The Grand Duchess became more and more indifferent to science, so the Grand Duke went to the house of the physicist Tyndall alone.

The "interesting physical phenomena" that could excite the scientists of the Royal Society were so remarkable that Tyndall and his students turned on the tap under the watchful eye of the Grand Duke. Of course, the faucet is not the point, although the faucet of this era looks ugly and cannot be drunk directly, but it has basically possessed the prototype of a modern faucet, which can be used together, and Tangning has not bothered to transform it.

Here comes the highlight. When Tyndall shines a beam of light from an electric lamp along the current, the beam of light bends and is no longer a straight line, but "flows" along the arc of the current.

Haha, someone finally discovered this property of light, and Downing smiled, his face not showing the look of surprise that Tyndale had expected.

Could it be that the Grand Duke had discovered this miraculous phenomenon a long time ago? It seems that there is nothing mysterious in this world that can surprise a god-level scientist. Disappointed and curious, Tyndale asked, "Does the Grand Duke know about this phenomenon?" ”

Can't dampen Tyndall's enthusiasm for scientific research, Tang Ning came to his senses, shook his head and pretended not to know: "No, interesting, how should it be explained?" ”

Sure enough, after Tyndale found that the great god could not explain, he was overjoyed and proudly explained: "I have come to the conclusion that the light is fully reflected, and when the light enters the substance with a small refractive index from a medium with a large refractive index, the incident angle is large enough to a certain distance, and all the refractions disappear and become total reflection!" ”

Tang Ning nodded frequently, and then gave a thumbs up: "This explanation is very reasonable!" And I think it's very useful, have you ever wondered if there are any products that can use this strange feature? ”

Tyndale: "I've heard there's a big problem with wireless telegraphy, and when the weather is bad, the transmission is affected, isn't it?" ”

Tang Ning: "Yes, so we send telegrams with a certain rate of information loss, and they often need to be retransmitted. ”

Tyndall: "Wouldn't it solve this problem if we could use total reflection to create a fiber optic cable that transmits signals?" It's strange to say, why do radio waves travel at the same speed as light? Is it ......?"

Tang Ning nodded again: "This idea is too right, huh?" Haven't you heard? I told the Prince and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge back in the days of the International Industrial Exposition that radio waves are the same thing as light, but they don't have the same wavelength. ”

It is true that he said it, but Tyndall was not present at the time, and this sentence that should have been taken seriously did not attract widespread attention, and Downing was not very enthusiastic about contributing the characteristics of radio to the academic community in its entirety, (for reasons you know), so the scientific community still knows very little about the nature of radio. You think, even Faraday, who spends all day working in the Stead Garden, can't extract more secrets about radio from Downing's mouth, let alone anyone else.

Of course, the current Downing is completely different from the Downing of the past, and Downing now has a nickname in the scientific community: Pope of Scientology. There is nothing wrong with his predictions, there is nothing unsuccessful in his thinking that the technology of industrialization will not be unsuccessful, and it is certainly right to follow the Pope of Science academically, and this time this sentence should be spread all over the scientific community, maybe it should reach Maxwell's ears, inspiring him to reveal the secrets of radio as soon as possible.

Another Tyndall student said: "Is it possible to make such a light guide cable together into something that can be used as an underwater observation of the water surface?" ”

Inspired by this remark, another student immediately said, "Windsor Medical Devices can use such a device to invent a tool to see what is going on inside a patient's body." ”

Ah, talent! Tang Ning immediately glanced up at the student.

After a pleasant conversation with Tyndall and his students, Downing was ready to invest in the establishment of the Optical Fiber Laboratory, which would focus on how to produce optical cables such as glass with a low refractive index and glass with a high core refractive index. Faraday is a member of the Royal Academy, and so is Tyndall, who is always good at poaching talents from the Royal Academy, this time, Tang Ning decided to set up a real room directly within the Academy, to share the future benefits with the Royal Academy, and thank this great academic institution for continuously providing him with scientific and technological talents.

The advent of the optical fiber era almost knocked on the door of the information age, Tang Ning did not plan to enter the information age so soon, he did not control the resources in his hands well, and he was not so enthusiastic about the rapid development of science and technology, so this qiē was handed over to the people in the real yàn room to tinker with themselves, and he would not personally participate.

The Pope of Technology is worthy of being a Pope, and his every move has a strong atmosphere of technocracy, just look at the Oxford Motor Show he held.

The British thought it was just an exhibition to show off a four-seater car, but they didn't expect it to be accompanied by beautiful car models. Unexpectedly, this time the car model appeared with nylon, which was used for the first time in the manufacture of stockings, and the already beautiful and beautiful car models wore all the faint semi-transparent black silk, which suddenly made the "gentlemen" manic. What's even more manic is that the first day of the show is February 14th, Valentine's Day!

Oops, the sexy and enchanting black silk car models almost overshadowed the limelight of the mini car, and the Oxford Motor Show suddenly became famous all over Europe, how could an uneducated local tyrant have such a fierce marketing idea? I don't understand, I don't understand!

Thanks to the popularity of Leica cameras and the boom of color printing, it was easy for the general public to see the photo news of the Oxford Motor Show in newspapers and magazines, and to be deeply shocked by this ferocious marketing. The temptation of black silk legs stood at the pinnacle of fashion trends, and the aristocrats and petty bourgeoisie were deeply impressed. Of course, a large number of conservatives also fiercely criticized the auto show for being "immoral", "unruly" and "morally corrupt". How sexy the black silk car model is, how fierce the criticism of the conservative British is. The Times even gave Downing a nickname - Grand Duke of Black Silk.

Avant-garde artists, aristocrats, capitalists, and ladies inquired about where this black silk was sold, and then inquired about the name of a fashion brand, Victoria's Secret.

At the request of his wife, Downing wanted to probe the Queen's tone, is my Duke of London's tuba still scored? After receiving the reply that an atheist is not fit for a prestigious title, and you are already the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, why do you need this title? The Grand Duke was furious and determined to take revenge on the Queen, so he gave the Black Silk brand this name. (http：／／.）。

Although the brand promotion does not say that this is Queen Victoria, there are so many girls called Victoria in the world, why do you mean it? Although you are the Queen, the British Empire is the King under the law, and everyone is equal, okay? Isn't the eldest princess also called Victoria? It seems that when a reporter asked the eldest princess, she still thought the name was very interesting. However, this is disrespectful to the queen in the eyes of many people, and the British people are even more angry, so this time the Oxford Motor Show is extremely controversial, which can be called the most in history, on the one hand, the gossip circles and the avant-garde art circles are desperately touting the "Black Silk Grand Duke", and on the other hand, the conservative circles, religious circles, and political circles are playing to slander the vulgar Grand Duke, forming a sharp contrast between ice and fire, sky and soil.

Oh, the consequences of offending the Grand Duke are too strict, and in the turbulent controversy, Queen Victoria regretted it a little, and she had already known that she would give him the title of Duke of London, and anyway, the duke's annuity was also paid by Congress.

In the garden of Sito, a certain fair man triumphantly reads the newspapers and news magazines collected by his assistants, admiring the sexy car models mainly from Italy, Spain, and the south of France (Italian opera is popular, there are many beautiful actresses, Spain has been ruled by Muslims for hundreds of years, and there are many Arab beauties, and there are many beautiful women, and Eugénie's hometown Grenada is the largest city in the Moorish era).

The Grand Duchess came in, her face darkened, as if covered with a layer of black silk, and asked, "Don't you think this is too much?" ”

The Grand Duke seemed to be more afraid of his wife than Darwin now, and said with a smile: "Really? It was just a marketing strategy, proposed by Alexandre Dumas...... Hmph, it's worthy of being a writer who writes about Lady of the Camellias, and this kind of idea can be thought of, it's really too much. Dumas and Alexandre Dumas are not good people! ”