone!

Nowadays, the magic world has many power devices, such as steam engines and improved internal combustion engines, but without exception, they all require energy consumption.

So he has been thinking about whether he can find a way to output power continuously without adding any fuel!

Thus, the perpetual motion machine was born. It uses the gravity of the planet itself and an asymmetric frame structure, which causes the gravity of objects on both sides of the frame to deviate. The heavy side pulls the light side, producing a cyclical mechanical motion.

In order to eliminate the influence of external forces as much as possible, he also specifically begged a great wizard to extract the elements inside the device so that the instrument could continue to operate!

Looking at the strange perpetual motion machine in front of them, the wizards present were also quite interested.

Although the power output of this thing is limited now, what if it could be magnified a hundred times or even a thousand times?

The power generated might be able to supply an entire city!

Lin En, who was sitting in the judges' seat, rolled his eyes.

Wow, even a perpetual motion machine has come out!

To put it simply, this thing is the same as the Foucault pendulum he used to prove the rotation of planets.

In a vacuum without any interference, Foucault's pendulum can indeed achieve theoretical "perpetual motion" with the help of gravity.

But this perpetual motion machine is obviously still far from perfect, and the biggest problem with this thing is that it simply cannot output much power, and its efficiency is far less than that of using water power, wind power, and solar power.

If this can be considered a perpetual motion machine, then wouldn't a water wheel that runs on water also be a perpetual motion machine?

In just a few words, Lin En pointed out the shortcomings of this "perpetual motion" device one by one.

Sean and the others also noticed at this time that the speed of this perpetual motion machine was gradually slowing down. The great wizards roughly estimated that this thing would stop on its own in two days at most. Obviously, it was still far from the term "perpetual motion".

Vittorio tried to smooth things over, saying that the idea of ​​using planetary gravity to provide a constant source of power was very innovative, but this perpetual motion machine did not have much practical value.

Under everyone's "picking on" him, the originally confident old wizard blushed and kept making excuses, saying that his perpetual motion machine had great potential, but it still needed further improvements. When he finally stepped down, his face was full of indignation. Obviously, he was quite angry that his "great invention" was so unappreciated.

Then Glenn walked up to the stage with his new camera and demonstrated it to everyone. With a burst of flashes, under the effect of magic, a clear black and white photo soon appeared in front of everyone.

This alchemical instrument that can engrave reality onto a "painting" immediately attracted the interest of many people. When it was published in the newspaper before, they were amazed at the lifelike pictures on it. Now, after Glenn's explanation, they finally understood the principle behind it.

"Pinhole imaging? What a great idea..." Aurora said with a smile.

Many people knew about this natural phenomenon, and wizards of the light particle theory regarded it as one of the most direct evidences that light travels in a straight line. However, Glenn was indeed the first person who thought of using this phenomenon.

Lin En and others unanimously gave high praise to this new invention and immediately decided to award him a Morning Star Medal to commend his achievements...

Chapter 507: Mimic Interference Fringes, Great Victory of Particle Theory

This academic seminar lasted for several hours, with wizards constantly coming on stage to explain their inventions or magical theories.

Not to mention other things, there are three perpetual motion machines alone. It is obvious that wizards are very keen on creating infinite power.

The most reliable one is the magnetic perpetual motion machine, which uses dozens of permanent magnets to provide power and is expected to be used for more than ten years. However, this thing was still rejected by Lin En.

After all, with all these strong magnets, why didn't they just use them to build generators?

Wouldn't that be more efficient?

However, wizards' imaginations are not always so bad. After more than a year, the results of various magical theories can only be described as a blowout, especially in the fields of mathematics, mechanics, elements and electromagnetism.

In these few hours, Lynn, Harof and others have already given out six Morning Star Medals. Remember, this is only the first day of the seminar.

Sean was the 36th person to take the stage, and he also presented his own invention - a mechanical pendulum clock for timekeeping!

Today, wizards still use the hourglass method to measure time, which is based on the time it takes for quicksand to leak from one container to another.

But the difference is that the magic hourglass made by wizards contains a special kind of time sand with magical power.

This thing has two important characteristics.

The first is that in the special hourglass, ten grains of sand will fall per second. The second is that it is particularly obvious under the wizard's unique spiritual perception.

This means that wizards only need to touch the hourglass to know the amount of remaining sand through their mental power, and their computing power can also distinguish the current moment in a very short time.

Its accuracy can reach about 0.01 second.

The mechanical pendulum clock made by Sean uses the isochronism principle of a simple pendulum.

A simple pendulum is a device that can produce reciprocating swings - a simple pendulum is formed by hanging one end of a thin string from the ceiling and placing a small ball at the other end.

Then, as long as an initial force is applied to it, the small ball below will start to swing back and forth under the influence of gravity.

And according to the law he discovered, the time it takes for the ball to swing back and forth is only related to the length of the pendulum line and is not affected by the amplitude of the swing. This stability has become the basis for measuring time...

Sean directly disassembled the entire pendulum clock, pointed to the gears, balance wheel, mainspring and hairspring inside, and explained its operating principle in detail.

In short, the gears are driven by the force of the pendulum, and one rotation represents one minute!

After listening to Sean's description, Lin En realized that this was a relatively basic pendulum clock. Probably because it had just been developed, its structure was very simple.

After casually pointing out a few areas that needed improvement, Lin En smiled and spoke again. "In my opinion, it would be better to increase the number of gears inside the dial to three. Every time the small gear rotates one circle, the middle gear rotates one quarter, and every time the middle gear rotates one circle, the large gear rotates one quarter. I call them the second wheel, minute wheel, and hour wheel!"

Sean paused, a look of surprise on his face, and soon realized the benefit of doing this. In this way, he didn't have to calculate how many times the dial had turned. He could see at a glance what minute, hour and second it was.

"Thank you for your suggestion, Speaker Lin. I didn't expect that you have such high attainments in alchemy." Sean bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

Before when he was in the empire, he had heard about how talented this magic star was in magic research, but he did not expect that the other party was such a versatile person.

"In fact, Speaker Lin is the wizard with the most proficient alchemy in the entire magical world. My title of magic creator has long been unworthy of its name." Vittorio, who was sitting on the judges' bench, said with shame.

Lin En, who created airships, fighter planes, magic trains, and giant steel warships in just a few years, is more worthy of the title of magic creator.

The Yangyan Cannon he developed himself was certainly very powerful, but it was just copying others' ideas and using alchemical methods to reproduce [The End - Atomic Breath].

"Actually, my alchemy skills are very average. At best, I just have some experience in engineering research." Lin En shook his head and smiled. He knew very well that he just had the advantage of broad knowledge.

Even if he didn't remind him, Sean would be able to perfect it through repeated improvements.

Lynn quickly passed over the topic and instead discussed with Haroff and others whether Sean should be nominated for the Morning Star Medal.

Everyone is very optimistic about this new way of timekeeping.

Although its accuracy is not as good as that of the magic clock, its greatest value lies in that it does not require magic power, which means that even ordinary civilians can use it. The structure is not complicated and it has great popular value.

This is a perfect example of utilizing gravitational potential energy, and is much more reliable than those so-called perpetual motion machines.

Lin En also nodded. In his opinion, the meaning of this pendulum clock was more profound than its function. It represented an innovation in timekeeping devices.

As the research target gradually moves deeper into the microscopic field, the magic hourglass with an accuracy of only 0.1 second seems to be insufficient. It must be accurate to one thousandth of a second or even one ten-thousandth of a second.

The wizard in front of him named Sean might be a good developer of a new type of timer.

In view of this, Lin En was generous in rewarding the other party and directly awarded him a Morning Star Medal.

Sean stood there flattered, watching the magic star personally pin the medal on him, his face flushed with excitement. He had never enjoyed such honorable treatment before!

After bowing again to express his gratitude, Sean sat down again amidst the envy of everyone. Several wizards beside him took the initiative to talk to him enthusiastically.

"Then the next one is Master Sanchez's light particle scattering experiment." Harov glanced at the list in his hand and read it out.

Hearing this, all the wizards present were shocked. They understood that this was the focus of this academic seminar.

The dispute over the theories of light particles and waves has been going on for months, and it is not just a simple theoretical dispute. It concerns the ownership of a corona medal, and no one can give up.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Sanchez stood up and walked to the booth. After bowing to the speakers, he began to expound his theory of light particles.

This is exactly the same as those papers previously published in Magic Daily. The fundamental argument is that light is made up of tiny particles, and the number is extremely large. Even a beam of light with a diameter of 0.1 mm contains hundreds of millions of light particles!

As he spoke, Sanchez raised his right hand and created a reddish translucent magic ball in his palm. A large number of mimetic elements were constantly surging inside to simulate the existence form of photoelectrons.

At this moment, a wizard who supported the wave theory suddenly sneered and interrupted Sanchez.

"Wait, Master Sanchez, you just said that light is electricity and electricity is light, and you even believed that electricity is made up of even smaller light particles..."

"A lit candle can also continue to glow. Does this mean that the candle can continue to generate electricity?"

In the huge conference room, there was a burst of laughter. Candles naturally cannot be used to generate electricity... However, some people did not laugh, and Sanchez certainly did not laugh either. Instead, he sighed helplessly.

"I wonder if you are a wizard from the Kingdom or the Empire?"

"I come from the Steel City of Seltod..." the wizard said with an unchanging expression.

Seltod is an important city located in the eastern part of the kingdom. It was "recovered" relatively late and had previously been under the rule of the great nobles.

In the implicit division of wizard groups, they are in the lower-middle level.

Although they are all wizards, prejudices against each other still exist.

For example, wizards born in the Land of Wizards look down on wizards born in the Kingdom, thinking that they are all barbarians who have not received systematic magic education, while wizards in the Kingdom look down on wizards in the Empire...

Even though Parliament is intentionally trying to eliminate regional differences, such contradictions are still inevitable.

Sanchez also realized that his words might cause some misunderstanding, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "Anyway, I suggest you buy a copy of Master Arad's book [The Nature of Flame], and take a good look at Speaker Lin's [On the Internal Structure of Elements, Electron Orbital Model], so as not to ask such stupid questions again."

"What is fire? It is an oxidation reaction that occurs during the combustion of matter. If the temperature is high enough, it will become a ball of high-temperature plasma..."

"And electrons exist inside every element. I thought everyone should know this common sense..."

Sanchez looked at the wizard with disdain. Let alone candles, theoretically, if the temperature is high enough, all substances can be ionized!

After hearing these words, the wizards who had just been laughing were all embarrassed, and the wizard who had spoken was even speechless.

After Sanchez explained, he ignored these ignorant people and continued to talk about his particle theory, using the pinhole imaging that Glenn had just demonstrated as a basis.