Magus Tech Chapter 18: Leyden bottle

As the afternoon approached evening, the sky above the palace quickly darkened, and the whole world shone with a strange amber light, heralding the imminent arrival of a heavy rain.

On the square in front of Li Cha's palace, a guard soldier was holding a weird kite made by a craftsman, looking nervously at the sky above his head.

With a "boom", there was a muffled thunder among the clouds in the sky, and a cool wind blew across the square violently.

The guardsman turned his head and looked to the side, saw Li Cha nodded, swallowed with a "gudong", and bravely raised the kite.

The kite was not an ordinary kite, but a kite that led to thunder, with a small string of gold chains on it, and slender silver threads were woven into the string of the kite that was pulled, and a strangely shaped bottle was attached to the end.

This is the method Li Cha came up with after failing three consecutive experiments - using a kite to catch lightning.

In fact, many people have this idea, and some people put it into practice. In modern earth history, in June 1752, American scientist Benjamin Franklin took his son and lifted a kite with a copper key into the air. When the kite was struck by lightning, the current flowed along the string of the kite The wire was successfully drawn down, proving that lightning is also a kind of electricity, and Franklin became famous ever since.

This can be regarded as the knowledge in modern earth primary school textbooks, and there is no difficulty in operating it. The only thing to consider is how to store the induced lightning. Richard's choice is the Leiden bottle, which is the bottle hanging at the end of the kite rope.

The Leiden bottle was developed in 1745 by Dutch scientist Mason Brock in modern earth history.

The most primitive Leiden bottle is just a glass bottle or a ceramic bottle with tin foil on the inner and outer walls of the bottle. The tin foil in the bottle is connected with a metal rod inserted in the bottle through a metal chain. It is a metal ball about one centimeter in diameter. This structure uses the principle of a capacitor to store a certain amount of charge and release it when it is used.

Although the structure is simple, the current released is strong enough. In an experiment in Paris in 1748 on the modern earth, the current released by the Leiden bottle made more than 200 monks holding hands jump up collectively.

So this method can definitely meet the requirements.

Thinking this way, Li Cha looked at the guards.

The wind in the square is slowly picking up, and the kites in the hands of the guards are rising higher and higher, reaching the sky.

"哗啦", a little lightning flashed, and the gloomy earth suddenly lit up, followed by the sound of thunder.

The guard soldier was taken aback, but he still gritted his teeth and held his breath, controlling the kite to continue to rise.

"Hoo hoo", the wind was getting furious, and the lightning flashed frequently between the clouds.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" thunder, and a thunderbolt fell on the kite in the sky.

With a "boom", the entire kite was directly ignited and turned into a ball of fire. The flames spread rapidly down the kite line, and lightning spread along with it.

The face of the personal guard turned pale, and his eyes suddenly widened. Looking at the flames, he let go of his hand uncontrollably, and the Leiden bottle hanging at the end of the rope immediately fell to the ground.

Edward, who was standing by the side, saw it, cursed, and rushed out. He kicked **** the body of the guard soldier, and then threw himself out, reaching out his hands to catch the Layden bottle that was about to fall to the ground.

The next moment, Edward's eyes widened, and he saw a blue electric light falling into the bottle in his hand along the kite string. A faint numbness enveloped his body, and at the same time, the hairs all over his body stood up uncontrollably, causing great fear in his heart. It was a fear of the unknown that kept him immobilized for a while.

After a long time, feeling the numbness on his body dissipate and the bristling hairs returning to normal, Edward took a deep breath before moving. He glared fiercely at the guards next to him, and quickly ran towards Richard in the palace holding the Leiden bottle.

As a result, he entered the palace with his front feet, and there was a torrent of rain falling on his back feet. In an instant, the whole world turned into a vast expanse of whiteness, and all he heard was the sound of "crashing, clattering" rain.

Edward was surprised for a moment, feeling a little grateful, then turned his head to look at Li Cha, and carefully handed over the Leiden bottle: "Your Highness, everything is done."

"Yeah." Li Cha took the Layton bottle and nodded lightly, turned around and left without saying much.

Edward quickly said behind him: "Your Highness, you didn't eat lunch, so you..." But before he finished speaking, Richard's figure walked up the stairs on the second floor and disappeared from sight.

Edward looked at it, smiled helplessly, and said to himself: "Oh, is this going to be without food for a whole day? If I don't eat again tomorrow morning, it will really be another whole day." .Hey, it's really hard for me to be the captain of the personal guard..."

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In the early morning of the next day, the sky was not yet fully bright.

The yawning Edward walked past the dining room of the palace, glanced at him casually, then suddenly widened his eyes, and saw Li Cha appearing in the dining room, eating breakfast.

This!

Edward rubbed his eyes vigorously, and found that he was right. He walked into the restaurant with some disbelief, and greeted him, "Your Highness, you...why did you get up so early today?"

"Well, it's just that I can't sleep." Li Cha said lightly, cut the white bread into slices with a table knife, spread the sour fruit jam and sent it to his mouth.

While eating, Li Cha frowned, as if thinking about something.

The test with the natural lightning and the Leiden bottle last night naturally failed, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting in the dining room for breakfast so early.

Last night ~IndoMTL.com~ According to the description in "The Monroe Chapter", Richard made a second scientific attempt to reshape his life. After entering the astral projection, it took a lot of effort to finally wake up the conscious body to the physical body, and then released the electric current in the Leiden bottle to the physical body, hoping to increase the bioelectricity of the body, enter a "highly activated state", and then " Open up the source of law".

The current intensity of the Leiden bottle is indeed enough. In a very short period of time, Li Cha clearly felt some kind of miraculous change in his body, but... it was only in a very short period of time.

Because the nature of the Leiden bottle is a capacitor, the current released is one-time, and it will be gone when it is used up. Therefore, when the stored electric charge is exhausted, the "high-energy activation state" disappears instantly, and the body returns to normal, so naturally there is no way to "open up the source of law".

"Sure enough, if you want to really crack this second life reshaping, you can't do it opportunistically, you have to really put in some energy." Li Cha said in his heart.

After eating another piece of white bread covered with sour jam, Li Cha had already made a decision in his mind.

It is actually not difficult to obtain a stable and strong current, even in the current medieval world, it can be done with simple materials. The main problem is that the process is cumbersome, and I have never wanted to be too troublesome, so I will test the fruit battery and the like. And since it doesn't work now, then we can only use the most cumbersome, troublesome and most direct method.

Reaching out to pick up the quilt, drinking the warm water inside, and gently wiping his mouth with a napkin, Li Cha raised his head to look at Edward and ordered, "Get the craftsmen from the palace?"

"Now, here?" Edward was slightly taken aback.

Li Cha nodded for confirmation: "Yes."

"Um, yes, Your Royal Highness." Edward walked out quickly after hearing this.