Chapter Seventy-Three: Like a Man's Back
The development of the phonograph record has mainly gone through two stages, the initial record can only be recorded for 5 minutes, because of the problem of technology, it needs a relatively fast speed to ensure the sound quality, the texture is relatively coarse, and then called the "coarse grain record", correspondingly, the improved is called "dense grain record", because of the color, it is called "vinyl record" in China, and its English common name is LP, which stands for longplaying, and the recording time is increased to 30 minutes.
The principle of the gramophone is to reduce the vibration of the original sound into small pits and store them on the record, and when playing, the vibration of the small pits on the stylus is amplified into the original sound. Without much technical mediation, vinyl has a perfectly preserved sound quality, a technique that is closest to the original sound, and it is still a favorite among audiophiles in the era of CD records.
In the past, Downing used a 3D printer to make parts and assemble vinyl record players, although he was not a music enthusiast, but he was a vinyl record player enthusiast, to be honest, he couldn't hear the difference between the sound quality of a CD player and a vinyl record player with his ears, and he could only rely on instruments to distinguish between the superior and the low, and a professional singer like Miss Violet might be able to tell the difference.
Gramophone is not a necessity of life, the concept of manufacturing is different, you have to pay attention to it, pay attention to taste, you have to have design and culture in it.
Downing designed the record with a black main pattern and red in the middle, a classic color scheme called "Red and Black", and later even the name of the company was called "Red and Black Gramophone".
All the intricate acoustics, electrical, and mechanical structures are hidden in a boxy, flat cube, with a brownish-red wood grain shell, like a hybrid of red and black, in harmony with a vinyl record like a mother's birth, and the translucent acetate plays the role of a lid, like a sexy woman's lace skirt.
What better gift for a beloved girl than this?
With logistics and excellent engineers and workers, it was not a bad idea to have a factory in Brussels that made gramophones.
Just as Downing was obsessed with planning the phonograph and the real yàn room and factory, an incident occurred. It turned out that Miss Violetta gave an interview to a Brussels newspaper after escaping death, revealing that the Earl of Cambridge happened to be by her side on the night of the Royal Mint Theatre fire and bravely and decisively took her to escape, which triggered a rush of gossip media to chase after the report. This is a typical story of a talented and beautiful woman, or a story of heroes and beauties.
What's even more bizarre is that Miss Violetta actually said that at that time, Downing used the pistol he carried with him to break the fence of the iron window and fired dozens of shots, what gun can fire dozens of shots in a row? The revolver that is now popular has at most six rounds, and there are also eight revolvers, but no one has ever heard of a pistol with more than ten rounds, let alone dozens of rounds?
Miss Violetta patted her plump chest (please make up for it) and assured that she had heard dozens of gunshots, which if it had been someone else, she might have thought she was bragging, but if it was Downing, it was very different, maybe the great inventor himself invented a weapon with such a good load. Later, it was also said that the Earl was building an arsenal in cooperation with the Swiss company SIG, and that it was obviously possible to make his own weapons. It's just not known what kind of pistol can be loaded with dozens of rounds, which even the most imaginative gunsmiths can't imagine.
The hurricane of gossip is blowing more and more fiercely, and some irresponsible newspapers actually describe the scenes of some passers-by "witnessing" the intimate relationship between heroes and beauties, kissing, hugging, and holding hands. When Downing saw such a report enter the mainstream Belgian newspapers, he could only pray that God, who was unfortunately killed by his own hands, would not let such gossip reach Bavaria. However, the global telegraph network he created with his own hands may well have made his wish come to naught.
Historically, the telegraph was only the patent of a few telegraph companies and large companies, but because Downing introduced the typewriter, it became very simple for ordinary people to receive and receive telegrams, so the current telegraph is used like a telephone network, the difference is that the typewriter can easily send alphabet messages, so the "exchange center" of the telegraph can receive text messages, and it is no longer the digital address that the telephone has always used. For example, Downing's address is uk-london-downing, which can be passed to Downing's address by typing this address before sending the telegram, and the domestic telegram can omit uk, and the city telegram can omit london. The operator at the exchange would relay the telegram to Downing's telegraph, and the message was not real-time, much like the text messages of later generations. When the user goes to travel, apply for "roaming", the original address remains the same, and each time you receive a telegram, it will be transferred to a new account specified by the user, such as Downing is now be-brussels-downing in Brussels, and you have to reset the roaming city every time you change the city.
Princess Sissi sent a "text message" to Tang Ning: My mother and sister are back.
Downing replied to her home address, Bk-Munich-Ludovika, and the third was Ludovica, a telegraph that Princess Sissi's mother, Princess Ludovica, had requested. Downing's reply was, "I should go to Munich, but wait about two months when I'm done with some things." ”
Princess Sissi: "There's something in Brussels that deserves your nostalgia, isn't it?" ”
Oops, the tone is not good, the general trend is not good. Tang Ning thought for a while and replied: "I want to build a very interesting factory in Brussels, and it will also be a very profitable factory, and then let your family become the second largest shareholder, my dear, wait patiently." ”
Princess Sissi: "What factory?" ”
Downing: "Confidential. ”
Sissi: "Hmph! ”
Tang Ning looked at this reply and smiled, what a sweet feeling.
This factory can't be treated casually, and art must be carried out to the end, this is a token of love between the local tyrant Earl and the Duchess. Downing planned to build the factory into a very large circle, surrounded by glass, and the floor was laid in a densely patterned shape, which was beautifully called: Vinyl Record Building. Production, office and sales are integrated, and the vinyl record building will be famous all over the world.
The Telegraph is very much in line with the cabinet no-confidence motion promoted by the Belgian opposition leader De Cker, and at the right time reported the news that the Earl of Cambridge bought a large piece of land in Brussels to build a mysterious factory.
Whether or not investment can affect the survival of the Belgian cabinet, it is really a big industrialist who captivates the country and the city. Napoleon III finally found a comrade who was suffering from the same illness.
What is the progress of Hugo's negotiations with the Queen of France? Downing sent a telegram of inquiry, and when he asked, he found that Hugo had put forward a condition that the third emperor would never accept, that he should abdicate as president, restore the republic of France, and extend the presidential term to four years, just like the president of the United States. How could an emperor who had ascended the throne take the initiative to abdicate? Isn't that a slap in the face? Once the third generation does this, then it is not a question of the president, where is the prestige to be the head of state?
So, the negotiations are deadlocked there and there is no progress.
The Empress then had a difficult birth at the Windsor maternity hospital and gave birth to a baby boy by caesarean section, and Louis gave her son this name: Napoleon? Eugène? Louis? Bonaparte. The myth of Napoleon must be continued under the guise of it. According to British media reports, without the advanced medical skills of the Windsor maternity hospital, the Queen of France would be in a very dangerous situation, and it seems that she chose to give birth in London is a wise decision.
What does a French prince born in London, alas, say and think? I'm afraid it won't be able to make the French people happy.
On the battlefield in Crimea, the war continued to escalate, and the Russian, French, and British troops had a large number of casualties.
This is also a good "real opportunity" for Windsor Hospital. The only antibacterial drug mass-produced by Windsor Hospital is penicillin, but there is more than one that comes out of the real room. There are many side effects of these medicines that can only be determined by passing through guò real yàn, no matter how smart Tang Ning is, it is impossible to remember all the side effects of the drugs accurately, and even if he can remember them, he must verify them. Some drugs have ototoxicity, some have nephrotoxicity, and some have neuromuscular blocking effects (such adverse reactions will produce muscle paralysis and even apnea), which requires a large amount of human body realization, even penicillin, which attacks the cell wall of the human body and is known as the drug with the least side effects on the human body, also has a high probability of allergies, with an incidence of up to 5%~10%, and even skin tests may kill people. (http://)。 It is the most humane to be a human body on the battlefield, because you will die without medicine, and it is better to be a guinea pig than to die in vain, and die a little effect.
The most terrible thing in the war is not to be shot and killed, this is not the biggest head in the Crimean War, but the environment with extremely poor hygiene, the death of bacterial infection of the wound is the biggest enemy, viruses often take bacteria as the host, they are not the protagonists before there is no bacterial infection, and the bacteria that permeate the air all the time are the culprits, so the life-saving power of antibacterial drugs has set off a frenzy in the British army, after the Windsor Military Hospital took over the medical service, it joined hands with Ms. Nightingale to improve the sanitary conditions of the field hospital, With the addition of penicillin, the mortality rate of the wounded was reduced by 90% in an instant. Now Princess Victoria knew why Downing would ask her, "If I can save tens of thousands of people, can I get the title of duke?" ”
The casualties of the French army were several times worse than those of the British army, tens of thousands, which was so tragic that the British army finally had to bear the medical treatment of the wounded of the French army. The French GIs came to the British army camp with a desperate mood, and it was not God or the French emperor who saved them here, but the hospital of the Earl of Cambridge, which His Majesty commanded the French media to criticize every day.
The Russian army is even more miserable, the weapons are poor, and they are besieged by the coalition forces, their casualties are more than 100,000, and the wounded GIs are basically equal to death. Cattle could not withstand such a brutal war, and the Russian army was on the verge of rout.