Of course, Dr. Zhong realized that there was nothing wrong with the Executive Committee a minute later - he was still in his studio in Taibai Mansion. The telephone covered with cotton cover was placed on a small coffee table.
The large glass window in front of the work desk was already covered with water droplets - it started to rain outside.
"There's going to be a storm on the sea again." Zhong Lishi said and stood up slowly. Zhong Xiaoying quickly helped him put on his coat - the temperature dropped significantly by now.
"Yes, my father has arrived. The current temperature is 19 degrees Celsius. The humidity is 90%. The barometer is rising. It is estimated that the rain will not last long."
"Not bad." Zhong Lishi nodded with satisfaction. Zhong Xiaoying is his adopted daughter. He bought her back from a maid training class. Zhong Xiaoying is from Dongguan County, Guangdong. She has slightly dark skin and average appearance, but has big eyes.
The height is also considered adequate.
Zhong Lishi didn't get the number in the lottery. He didn't like the first batch of maid training classes below B level. When he was about to buy one and go back to wash, cook and warm the bed, he found a girl with very flexible eyes.
It was big and bright, and I was immediately attracted to it. After asking a few questions, I felt that this girl's quick thinking was a promising talent, so I spent money to buy it.
Zhong Lishi soon discovered that she was a clever girl. In addition to doing housework, when he was doing experiments and research, she would always stand aside and observe quietly, and would lend a hand from time to time. Gradually,
Dr. Zhong realized that she was quite talented in this area, so he began to teach her some scientific knowledge and simple mathematics.
He was surprised and delighted by the girl's ability to learn and comprehend. After careful consideration, Zhong Lishi decided to adopt her as his adopted daughter. He named her Zhong Xiaoying.
Zhong Xiaoying can read and write, and her calligraphy skills are better than 90% of the elders. In addition, she can point out the three-legged cat's fists and kicks. She obviously does not come from a poor family. Dr. Zhong specially read her "self-report" in the refugee camp,
I know that she was born in a family of minor officials. Her grandfather was a county magistrate, and her father was the third child and could not study well. After her grandfather passed away and the family was separated, the family fell into decline very quickly, and she could only make ends meet by relying on the female family members to reel in silk.
i. Unexpectedly, a sudden fire a few years ago destroyed her family. Zhong Xiaoying, who survived, was almost sold to a brothel by her unscrupulous relatives.
The Senate not only saved her from the eternal fire pit, but also gave her a safe and stable life - especially the knowledgeable and elegant Dr. Zhong, whom she admired endlessly. Since she adopted her as an adopted daughter, she has been paying homage to Dr. Zhong.
More and more respectful. Not only every
I calmed down in the morning and dusk, and after accidentally peeking at a few cartoons collected by Dr. Zhong, he changed his name and called his father Dalu.
"Father, you have been busy for a long time, so you should rest early." Zhong Xiaoying held his arm.
"what time is it now?"
"Reporting to my father, it is now ten forty in the evening."
"It's still early." Dr. Zhong yawned, and he considered whether to continue his work.
He thought of the newly installed "weight-checking pendulum II" on the clock tower for testing outside. He implemented a simple fixed-point timekeeping function on this big clock, but it was limited to striking one time on the hour. In terms of effect, it was similar to
Blowing the whistle at designated points in the current factory is still at a very early stage.
But even so, it is the result of Dr. Zhong’s painstaking work. Over the past two years, Zhong Lishi has spent most of his time working hard to rebuild the watch industry. This is not only related to the trust of the Senate and the Executive Committee, but also
It has a serious relationship with one's own face and reputation.
The bastards of the construction company! This is what he has often cursed in his heart in the past two years. These guys know that they will not be able to get a big clock for a while, but they like to design a bell tower on every building. It is said that this is to implement the Senate.
The spirit of "instilling the modern concept of time into every indigenous mind".
The problem is that these bell towers have no bells to match, so the bell towers become attics with empty mouths. In order to prevent the invasion of wind and rain, the holes where the clock faces are to be installed have to be sealed with wooden boards and reed mats. These ugly closed holes
It seemed that he was silently accusing something every moment. Dr. Zhong felt uncomfortable when he saw it.
Whenever the Senate holds an executive meeting, there is always an indifferent senator asking when the big bell of the customs bell tower will ring. The empty bell tower has aroused speculation among many naturalized people and indigenous people. Over time,
, Dr. Zhong’s bell tower became a topic of menstruation among the elders.
Dr. Zhong felt a little on pins and needles at the beginning, but later turned a deaf ear. As a member of the Science and Technology Civilization Committee, he was able to communicate directly with the Executive Committee at the enlarged meeting, and he was able to mix in at the enlarged meeting of the Executive Committee.
People in this position are quite familiar with the characteristics of scientific research and know that scientific research projects never produce immediate results. Therefore, they are not stingy in investment.
Under the direct control of Zhong Lizhi, the Planning Institute approved the construction of the Taibai Time Service Center. Since its completion, Zhong Lizhi moved to the Taibai Mansion here and lived a semi-reclusive life. In addition to going to Bairen every week
Xincheng Yiyao handles the matter of Science and Technology Entry Committee
In addition to my daily work, I also participate in
Apart from the meetings held by the Yāng Government Affairs Council and the Executive Committee, they basically do not appear in Bairen New City. Except for important occasions such as New Year's group gatherings, they do not participate in the social activities of the elders.
Seclusion allowed him to do his work with peace of mind. But he soon discovered that playing with ready-made clocks and actually designing his own clocks were completely different things. Especially when it had to comply with the current poor raw materials and production technology.
The Planning Institute approved that he can use various controlled materials, even from 1
i Time and Space has brought "first-class controlled materials" that cannot be produced in the short term, but Dr. Zhong knows very well that there is no value in using these materials to realize watch manufacturing - there is no sustainable production capacity in this time and space. Just like they originally
A batch of table clocks and floor clocks made using imported clock components.
In order to make it simple and easy to produce, the first work he started was a pendulum clock - this is the least technically difficult, and the original version had already appeared in the 16th century. Such clocks are usually big, black and thick.
, the requirements for materials and processing precision can be relatively low.
Even so, Zhong Lishi still had a headache for a while when designing the first prototype clock.
The most critical part of the clock is the speed regulating mechanism. The first thing to be implemented in the pendulum speed regulating mechanism is the escapement mechanism. The escapement mechanism can be simply described as a "Y" shaped device with two teeth. It swings repeatedly.
To work, use the two teeth of the "Ya" head to repeatedly engage, and place a gear-like escapement ratchet so that the ratchet advances tooth by tooth as it moves. This is the escapement mechanism. This "Ya"
The part with the same word as "escape fork" is called "escape fork", and the two teeth that control the ratchet are called "forks".
The first two parts designed by Zhong Lishi were the escapement fork and the escapement ratchet. These two simple things made him frustrated.
The first wooden sample to be tested is the No. 1 testing machine that ignores other functions and only tests the escapement function. One person pulls the escapement fork back and forth with his hand, and the other person twists the ratchet wheel with his hand to test the movement relationship between the escapement fork and the ratchet wheel.
At first, Zhong Lishi designed the pallet fork below the ratchet, because the pendulum was also below. However, during the actual test, the pallet fork came off as soon as he let go, and Bart, who was responsible for pulling the ratchet, used too much force.
My elbow was swollen from the fall.
Bart's surname is not "Ba". In fact, his birth name is Battelle - his father is a Mongolian "Yiding" who was transferred to Guangdong with a certain military commander. Although Battelle was born on the grassland, he grew up by the Pearl River and became a
A Mongolian who spoke Cantonese. Although he spoke Cantonese and grew up eating rice, he was still quite strong. During the second counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, fifteen-year-old Battelle came as a member of the Ming army.
He fought in the war, and finally became a prisoner. Then he became Bart.
If Zhong Lishi wanted to make clocks and watches, he couldn't do it alone. He had to have a team of naturalized people. He decided to recruit a few apprentices to train himself. One of them was Bart. The reason is very simple. Zhong Lishi needed a strong man.
Apprentices - The several naturalized apprentices assigned to Zhong Lishi by the labor force department were all weak and unable to bear heavy physical labor.
Bart's arm was swollen for a few years. In order to prevent this phenomenon from happening, Zhong Lishi designed the pallet fork to the top of the ratchet. It later proved that there was no need for him to have a headache because he only needed to assemble the pendulum rod and the pallet fork.
This problem would not have arisen. This incident fully made him realize his shortcomings in mechanical performance. For this reason, he went to the sub-large library and bought some books on the mechanical processing of watch parts.
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Then he started building the No. 2 escapement testing machine, which was used to test the "transmission" function. "Transmission" means that when the fork of the escapement fork is disengaged from the teeth of the ratchet, the slope of the fork is in contact with the ratchet.
The interaction between the tooth bevels transmits the power of the ratchet to the pallet fork. The pallet fork transfers this power to the pendulum, allowing the pendulum to obtain the energy to continue swinging. This test was 98% successful, and Zhong Lishi let the force
Twisting the ratchet, when he opened the pallet fork, the pallet fork bounced violently to the other side just as he had designed, causing his hand to become swollen - Dang Yao was so frightened that he was having dinner.
Bart was rewarded with two chicken thighs.
The No. 3 test device is to test the complete pendulum speed regulator. Zhong Lishi built a 10-meter-high wooden platform in the watch workshop, and installed a 4-meter-long pendulum on it. The No. 2 test device was installed on it.
, a gap is opened at the tail of the pallet fork, which matches a pin on the lead pendulum of the pendulum.