As the sun sets, the glow rises on the horizon, and Vienna is even more colorful.

Busy people don't have time to enjoy this beautiful scenery. The exception is Olabifer, who has recently been assigned a light job in the lab, which is considered a vacation.

Bathed in the sunset, Olabifer did not forget the work at hand. Pick up what seems to be an earpiece in your hand, and something that looks like a microphone shouts loudly.

That's right, that's what he does in a day's work. Since it's a vacation, naturally there isn't much to do. Three call tests a day is a day's work.

Initially, it was outside the lab, but then the distance gradually increased. Olabif is now more than twenty kilometers away from the laboratory, and if it is any farther, it will be out of Vienna.

Olabifer has been working at the Royal Academy of Sciences for five years, and there are no accidents, and overtime is common for institutions engaged in scientific research to work overtime.

In five years, Olabyfer's longest vacation was less than three days. The so-called long vacation is nothing more than adjusting the post to a more relaxed position and relaxing the pressure.

Telephone research has always been one of the key projects of the laboratory, as early as the 18th century in Europe has the word "telephone", in 1860 the Italian Antonio Muzzi invented the telephone.

But it doesn't work very well, or it doesn't work at all. The original time and space has always defaulted to Bell's invention of the telephone in 1876, just because Bell has improved it and has practical value.

Now naturally I can't wait that long, and this relatively easy technology to overcome has been targeted by Franz early on.

As can be seen from the test distance, the Royal Academy of Sciences has taken the first step in telephone research, and success is not far off.

If the call quality is not considered, the phone can now be used for "intra-city voice chat", which has certain commercial value.

The telephone was born to make it easier for people to communicate. Achieving call coverage for only tens of kilometers is obviously not enough to meet Franz's needs.

Improving call quality has become the biggest challenge. As long as the voice transmission technology is broken through, it is convenient to expand the distance of the call.

It's a big deal about manual wiring, Franz doesn't have such high expectations, and takes it for granted that it can be done in one step to achieve intelligent wire changeover.

Oscar on the other end of the phone complained in surprise: "Olabever, you are quieter, I am not deaf." ”

Olabifer's heart was overjoyed, and the quality of the call improved. Almost every day, new equipment is replaced, and all kinds of ideas are being tested in turns.

Invention and creation are often very boring, looking at the brains of scientific researchers, coupled with a large number of experiments, to achieve the final results.

Of course, the most important thing is luck. Almost all scientists admit that scientific research requires luck, and those who are unlucky are not suitable for scientific research.

Olabifer, who was in a good mood, went back directly: "Knowing Oscar, if you are deaf, you won't complain about my loud voice."

However, I don't think your focus should be on that right now. It seems that the quality of the call has improved this time, and success is not far off. ”

Just because the call quality improves doesn't mean you've succeeded. After all, this is just a dedicated phone, and in practice, this thing has no economic value.

However, the laboratory has the advantage of dividing up the work and conducting research on multiple technologies at the same time, and even having multiple groups for each technology.

It is a quantitative route, which is too big an advantage over individual researchers.

Taking telephone research as an example, hundreds of people participated in this key project. Includes: voice quality, telephone exchange, telephone line, telephone ...... They were divided into more than a dozen groups and conducted research at the same time.

Any technological advancement is crucial to this project. Prize money is indispensable, and Franz has always been generous in this regard.

Scientific research can't use love to generate electricity, and that little bit of electricity can't support the entire industry. In recent years, Austria's scientific research has developed very well, and the Royal Academy of Sciences has made great contributions.

The annual investment of millions of Aegis has become the driving force for the scientific and technological progress of Austria.

Compared with telephones, phonograph technology is more mature, and relevant patents have been registered. It is expected to be put on the market after Christmas this year.

Well, after snatching Edison's patent again, Franz was very suspicious that the inventor would be able to come up with any new tricks in the future.

These inventions made Franz no longer obsessed with celebrities. Facts have proved that as long as we are willing to invest, these scientific inventions and creations that are technically feasible and only short of ideas can be smashed.

In this case, Edison's value is greatly reduced. It is easier to win over a scientist than a businessman, and it is better to support hundreds of researchers with the same amount of money than to spend a lot of money chasing a successful "businessman".

These are the things that can really enhance national strength. Behind any powerful country in modern times, it is supported by a group of scientific researchers and engineers.

Without the backing of industry, the great ideas of scientists will always be just ideas, and if they want to become reality, they must also depend on basic industry.

Even scientific and technological progress is closely related, and when people pay attention to Edison and Einstein, they often ignore the obscure basic science researchers behind them.

These people have no popularity, no inventions that affect people's lives, but all inventions and creations are inseparable from them.

Since the 19th century, most of the scientific inventions and creations have been concentrated on the European continent, and the problem can be seen.

It's not that there are no geniuses in other regions, but because of the lack of basic industries, they can't support these geniuses to engage in invention and creation, so they have to take another path.

In a corner of the research institute, the internal combustion engine project team is still working hard.

The origin of this technology is also very early, in the 17th century, the Dutch physicist Huygens used gunpowder explosion to obtain power, but because of the immaturity of gunpowder technology, it is difficult to control the results and lead to the failure of the research.

In 1794, the Englishman Trick proposed to obtain power from the combustion of fuel, and for the first time proposed the concept of mixing fuel with air.

In 1833, the Englishman Wright proposed the design of directly using the combustion pressure to push the piston to work.

In the mid-19th century, scientists perfected the theory of thermal conversion of mechanical power generated by burning gas, gasoline, and diesel, among others. This laid the foundation for the invention of the internal combustion engine.

Since the advent of the piston internal combustion engine in the 60s of the 19th century, it has been a relatively complete machinery after continuous improvement and development.

In 1860, Lenoir of France designed and built the first practical gas engine in imitation of the structure of a steam engine.

These are all external factors that motivate the establishment of internal combustion engine projects. Now that the foundation has been laid, Franz will not ignore this epoch-making invention.

Technically speaking, it is possible that the internal combustion engine technology was introduced in the 18th century. Of course, scientific research was not so easy, and it was not until the late 19th century that the original time and space were delayed.

Franz's push only accelerated the process, and the internal combustion engine was already born in the laboratory two years earlier.

It's just that because the power is too small and has no practical value, it can only be left in the museum for people to see, and now it is the second generation of internal combustion engines.

When it can be applied to life, this question can only depend on luck. After all, lab results and commercial use are two different concepts.

There are still a lot of black technologies in the Royal Academy of Sciences, but they can't be developed for various reasons. Among them, medicine and biology are the most, and many drugs with good effects cannot be produced industrially at all.

Not only industrial technology, but also too few raw materials. In particular, the kind of medicine processed from centuries-old herbs lacks raw materials for the laboratory's own research.

Needless to say, the backer behind this messy research is Franz.

The research project in Vienna was not bad, but some of the labs in Africa were terrifying. There has also been a laboratory effluent discharge that led to the extinction of several African tribes.

It can be said that the earliest biological and chemical weapons, fortunately Franz had the foresight to put the laboratory on the African continent, otherwise things would have gone hay.

Franz has always believed that every good scientist is a little expert at death. There are many things that you don't understand at all, and you dare to study them directly, and you can't do it without admiring them.

A lot of messy research, with unimaginable consequences. If Franz wanted to, he could now make chemical and biological weapons.

Obviously, the peace-loving man did not do so. No one knew how serious the consequences would be if the by-products of scientific research were released, and Franz didn't want to try it even more.

Medical technology in this era is limited, and it is not impossible to release an unknown virus and directly stop human beings.

In this regard, scientists still know the importance of each experiment, and after collecting data from each experiment, they must carefully dispose of the garbage brought by the research.

If you want to trap people, collect these waste materials and send them for safekeeping. Of course, Franz never did this kind of lack of morality.

In order to dispose of laboratory waste, he also paid a big price. Usually, it is burned at high temperatures, and then transported to an inaccessible place for burial, and it will not remain in the country anyway.