Bell was one of those people with a wide range of hobbies, but later generations only remember him as the inventor of the telephone.
Of course, the inventor of the telephone, like the inventor of the radio, is a historical mystery.
There are at least three versions of the inventor of radio: Italian Marconi, Serbian Tesla and Russian Popov.
The United States first revoked Tesla's radio patent in 1904 and transferred it to Marconi; then it re-granted it back to Tesla in 1943. However, Tesla had already passed away by that time, and he had not enjoyed any blessings during his lifetime.
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As for the telephone, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution in 2002 declaring Italian Antonio Muzzi to be the inventor of the telephone.
However, within a few days, the Canadian Parliament passed a resolution on June 21, 2002, reiterating that Bell was the inventor of the telephone.
Not only the two of them, but also some people think that Elisha Gray is the inventor of the telephone.
It's a mess anyway, but the one who is more widely known is indeed Bell.
And in fact, the development of science and technology has always been a matter of accumulation and development. At that point, no matter who it is, it is possible to take the last critical step.
On the eve of the invention of the telephone and radio, all the technical prerequisites were already in place, leaving only the finishing touches.
As mentioned before, many people have already grasped the special theory of relativity right away, such as Maxwell, Lorentz and other great masters. They are just a little bit behind. Einstein himself admitted that without him, he would not have published the special theory of relativity in 1905.
, others will inevitably come to the same conclusion within five years.
The really difficult thing is the general theory of relativity, which is Einstein's unique and real killer weapon.
As for winning the Nobel Prize for the photoelectric effect, it should be attributed to the field of quantum mechanics; and as we all know, Einstein opposed quantum mechanics...
The history is really interesting too.
Going back to the phone call, Bell himself lived a much more elegant life than Tesla in history, mainly because he was not as financially strapped as him.
Bell sold his shares in the Bell Telephone Company he founded very early and became a technical consultant, and then continued to create various inventions that he was passionate about.
Today, Bell is also the president of the National Geographic Society, which owns the famous National Geographic Magazine.
Anyway, Bell is not short of money and is even very rich.
Bell was full and sat on a chair drinking mung bean paste to relieve the heat.
Bell was a handsome boy when he was young, but later he lost control of his weight, gained a belly, and his hair and beard turned gray.
Bell put down the cup of mung bean paste and said to Li Yu: "By the way, I recently received some photos from the west of your country. I want to publish them in National Geographic magazine."
Li Yu roughly guessed where it was and asked, "Can you let me have a look?"
"Of course," Bell said, "I have never been to your country, but from the photos taken by the explorers ahead, it is simply beautiful!"
Bell asked his assistant to take out the photos, and Li Yu looked through them one by one. He was very shocked because the photos they took were so detailed.
In the photo, there are mountains and white clouds, yaks on the grassland, and many temples and monks. The most incredible thing is that they not only took pictures of a few regular temples, but also took pictures of the very complete Potala Palace.
Seeing Li Yu's uncertain expression, Bell said: "Not only you, but all of us at the magazine are shocked. This is really a magical area. You don't know that before this, due to the difficult-to-reach geographical environment, it was currently the most visited area in the world.
It is one of the few places in the world that has not been photographed. Many years ago, British, French and Western European expeditions tried several times without success."
Li Yu asked: "It wasn't filmed in Western Europe?"
Bell said: "No."
Li Yu asked: "Who took the photo?"
Bell picked up a pipe and blew slowly: "It's interesting to say that I received a large envelope from the Russian Geographical Society that day. Inside was a thick photo. The photographer was a Russian named Tsibikov.
Most of the photos were taken two or three years ago."
Bell, like most inventors and scientists, actually did not like to talk about military affairs, especially as an American scientist, he had no interest in it.
If you are a European scientist, you may be forced to take sides due to the complicated geographical situation, but knowledgeable people such as Einstein despise this approach.
——The European political arena before and after World War I was indeed a mess. Although it seemed very complicated, if you study it carefully, it was like playing house, and many decisions were made like child's play.
Bell didn't notice anything.
As for Li Yu, he doesn't like politics, but as a time traveler, he definitely knows the history. The purpose of the British invasion is obvious, and it is still their consistent strategy: to contain Russia.
The Russian reconnaissance operations must have alerted the British.
Li Yu said helplessly: "Mr. Bell, when you publish these photos, you must specify that they are from China."
Bell said naturally: "Of course I want to do this. What the world wants to see now is the more mysterious western part of the Qing Dynasty."
Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Bell was not an unreasonable person.
Moreover, his identity is also quite special: he is of Scottish descent. He is not completely on the same page as the English. Moreover, the photo was taken by a Russian.
Bell added: "It just so happens that in my capacity as the National Geographic Society, I invite you to write a manuscript about the western part of your country."
Li Yu said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to write well because I don't understand geography."
Bell said: "Just use the pictures as an introduction. Even if you don't understand, you still know better than us, right?"
Li Yu said: "But I..."
Bell interrupted him and said with a smile: "Why, you are now a member of the American Physical Society and the Astronomical Society, so you can't give face to our Geographical Society?"
Li Yu thought that it might be at least better to write it by himself than to let a foreigner write it, so he bit the bullet and agreed: "Okay, I hope Mr. Bell doesn't think my level is too low."
"Just agree!" Bell said, "And I've already thought about it. This issue of the magazine will publish your profile picture. Well, let's just say that you are the most mysterious and great and knowledgeable Eastern scientist today, describing the even more mysterious Qing Dynasty in your own hand.
West. It sounds so appealing!”
Bell even asked the editor-in-chief to take photos of Li Yu, and also asked for some illustrations from Star Wars.
Li Yu said: "Mr. Bell, what you did is a bit too..."
Bell said: "Is it too sufficient? Haha, don't laugh at me. Now the sales of National Geographic magazine are getting worse and worse, and it is almost unsustainable. Over the past year, I have seen that you have almost done the same thing with just a few articles."
The bankrupt "Science" has become a super popular magazine, so I am looking forward to your article!"
At this moment, "National Geographic" magazine is really on the verge of bankruptcy. It is even more dangerous than the previous situation of "Science", and it is in urgent need of a shot in the arm.
Historically, it was through these first published photos that it achieved great success and became famous around the world.
Speaking of which, Russia is really at a disadvantage because they don’t even have a very professional geographical magazine.
Of course, this is knowing the result from the perspective of a time traveler.
At this time, Bell also placed his hopes on the photos and Li Yu's articles.
Li Yu has been thinking about how to write geography articles these days.
Over the past few years, National Geographic has developed quite rapidly, and geography is a relatively accessible subject that ordinary people can understand. At least the beautiful pictures are very attractive.
Geographical magazines also played a big role in promoting photography technology, because they have very demanding requirements for pictures.
However, writing about humanities and social sciences is really difficult for Li Yu. It is definitely much harder than asking him to write a manuscript for "Science". It is better to solve a few physics problems for fun.
Xie Yuxi saw Li Yu frowning and said to him: "Are you worried about the development of the company? There is no need. It's so good now that it scares me. By the way, it must be because of that Chinese idiom, when things go to extremes, they must be reversed?"
Li Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Chinese culture has improved a lot, and you know more idioms."
Xie Yuxi smiled and said: "Not only that, I got news from my family that soon the Dow Jones Index will also add Ly Wireless Company to the index. Isn't it very exciting!?"
The Dow Jones Index is a specialized industrial index, and currently the industrial sector accounts for the vast majority of the stock market in the United States, so it has a very high status.
The Dow Jones Index will only select a small number of representative stocks to formulate stock indexes. Being included in the Dow Jones Index is definitely super good news.
I'm afraid this news alone will cause Li Yu's Ly Radio to surge a lot.
Li Yu said: "If you can really be selected, it is indeed good news."
Li Yu had no choice but to tell her about writing an article for Mr. Bell, "I have no idea at all."
Xie Yuxi thought for a while: "I've heard that it is like a piece of pure land that has never been touched by anyone. Because of its unique plateau environment,..."
"Wait!" Li Yu said, "Repeat what you just said."
Xie Yuxi said: "Because of its unique plateau environment?"
Li Yu said: "No, the previous sentence."
Xie Yuxi said: "The last sentence? It is like a piece of pure land that has never been touched by anyone."
"That's great. I didn't expect that by using the name 'The Last Pure Land', those who destroy it will be reviled by everyone." Li Yu said happily.
With the idea in mind, Li Yu immediately wrote a short article.
"I hope that National Geographic Magazine will become a big hit, and then the whole world will know what scandalous things the British have done!" Li Yu excitedly handed it to Xie Yuxi, "You can also take a look at it for me."
Xie Yuxi looked at Li Yu's look and felt a little touched in her heart: "I, I seem to... forget it!"
Li Yu said: "What's wrong? Tell me."
Xie Yuxi sighed softly: "There seems to be a feeling in my heart that I don't know if it is wrong."
Li Yu wondered: "What does it feel like?"
"Sympathy!" Xie Yuxi said, "But I know you definitely don't want me to feel sympathy because the Qing Dynasty is a weak country."
Li Yu smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Your feeling has surpassed that of many people."
This girl has been in China for such a long time, and her state of mind seems to have changed a lot. It must be different from what she originally imagined.
Bell got Li Yu's article and was very happy. In fact, even if Li Yu only wrote a few words, he would be happy. What he wants is Li Yu's name. And since Li Yu has published an article, Star Wars
Pictures can be used more boldly, which will definitely be of great benefit to the current miserable publication of National Geographic Magazine.
Bell is an optimist and is full of hope that National Geographic will become the next science.
He looked at Li Yu's manuscript and said: "I heard that all Chinese scholars are calligraphers, and they are indeed well-deserved."
This manuscript is of course written in English.
Li Yu said awkwardly: "There are too many people better than me."
But Li Yu's hard-pen calligraphy and English calligraphy were really good because of the college entrance examination that year.
"After the success of the magazine, I will definitely thank you!" Bell said, "The way to thank you is to let you join the Aeronautical Experiment Association I am planning to establish for free, and you will be at the founder level. Isn't it very attractive?"
Li Yu was surprised: "You are also involved in the aviation field? No more making phone calls?"
"We've already studied it thoroughly, so what's the point?" Bell said, "Actually, I only became interested after I saw an article you wrote in Science about the Wright Brothers' experimental aircraft."
Well, this old gentleman really has a wide range of hobbies just like Tesla.
Anyway, Li Yu is also interested in aviation. He also dreams of flying a plane himself to heaven!
Li Yu said: "Then I am respectful and it is better to obey your orders."
Bell was confused and asked, "What do you mean?"
"It's just a toast and a penalty drink." Li Yu said.
Bell wondered again: "Whisky? Rum? Or tequila?"
Li Yu said: "This is a euphemistic way of expression for Chinese people. To put it bluntly, I agree!"
Bell said: "That's OK. Besides, hey, the founders also need to inject capital."
Li Yu laughed loudly: "Sure enough, ginger is still spicy when old!"
Bell wondered again: "How to explain this?"
Li Yu said: "That means I fell into your trap."
Bell was also amused: "As a founder, there are always more benefits, and you are now a millionaire. How do you say this amount of money in Chinese? A dime of a yak?"
"You must have looked at the pictures too much," Li Yu said with a smile, "It should be a drop in the bucket."
Bell said proudly: "You have to admit it yourself!"
Li Yu surrendered: "I can't defeat you, as long as you can let me fly on the plane, it really doesn't mean anything."
Bell murmured: "There will be sea airships in the future."
Li Yu didn't hear what he said clearly and asked, "Can you repeat it once?"
Bell said quickly: "I didn't say anything!"
Historically, Bell made many inventions and creations. He actually did research on aircraft, and he actually did research for a long time. He built several aircraft with good performance. He also built a record-breaking flying boat.
world record.
Li Yu knew that the Wright brothers' protection of patents was somewhat excessive, and their aerodynamic layout was not particularly suitable for early aircraft. Bell might have unexpected gains.