C2619 A gift from the East (2/2)
”But this is too big, isn't it?” Bismark looked at the enormous wooden chest that was more than two meters tall and three meters long, and could not help but exclaim.
”This volume is not much smaller than a steam engine. Is this what you meant by miniaturization?”
”Ai …” Don't look at how big it is now, this is a prototype machine and it can still shrink in the future. What I need to do now is to ensure that my theory is correct! ”
”Someone, open the wooden crate and activate the mechanism so that the Prime Minister can open his eyes!”
The Chinese engineers from the Ryukyu began to use crowbars to open the wooden boxes. In the midst of all the shaggy shavings, a black and greasy metal machine appeared before everyone's eyes.
Bismark found it hard to describe the appearance of the strange thing, it looked extremely strange, like nothing at all. There were rivets densely packed on top of it, and a huge flying wheel was quietly installed on the tail, with different combinations of crankshafts, levers, gears, and so on.
This was like a sleeping beast that had its skin peeled off, its muscles and bones exposed to the air, emitting a faint energy!
The craftsmen began to busy themselves. They opened an iron bucket and poured a pale yellow liquid into the machine. Then, someone took the handle and began to violently start the machine.
Everyone held their breath as they watched the mechanical monster awaken. They watched as the mechanic shook it for over ten laps before the machine suddenly came to life.
Tuk, tuk, tuk … The whole machine started to shake violently as black smoke was emitted from the nozzle. The connecting rod started to move back and forth, the crank started to rotate, and finally the huge flywheel started to spin rapidly.
”It's moving! Look, it's really moving! ”
The Flywheel was spinning at a high speed, and the vibration had become much more stable. Although the noise was still loud, anyone with a little engineering foundation would know that the steadily rotating Flywheel was a stable source of energy.
This machinery that didn't eat coal could actually move? He actually couldn't see any flames outside?
”Xiao Letian! Tell me, what did this machine burn? I know French scientists used gas for power, but don't you have a gas pipeline? ”
”Could it be the pale yellow liquid that you just poured in? Is this really oil? ”
Bismark said excitedly while pinching Xiao Letian's hand!
Xiao Letian said proudly, ”You guessed right, this is the internal combustion engine that we, the Chinese, have invented. What is burning is not gas but oil!”
”The European scientists have entered a misunderstanding. They have always felt that the viscous liquid oil is not suitable to be used as fuel for internal combustion engines because there are way too many impurities in the oil!”
”So some people choose to use gas, some people choose to use hydrogen, but they know very well that although the gas is pure, it can't last long!”
”In complex industrial and mining enterprises, who can guarantee long-term gas supply? Therefore, the practicality of this technique has been greatly reduced! ”
”Why is coal always the main ingredient in industry? ”In the end, it's because it's cheap, easy to transport, and has high reliability!”
”Actually, many scientific breakthroughs are just a layer of paper! ”Our Chinese scientists are still very smart. They think that since there are too many impurities in the oil, why don't they try to process it in detail?”
”If we processed the oil ahead of time, perhaps there would be something in it that we want!”