The Primordial Wizard

When most people were obsessed with sports and very few people went to open up Siracul, it was in a beautiful manor on the outskirts of the City of True Knowledge.

Ollie was wearing a moon-white robe, leaning against Arnold, and carefully opened a roll of parchment.

A Nuo looked at her lovingly, closed his eyes, and quietly acted as a cushion.

Weighing gas? Interesting lab report.

Ollie looked at the latest Element journal with great interest. The author of this report was named Laval. The total amount of gas pumped out of each substance was determined by heating the gun barrel and collecting the resulting gas on the surface of the water.

This device for measuring the weight of gas is very interesting, but it's just that the thinking of weighing is too limited. The conclusion that 'animals, plants, and minerals are all rich in air' is certainly true, but it is too simple and too vague.

A Nuo opened his eyes, looked at Oli suspiciously, and closed his eyes again.

Oli took advantage of the opportunity to go to Arnold's arms, raised the scroll above her head, and read softly: Elasticity is not an invariable property of air particles. As we know, air particles are affected by a large number of acid particles and sulfur in the air. Particles and salt particles are strongly attracted, and it is easy to change from an elastic state to a fixed state.

She leaned against Arnold and frowned: Is this the recognition of the theory of atoms in all things? I also agree with the theory of atoms. There are probably indivisible particles in the microcosm, but air does not seem to be a kind of particle. Human breathing consumes certain kinds of particles in the air. The ingredients, if consumed, the flame cannot burn in this air.

Do you think so, Brother Arnold?

A Nuo nodded with a confused face, and hugged Oli vigorously, as if he was afraid that she would disappear.

Since her recovery, Oli's strength has remained at the first level. She has never constructed her own basic spell model. Apart from constructing a spell model based on Magic Mechanics, her soul storage space has always been empty.

Brother Arnold, I don't really want to rely on Master Ace's Magic Mechanics as the foundation. Although Magic Mechanics is perfect, I am more yearning for Feng'er.

Listening to Oli's murmur, Arnold said softly: I have a little understanding of the latest theory. It seems to be some kind of phlogiston theory. Gas is the wind element mentioned by the four elements in the past. Why don't you rely on it to construct the foundation?

Oli adjusted her posture in Anuo's arms, and said softly: I think gas must be complicated. I don't plan to construct a basic spell model until the basic composition of gas is determined.

Moreover, although the phlogiston theory seems reasonable and the experiment makes sense, it has not been really confirmed!

I've always been skeptical of the phlogiston theory.

Arnold hugged Ollie tenderly, and said in a low voice: I don't know much about magic research, but I know that if you doubt it, then you can't practice it. Since you are skeptical about the phlogiston theory, then Why not do an experiment and see if you can overthrow it!

Oli's eyes lit up, and she kissed Arnold happily: It makes sense, but it doesn't have to be overthrown. Either it proves that there is phlogiston, or it doesn't. In short, it needs to be verified by experiments.

If you want to experiment, you need to collect the most cutting-edge research in this field.

Oli has been thinking about related papers in the dream world for the past few years, and she has accumulated enough theoretical knowledge.

A few days later, the latest issue of Magic was released, and Ollie opened it immediately, just in time to see an article On Air and Fire published by Betty.

I believe most of the wizards of the elemental school have discovered that after a defined volume of air contacts certain substances for a long time, the volume will shrink.

We use an aqueous solution of sulphur-lime, linseed oil, and water-moistened iron filings to place in the air. After a few days, about a quarter of the air is absorbed, and the remaining air is sufficient to extinguish the small candle.

We can think of these substances as rich in phlogiston, or rich in combustible substances. The remaining gases, unlike ordinary air, do not contain combustible substances.

For, if this gas is air and phlogiston combined, and reduced in volume, it must be denser than ordinary air.

But when this gas is filled in an extremely thin flask and weighed precisely, it is found that not only can it not be balanced with the air in the same volume, but it is even lighter.

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The air, therefore, is composed of two fluids of different nature, one of which exhibits no phlogiston-attracting properties, while the other occupies a third or a quarter of the total mass of the air.

The former I call dirty air, and the latter fire air.

Ollie thought while watching, fire air and stale air, this division is in line with Betty's phlogiston theory, and it also proves that the gas is composed of at least two types of air with different properties.

However, the gas does not necessarily have to be two elements, and there may be more.

Ollie continued Betty's thesis while talking softly. Betty's greatest contribution to this research is the purification of Fire Air.

Using the phosphorus combustion test, it can be determined that combustible substances and fire air are combined, so I think that heat = fire air + phlogiston. Since heat = fire air + phlogiston, it is only necessary to find a substance that is more attractive to phlogiston than fire air Just be attractive.

Ollie continued to think about what could purify the Fire Air, and Betty gave the answer.

In Betty's previous experiments, it was found that nitric acid has an immediate effect on metals, and the phlogiston collected by the metal is removed to produce red smoke (nitric acid + phlogiston). The resulting saltpeter is placed in a retort together with alum oil and distilled at high temperature to release nitric acid.

Tie the monster bladder containing milk of lime to the mouth of the retort to absorb the red smoke emitted. The bladder is filled with a colorless gas, and when the small candle in the bladder is lit, it will emit a dazzling light.

Ollie immediately left Gensokyo and came to reality to conduct repeated experiments, and she successfully produced a unique gas. This gas can not only make the flame burn more intensely and last longer, but if inhaled into the lungs, it will also burn There is a rare sense of relief.

This kind of gas can not only burn the flames, but if it is removed, the remaining air will suffocate people or animals! It has great practical value and medical value.

Ollie continued to read the Magic journal, and found that this issue was actually all experiments related to fire and air.

In fact, the three founders of the phlogiston theory, Betty, Bayern and Logan, discussed and communicated many times. According to Betty's experiment, Bayern and Logan prepared pure fire air by mercury slag heating method and black manganese heating method respectively.