In the Steam Engine Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy, Zhao Xiaoer was concentrating on presiding on the experiment of steam engine power generation.

As the origin of the steam engine, the Steam Engine Research Institute is the highest-end place in the Datang steam engine technology.

Zhao Xiaoer's attainments in steam engines are naturally unquestionable.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Zhao Xiaoer to combine the steam engine and the generator.

"Woman, your generator looks a bit simple.

Just a large bundle of copper wires are placed in the middle of a pair of large magnets. Is this the generator?"

Li Yan also spends most of his time doing scientific research in the institute.

During this period, the Steam Engine Research Institute focused its research on "electricity", so Li Yan naturally began to think about this.

As a master who is proficient in steam engine design and production, Li Yan naturally has no difficulty at all when understanding battery sensing.

"Master, you are right in criticizing it, but now we mainly want to confirm the effect of power generation.

I connected an iron rod at both ends of the copper wire to see what the iron rod will react after the steam engine starts to operate later.

According to the paper published by Lu Zhaolin in the Journal of Science, the more electricity you get, the more relevant things in the circuit will heat up.

If the battery is sufficient, these iron rods will turn red.

However, according to those articles, if there is no large resistor in the circuit, it is easy to burn out the circuit.

I don’t know what changes will happen later. Anyway, I have asked someone to prepare twenty of this kind of simple generator in one go.

It's definitely enough for our experiments today."

Obviously, Zhao Xiaoer would make the generator so simple because he knew that the experiment would definitely cause great damage to the generator.

Some experiments may have the generator broken directly after sitting down.

If the generator is made too exquisitely, the cost will become very high.

On the contrary, after having the most basic functions, I will ignore the others.

"The magnitude of current emitted by the generator is closely related to the number of coils, the size of magnets, and the speed of the coil rotation.

We use a steam engine as the driving mechanism, and the electricity will definitely be emitted by a lot.

I guess your solution to using iron rods as the resistor in the circuit will fail soon.

Instead, using some other less conductive things may have a different effect."

Li Yan has a deep understanding of the concepts related to voltage, resistance, current, coil speed, etc.

So after reading Zhao Xiaoer's experimental plan, he immediately put forward some suggestions.

"Lu Zhaolin once used experiments to prove that under the same material, the thinner the resistance of the thing, the greater the resistance.

In addition to this thicker iron rod, my iron rod also has a very thin iron wire.

Then we will conduct a comparative experiment and see what the difference is."

Zhao Xiaoer obviously felt that he had prepared so many generators, so he wanted to give it a try in all kinds of situations.

"With such a large amount of power generation, this should be something that other laboratories or workshops have not tried.

If our experiment can discover some rules that others have not discovered yet, it would be worth spending so much money.

I just don’t know what the use of these electricity is after we generate electricity.

Only by finding a breakthrough in this area will it be of great significance to build a generator."

Li Yan now feels a layer of fog in front of him.

I clearly felt that something was promising, but I didn't know where the direction was.

When there is no benchmark to learn from, it is easy to lose its direction.

"Although now, no one knows the role of electricity.

But I believe that with our experiments, we can definitely find something that others have not discovered yet.

Master, I think everyone is ready, why don’t we start the experiment?”

I was ready to find a waiter and couldn't wait to start.

"Then start, remember the relevant experimental data and parameters, as well as the phenomena found during the experiment, you must record them clearly.

Then we will sort it out and publish it to the Journal of Science to let everyone know that our Steam Engine Research Institute has always been at the forefront of scientific research."

Although Li Yan also asked the Steam Engine Research Institute to start studying power generation, he mainly focused on steam engine improvement.

The main research related to electricity is Zhao Xiaoer in charge.

So today's experiment was naturally hosted by Zhao Xiaoer, and Li Yan just reminded some information in time.

"Start the steam engine!"

With Zhao Xiaoer's instructions, the specially modified steam generator soon began to enter the working state.

However, before everyone could react, the magnets quickly selected made the generator start to output current.

Zhao Xiaoer, who just installed an iron rod as the resistor on the circuit, immediately discovered that the first experiment had ended just now.

The tin wire acting as a protective circuit was quickly fused.

Before Zhao Xiaoer could even say something, the circuit broke down.

Since the steam engine is still in operation, there is a "bang, bang" and electric sparks appearing at the fracture.

Zhao Xiaoer quickly asked someone to cut off the steam engine and the generator first.

"Master, it seems that you are right to remind you that using an iron rod as a resistor on the line is obviously not enough.

But it doesn't matter, I have prepared a lot of things.

If I can't hold back all of them, I will also have all kinds of special things such as wood, bamboo, glass, ceramics, etc. to connect to the circuit.

Now I will use a thin iron wire to try the effect first.”

Although his face was a little embarrassed, Zhao Xiaoer was not panicked at all.

Li Yan didn't say much and asked Zhao Xiaoer to continue doing the experiment.

Soon, the steam engine and the generator were connected again.

After changing to the West Railway Line, the experiment did not end directly from the beginning.

"I heard that the first batch of voltmeters and ammeters are being produced in the Academy's instrument workshop. Then we will purchase a batch so that the changes in experimental data can be more accurately confirmed."

Looking at the small iron wire slowly turning red on the circuit, Li Yan put forward his own suggestions.

Whether it is voltage or current, many things are invisible to the naked eye.

At this time, without an instrument assist, it will be difficult for everyone to judge the relationship between voltage and current and other things.

This is obviously not the experimental state that Li Yan hopes to see.

"Voltmeter and ammeter? Are the things Lu Zhaolin mentioned in his speech inside the academy a few days ago?"

Zhao Xiaoer raised his head with joy on his face.

Although he doesn't know what voltmeters and ammeters look like, he can also know what their use is by listening to the name.

These are obviously essential experimental equipment for the experiments he is currently conducting.

“Yes, that’s all!

Don’t underestimate the instrument workshops, although their reputation in the Tang Dynasty is not very famous at all.

But in the laboratories of various academies, which one has never used the product of instrument workshops?

In the future, it may be possible that people can become an important workshop under Guanshishan Academy by selling various instruments alone."

Li Yan's perspective on the problem is obviously a bit different from Zhao Xiaoer.

Of course, this has something to do with everyone's background and current status.

"Master, I suddenly thought of an idea, the wire has begun to turn red.

If we bring a wooden barrel over and fill it with water.

Then we put this red wire into the water, what will happen?"

Seeing that the iron wire was red and transparent, the tin wire that played a safe role was blown off again, Zhao Xiaoer suddenly had a very novel idea.

"Put this West Railway Line into the water?

If this experiment does not stop immediately, the water in the water will definitely increase slowly due to the redness of the iron wire.

This fuse shouldn't blow so quickly."

Li Yan just made his own judgment after a little deduction.

"I'll change a fuse and then do a new experiment to see if I can heat up the water!"

Obviously, Zhao Xiaoer has realized that if iron wire can heat water, then in a sense, electricity can be used to heat water.

Whether the meaning contained in this is big or small is still unknown.
To be continued...