Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!
Everyone looked towards the sound of applause and saw Liu Zheng walking over: "Your invention is very good. It will solve many computing problems for us."
"I think we should..." Liu Zheng hadn't finished speaking yet.
This differential engine suddenly made the sound of metal snapping, and a part could not bear the gravity and broke apart.
White smoke emanated from the entire differential engine.
Becky looked at his difference engine, unable to operate it anymore, and felt disappointed in his heart.
Liu Zheng said: "Mr. Beqi, this is bad news, but we also have good news. We now need a new difference engine."
"And you will be the manufacturer of this new differential engine. I will find the best craftsmen for you to cooperate with your design."
After hearing these words, Becky, who was still very disappointed, is now full of energy.
He looked at Liu Zheng, and his voice almost trembled because of excitement: "Is it true, sir?"
"Yes." Liu Zheng nodded affirmatively.
Everyone gave a thunderous applause for this event worth celebrating. Amidst the applause, Liu Zheng turned and left...
In fact, the difference engine has always been a controversial thing in his original world.
Although his creator built a usable difference engine, it was vastly different from the difference engine he had in mind.
The huge difference engine he conceived was divided into three parts.
The first part is a 'repository' made of gears. It will store data for the difference engine. Each gear can store ten numbers. The array of gears can store a thousand fifty-digit numbers in total.
The second part, which is called operation, is equivalent to the assembly line in the factory. It will use the meshing, rotation, translation, etc. of the gear bracket to perform calculations. The structure here will directly determine the speed of operation.
The third part, which is also the most important operating system, in Liu Zheng's perception, is like the software on a computer or the operating system of a mobile phone. Every command needs to be completed through such an operating system.
This already has the prototype of a modern computer.
According to his knowledge, this kind of design that transcends eras was designed in the steam era, but when it appeared, it was already the era of aerospace.
This difference engine is equivalent to the earliest computer, but such a design is too cumbersome. Current technology and technology can produce precision instruments like the difference engine.
Liu Zheng knew that he might not be able to see the real difference engine come on the scene, but this did not mean that he would not study it.
Even though the difference engine had various flaws, people still researched this machine and used it for a long time.
For such research, Liu Zheng hopes to give the greatest support. After all, this world is not his original world, maybe it can be researched?
There is always a little bit of hope.
After finishing the incandescent lamp and differential engine matters, Liu Zheng turned around and came to the engine research and development room.
Generators have improved now, but there has been no progress on the engine side.
He couldn't help but become anxious. The research on engines directly changed the entire world.
He changed the blood of industry from coal to oil. According to Liu Zheng's exploration, he has now discovered a large amount of oil in places controlled by the East India Company.
Once the engine comes out and the oil is mined, Long Yan's total national power will increase even further.
However, current internal combustion engines have encountered obstacles in research and development. The research and development of internal combustion engines is not as simple as imagined.
Since the last fuel problem was solved, they have been studying the heat dissipation and lubrication issues of the internal combustion engine.
When a large amount of fuel in an internal combustion engine is burned, ultra-high heat will be released. If it is not released, the internal combustion engine will be scrapped.
Liu Zheng came to the engine research room: "Has the heat dissipation problem been solved?"
The director who manages the entire engine research laboratory said: "We dug water, oil, and gas lines into the cylinder of the internal combustion engine specifically to regulate heat dissipation."
"The waterway of the engine is the heat dissipation part we dug out, but the heat dissipation of this waterway cannot ensure that the internal temperature of the internal combustion engine is dissipated in time."
"The engines we develop often deform due to this reason. Now we are conceiving a new type of engine material that must be resistant to high temperatures and wear."
Liu Zheng nodded: "Maybe you can try a cast iron cylinder."
"cast iron?"
No one has heard of this material at all.
Liu Zheng almost forgot that the word cast iron was never used to refer to pig iron in this world.
"That's pig iron. As you know, this material has very good hardness and heat resistance. It is a very cheap and practical material for making cylinders."
Everyone frowned and said, "Sir, the processing of cast iron is a very difficult thing for us now."
"And our internal combustion engines require very high precision. If cast iron is used, I'm worried that our precision will not be controlled."
Liu Zheng sighed and said: "This is the best solution now. Try it with cast iron. Other materials are not so easy to use."
In the end, the researcher could only say: "This is the best we can do."
Liu Zheng asked again: "How is the research on the transmission going?"
Hearing about the research on the transmission, everyone's faces were filled with shame.
Although it is not difficult to move the transmission away, it is not so easy to let the transmission control the gears freely.
The transmissions they developed generally only have one gear, similar to the transmissions on bicycles that only consider speeding up.
But according to Liu Zheng's requirements, it must have six gears and five speeds.
One of the gears can also make the entire transmission run in the other direction, which really puts them in a difficult position.
"Not much progress has been made, our people have calculated the numbers, but the production and assembly of the accessories has not been successful yet."
Hearing this, Liu Zheng nodded and did not blame these personnel in any way.
The research on transmissions is inherently more complicated than the research on internal combustion engines, so it would be weird if it could be developed so quickly.
The director has always been full of doubts about the research on transmissions. He was curious that if it is just a matter of simply controlling the speed and the air intake of the internal combustion engine, then why bother to study a transmission?
And these two things obviously don't look like they can be fitted to a bicycle.
If a bicycle is equipped with such a flamboyant transmission and internal combustion engine, what exactly would such a bicycle be designed to look like?
He didn't imagine it, and he finally couldn't help asking: "Sir, why do you have to research a transmission? Even if this kind of thing is useful, it will not greatly improve the running speed of our internal combustion engine."
Liu Zheng looked at him and said calmly: "His role is not just this. Keep studying it. You will know it when you actually combine the internal combustion engine and the transmission."
