Chapter 395 The first generator

Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Chapter 395 The first generator

What Tong Xuan wants to do is a hand-crank generator, and the main equipment includes wooden brackets, copper coils, magnets, glass lampshades and carbonized bamboo wire.

The bracket can be made by yourself, it is nothing more than a few wooden frames and nails.

There are ready-made magnets, find a suitable size and you can use them.

Glass lampshades are quite troublesome and need to be customized at the glass factory. Fortunately, the glass factory is also in the west, so there is no need to run around.

As for charred bamboo silk, you need to cut the bamboo and cook it yourself.

The copper wire and cotton yarn are also ready-made. So far, Zhu Jianshen has finally done a serious task, which is to wrap all the copper wires in cotton yarn, and it is a thick layer, using more than a dozen rolls of cotton yarn.

Tong Xuan was worried that he would make trouble while he was idle, so he found a bundle of copper wire and dozens of rolls of cotton yarn to keep him entangled.

Zhu Jianshen was still very interested at first, but later, he gradually lost his patience and just hurriedly wrapped around and tried to do it perfunctorily.

After three days like this, Zhu Jianshen became more and more irritable after three days of cotton yarn.

"Master Tong, I've done it all."

Tong Xuan looked at the cotton yarn, which was wrapped in thick and thin, and was messy, and he didn't care much. After all, he was a child, so it was already very good to be able to finish these things.

Zhu Jianshen looked at him with eyes, as if saying, I'm just a child...

"Your Highness, please step back a little."

Tong Xuan was about to assemble, but suddenly remembered the fire in the laboratory and hurriedly signaled Zhu Jianshen to keep a distance.

There must be risks in doing an experiment. It doesn’t matter if something happens to you. If the prince is hurt, the crime will be serious!

Zhu Jianshen was very obedient, took a few steps back, then found a small stool to sit down, and turned on the onlooker mode.

"Master Tong, what are you doing?"

"Master Tong, why do you need to wrap the copper wire in cotton yarn?"

"That glass..."

"Your Highness!"

Tong Xuan was upset and had to interrupt, "Don't talk first, I'll explain it to you later, okay?"

"Yeah, OK!"

Zhu Jianshen resisted the urge to take action and watched Tong Xuan assemble the parts in front of him one by one.

Soon, a hand-crank generator was assembled. Tong Xuan breathed a long breath, held the handle, and shook it gently for two turns.

But nothing happened.

Tong Xuan frowned and continued to shake. The wooden stick and the magnet slowly rotated. He looked at the glass cover again, and the carbonized bamboo silk inside did not respond at all.

Strange, why?

He didn't understand because the drawings were given by the emperor, and in his understanding, the emperor could do everything and was absolutely impossible to make mistakes.

Think about it, from improved firearms to steam engines, trains, ironclad ships... every invention can be a miracle. How could a small generator make a mistake?

Something must have happened!

Yes, I must have been neglected...

In desperation, the movements in his hand also became faster. Suddenly, he felt a flash of fire in front of him...

Tong Xuan subconsciously took two steps back, and then he saw that the cotton yarn wrapped around the copper wire caught fire!

Zhu Jianshen jumped up from the bench excitedly and shouted: "Yes, that's the same that day!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

Tong Xuan reacted and looked around. The guy who had no advantage took off his coat and stepped forward and slapped it. Soon, the fire went out.

Zhu Jianshen had already run out of the door, but he had not seen Tong Xuan come out for a long time, so he shouted: "Master Tong, come out quickly!"

However, he shouted twice, but there was no movement inside. He thought something had happened to Tong Xuan, so he took the courage to return to the door and looked over.

"Huh, the fire is extinguished?"

Tong Xuan did not answer, but just stared at the natural generator just now and fell into deep thought.

What does it mean when a cotton yarn catches fire?

At least it means that electricity has been generated in the copper wire!

He removed the copper wire, replaced it with a new one, and tried again.

This time, the filament flashed a moment, and the cotton yarn caught fire again.

Tong Xuan's eyes were full of hope. He probably understood one thing. The rotation of the magnet can indeed generate electricity in the copper wire. This point can ignite the filament or ignite the cotton yarn.

Moreover, as soon as the cotton yarn catches fire, the electricity will disappear.

He hurriedly took out his pen and notebook and recorded his discoveries.

Then, continue to replace a piece of copper wire and experiment again.

What is shocking is that this time, the carbonized bamboo wire in the glass cover continued to shine, and the cotton yarn outside the copper wire did not catch fire!

Tong Xuan was overjoyed, and his hands kept shaking the magnet. After a while, the bamboo silk finally flashed and then went out.

He stopped and found himself sweating profusely.

I wanted to get paper and pen records, but I couldn't even lift my arms.

Zhu Jian squatted beside him and asked, "Master Tong, is that thing just now... a candle...?"

"no!"

Tong Xuan shook his head with a gratified smile on his face.

"That's... an oil lamp?"

“Not it.”

Tong Xuan closed his eyes and lay back, feeling his whole body relaxed.

Success!

"Master Tong, don't lie on the ground, it's so cold..."

Before Zhu Jianshen could finish speaking, he was held in his arms by Tong Xuan.

"Your Highness, we succeeded, we succeeded!"

Tong Xuan was very excited. At this time, he didn't care about the rituals of the monarch and his subjects. He hugged Zhu Jianshen like a child and burst into laughter.

Zhu Jianshen rode on him and said, "Master Tong, what is that?"

“It’s a generator!”

“What is a generator?”

"It is through a set of devices that generate electricity, which is the lightning that lightning is thunder and lightning on rainy days!"

"Lightning... wasn't it sent by the Thunderbolt Mother?"

"Ha ha!"

Tong Xuan smiled and said, "With the generator, there is no need for Lei Gong and Electric Mother!"

Zhu Jianshen turned his head, glanced at the so-called "generator", and asked again: "What's the use of electricity?"

“It’s so useful!”

Tong Xuan closed his eyes, his face filled with joy of success.

"The first one is the electric light!"

"What is an electric light...?"

"It's just an electric lamp. With the electric lamp, there will be no need for oil lamps in the future."

Tong Xuan opened his eyes, picked up Zhu Jianshen and put it aside, then picked up the paper and pen to start recording.

He must record the experimental results as soon as possible and then find out the reasons for the failure of the previous experiments.

As for the last time, although it was successful, it was obvious that the filament was not resistant to burning and could not continue to shine.

This alone requires a lot of effort to improve it. Specifically, it is to find different varieties of bamboo from various places, use different methods when charring, and finally find filaments with good luminous effects and burn-resistant properties.

However, what he couldn't understand was why in the previous experiment, the cotton yarn around the copper wire caught fire, but the last time the filament was burned, but the cotton yarn was intact.

Tong Xuan thought for a long time but was still confused.

I'm afraid only the emperor can answer this question, but he doesn't want to bother the emperor for these minor issues.

So he took off the copper wire, held it in his hand, and looked at it carefully.

This copper wire was the first time Zhu Jianshen wrapped it, because the cotton yarn on the outer side was very thick and wrapped tightly.
To be continued...