Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 2055 Drink of Victory ([-])

Hearing the drumming of the military band, Georgiana and Farron, who were taking a walk by the sea, 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 dryly showed a twisted smile and didn't wave.

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

She and Farron watched the soldiers who were also going to "perform" together. In fact, Napoleon was not only busy dealing with the artillery positions, he also visited the transport ship to make the materials stacked more scientifically and reasonably so that they could hold more things.

This can be regarded as the personal experience of the scholars who went to Egypt. At that time, the cultural relics were randomly stacked, resulting in extremely small sleeping places.

How should I put it, if Bonaparte really intends to lead an army to land in England, he also needs to carry as much supplies as possible to avoid having no supplies after his back road is cut off.

Of course, it is also possible to pack up at any time and transfer the large military camp to the German region.Frederick the Great said that the British are like knocking on doors one by one with a purse.Practice has proved that among the king, bishop and rich man, quite a few soldiers will choose gold coins and rich men.

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

In fact, the textile industry is not as important to the development of the United Kingdom as they imagined. 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 in other countries. However, British factory owners do not intend to replace equipment because of cost issues. They rely too much on the "invisible hand".

It can be said that Britain does not necessarily "success" in the textile industry, but it must "lose" in the textile industry.In addition to the textile industry, Britain has other industries, such as glass, which was used to build the Crystal Palace.

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

Although the Venetians confined all glass craftsmen to an island, a glass craftsman came to England, and a craftsman named Vecellini opened a glass workshop in London and obtained a monopoly. License, by the 17th century, British craftsmen could also do very decently, including making high-quality plate glass, thick glass and mirrors.

Fresnel, who stayed in the Royal Glass Factory for a while, once thought of using British glass to make the kind of prism he wanted. The old master who was familiar with glass told him that British glass is made of lead, although it is colorless, But it was full of impurities and could not 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 visible light of various colors. This is a phenomenon of refraction of light, and Fresnel’s research is a phenomenon of polarization of light...

To put it simply, Fresnel needed glass with higher purity, and then he discovered the mineral Bolognaite.

Bologna stone is a kind of dense silver-white stone, which was discovered by the Italian alchemist Cascariolo on Mount Padeno near Bologna in 1603. He used this stone to synthesize a substance, which It is exposed to the sun during the day and can glow at night. At first people thought it was the legendary philosopher's stone that can turn base metals into gold.

Nick Flamel created the Philosopher's Stone in Paris, and in order to verify that Cascariolo had really made the Philosopher's Stone, "many" alchemists experimented with the Bologna Stone, and someone discovered that using it Refined glass is purer than lead glass, which means it is a more precious substance than lead, which indirectly proves that it is the legendary philosopher's stone.

If you find the elixir, of course some people will swallow it. If you eat lead, you will be poisoned. If you eat bologna stone, you will be fine.

After the French Revolution, there are only a handful of alchemy notes that can "survive", and even without the Great Revolution, alchemists' notes are very rare.

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

The child has strong hands-on ability, but he is not good at theory and expression.On the other side of the UK, there is a genius named Thomas Young. At the age of 21, he had already completed a thesis on the regulation mechanism of the eyes, became a member of the Royal Society, and had already obtained a doctor of medicine from the University of Göttingen. , who also studied the polarization of light.

Isaac Newton was the recognized authority of our time, and his classical mechanics was recognized at least until the advent of quantum physics.But both Fresnel and Thomas Young are trying to overthrow Newton's treatises on optics, because Newton believes that light is composed of particles, and they both believe that light and sound waves are waves. In 1801, Thomas Young also carried out double slit Interference experiments demonstrated the nature of light.

Fresnel’s return to Normandy this time was not just for fun, or it was an extremely painful thing for him to socialize, but he had a fellowship fee, so he could use silver and brass instead of rusty iron. Mechanical equipment such as slits and micrometers.In fact, Paris can also do it, but didn't he follow Turner and the others?
Farron knew many craftsmen, and some of them also made Lavoisier's experimental equipment. Fresnel didn't know how much income his research results could bring. According to Farron's estimation, the annual profit of British glass Up to 630000 pounds, this is profit, not total sales.Britain also collects taxes on glass raw materials every year, and cotton has not paid a single word.

The tax encouraged glassmakers to cut corners in their colorless glass, and to conceal this by adding a great deal of ornament to the finished product, but in reality the tax was not heavy, at 10 and a halfpence a pound.Of course, no one will cut a penny in half to pay taxes. The half penny uses tokens, which are produced by the Mint in Bolton. Bolton also has its own glass factory, which produces high-purity colorless glass. Luxury goods like saucers made of silver.

Anyway, Fresnel's formula can't be leaked out, and many glass bottles are used in perfumes. 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 oxalin into Willis' glass, and then he had the world-famous Venetian glass.

Genius is what it is sometimes, clumsy in some ways, like brittle glass.

Farron had met Watt, who had come to France partly to visit an old friend and partly to find his son, James Watt II, who had joined a radical revolutionary organization.

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

You can't arrest someone if you find them, which is why Watt gave Georgiana such rare earrings.

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

Georgiana thought again of Minerva, who had transformed a bird into a cup in Transfiguration class.

Then she took the opportunity to chat about desserts.

Among the many flavors of ice cream, vanilla is undoubtedly the "king", and people who like chocolate do not like vanilla as much.

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

Farrong seemed 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 fruiting rate of vanilla pods is very low, but the bees responsible for pollination are too industrious, and less than one tenth of the flowers enjoy their services." Farrong said, "So the vanilla pods bear very few fruits. After that, the price of vanilla has become very high, and even in the palace, only a few people can eat vanilla ice cream."

"Why not pollinate the herbs?" Georgiana asked. "I mean humans instead of bees."

Farron seemed taken aback.

Only then did Georgiana realize that if the weather is too cold for the bees to come out, humans can pollinate the wheat instead of bees, so that there will be no empty shells.

The heavy wheat is bent over, and that represents a bumper harvest.

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

Ravenclaw went to the observatory to observe the stars in the middle of the night, shivering in the wind, how could it be warm to pollinate vanilla in the greenhouse, and the flowers bloom at three in the morning. The children in the orphanage don't need to twist the cotton thread, they can 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 naturalists?" asked Georgiana.

"That's what I thought of. Do you know who he is?" Farron asked.

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

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

"Not yet," said Georgiana.

Farron turned around and waved to Fresnel, who gave him a book from his briefcase.

"Take it." Farron handed the book to Georgiana. "I believe Newton has learned a lot from this competitor. After all, he is the 'Light of Nature' as famous as Newton."

(End of this chapter)