Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 448: The theory of plates and ocean currents
In the following time, Zhang Yuan was completely bankrupt. There was no nobleman, and he could afford two failed ocean voyages. He became a desolate nobleman who talked about money after dinner. But he quickly recovered and began to slowly develop technology and make some small inventions.
The younger sister is indeed a real sister, and she is willing to support Zhang Yuan's daily life. The original division of the property was indeed wise. For Anna, as long as her brother settles down, nothing else matters.
For Zhang Yuan's talent, a little invention can make life better. For example, the principle of the air conditioner is not complicated. The low-pressure vapor of the refrigerant in the refrigeration system is sucked in by the compressor and compressed into high-pressure vapor before being discharged to the condenser. Simply put, the indoor air does work externally.
Electricity is followed closely. As a secondary energy source, electrical energy is more applicable than steam.
People in this era are too poor, and it is almost impossible to spread electricity on a large scale. However, among the wealthy aristocratic groups, it is possible to use electricity.
Of course, these nobles are the most consumer-driven. Doing a civilian business is far inferior to doing a noble business. The key is that they have to look at it!
Soon, air-conditioning became popular again, and a large group of business people came to the door.
This is the case with capitalists. When you are down, they fall into the pit, and they hate to bite a piece of meat, and when you show great value, they want to hold this thick thigh tightly.
Zhang Yuan has already taken it off for a long time...
In addition to technology, his more attention is still focused on the New World. Yes, without the New World, mankind would still be ruined. Such a slap-sized living place, no matter how sloppy, would not be able to shake the sky.
New continent, new continent must be required.
Now that the north and south poles have been explored, there is a larger unknown area waiting for him.
That is—the back of the planet!
A more distant trip.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanshen breathed a sigh of relief in deep summer and began to organize the data collected during the previous two voyages.
The original method of finding a needle in a haystack is undesirable, and the success rate is terribly low. In this era, satellites cannot be launched. Without computers, rare earths, and chips, it is impossible to launch satellites even if it takes a lifetime. . So he must use another method...
On the one hand, we need to improve technology and build faster ships. On the other hand, we need to use a more scientific method to predict whether there are continents on the back of the planet.
The first two ultra-long voyages made him exhausted. After all, Zhang Yuan is a body of flesh and blood. After all, the ship is just a ship, and he will feel tired if he stays on it for a long time. You must take a good rest for a while, cultivate your energy, and be fully prepared.
In this way, twelve years passed in a hurry...
Some small thermal power plants appeared in this world.
Because there is no oil, the internal combustion engine has not appeared for a long time, and the whole society has not changed too much. The emergence of power stations provides a good guarantee for new types of electrical furniture.
A series of electric furniture inventions such as air conditioners, kettles, and electric lights have become the first choice of rich people's furniture, especially in some hot cities, air conditioners are a miraculous existence of the sky!
Of course, ordinary ordinary people can't afford this stuff, they can't even eat enough, so air conditioning can only be regarded as improving the lives of the rich, rather than making the world qualitatively changed.
The emergence of power stations involves more, including electrical operating procedures, transformers, and power control. Zhang Yuan has guided the entire world hand in hand and entered the electrical age, which has greatly exceeded what he had obtained at the beginning. "Gold Finger" category.
But it's a headache without an internal combustion engine. Without oil, there would be no internal combustion engine. He once wanted to use animal and vegetable oils instead of gasoline, but the biggest problem is that the world's food is quite scarce, and it is impossible to be luxurious enough to use food to make fuel.
Even if such an internal combustion engine is built, it is impossible to promote it on a large scale due to cost issues.
Without internal combustion engines, ships and trains can still only use steam power.
The entire tech tree inevitably tilts in the direction of steampunk. Such a technology tree obviously has a relatively low upper bound, and it is difficult to solve the current dilemma.
"We still have to open up the frontiers, we must open up the frontiers!"
In 12 years, Zhang Yuan has perfected some theories about plate tectonics and ocean currents.
The first two voyages were not without gains. The sailors measured the depth changes of the ocean along the way and accumulated a lot of data. Including these years, navigators in the new era have continued to explore, and the surveying of nautical charts has become more and more perfect.
"...Everyone, a large part of the reason for the formation of a large continuous continent is because of the collision between the tectonic plates...Oh, yes, in my hypothesis, the plates are like the upper part of an egg It’s the same as an egg shell, with only a thin layer."
"The land is formed by the squeezing and collision of plates. Like two slices of bread, squeezing each other, the middle will bulge."
Zhang Yuan is speaking on stage, and there are many professionals and students from the university sitting underneath.
"According to the measurement data, the areas where the plates collide with each other are mostly shallow sea areas. Even if there is no continent formed, there will be more frequent volcanoes. Erupting volcanic eruptions may form relatively small islands."
"Such islands are not useless to us, they may have more abundant mineral resources. For example, Para Island is famous for producing various sulfur and gems."
"It would be easier to predict the existence of the continent according to this kind of plate theory. You see, some of the islands we have discovered in the past are actually the result of plate collision... I connected this island Line, become a plate..."
This "plate theory" paper by Zhang Yuan quickly caused a sensation among many geologists!
This earl is a very controversial figure in Boulder City. Many aristocrats who are down and down, see Zhang Yuan's continuous ruin and make money easily, and always feel the sorrow of eating lemons in his heart, chewing his tongue behind his back. There are so many people.
However, Zhang Yuan's reputation in the academic circle is quite good. After all, the academic circle is mostly "result worship", as long as you are good enough and others can't catch up at all, they will worship you. Zhang Yuan is also the sponsor of many scientists. Without his sponsorship, many projects simply don't have enough funds to research.
This essay is not a copy of the doctrines of previous lives, but it is based on the fact that it combines a series of geographic data of this world to infer the direction of the plates.
Finally, Zhang Yuan announced loudly: "According to the final conclusion of the paper, there is likely to be a new continent hidden on the back of the planet. A continent full of light!"
Yes, the back!
Many people in New Teton University exclaimed~IndoMTL.com~Although Zhang Yuan has two failed voyages, he can be regarded as the person who has traveled the farthest on the planet.
Except for the cynicism at the beginning, which was a bit exuberant, the voices behind it turned out to be mostly praise.
"Lord Earl, are you starting a new journey again?" a young reporter shouted with a flushed face.
Many people cheered for it.
"Yes! I have this plan!"
Of course, the biggest point is that he has status and money. The prodigal after two squanderings did not go bankrupt, but he became richer, even enough for him to squander the third and the fourth time. If he falls because of this, there will definitely be more criticisms.
One of the professors questioned in a slightly unbelievable way: "Your Excellency Earl, you speculate that there is a continent on the back of the planet. Let alone its authenticity... If the climate is too hot or too cold, there will be no Too much useful. Especially the light zone, if it is not the north and south poles, it tends to be very hot, just like our light zone city."