The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 575 Steam Rotary Printing Machine

Franz's words could not impress the other party at all, after all, the status of an actor at this time is far less than that of later generations.

Even the leading names of the two most popular theaters in Vienna at this time, Dark Moon and Sunlight, may not have a high social status, and in the eyes of the truly powerful people, they are nothing more than high-end prostitutes.

And Adjani, as Franz's attendant, is a person who has half a foot in the inner circle of the empire, and her status is much higher than that of ordinary earls and duchesses.

Franz sometimes even suspects that the talent points of the Austrian Empire are random points. They are really talented in eating, drinking, playing, and having fun.

Franz only proposed the most basic concept of a projector, and the experts of the Royal Society of Science used film and other existing technologies to create a disc projector, and broke through the shackles of the Stampfer disc, but there was another A new problem is that the film is difficult to recycle.

So Franz once again proposed the concept of supply box and take-up box. At this time, the projector had begun to take shape, but the transmission of the film was still inconvenient.

Franz remembered that when he used PS to modify the old pictures, there were neat small holes on both sides of the film, so he suggested that neat holes should be punched on both sides to facilitate transmission.

It's a small change, but it solves a big problem with gearing, while still providing a stable frame rate standard for projectors.

As a result, not only the hand-cranked projector was produced, but also the earliest point-and-shoot camera was incidentally produced.

Then Franz established the first exhibition company in the Austrian Empire, but this time he did not promote it with much fanfare, but planned to use it as a means of publicity and education.

Franz plans to save this technology for the World Expo a few years later, when the blockbuster effect will be even better.The emergence of projectors will change the traditional training model, especially in military and vocational education.

After all, the so-called "master" and the manual are not as intuitive and selfless as the projector.Franz felt that the appearance of this kind of equipment would greatly improve the efficiency and cost of training, which meant more soldiers and craftsmen for the Austrian Empire.

At the same time, it will also affect the mode of national publicity. For example, Franz's [Bard Project] may become a [Showing Team] in the future.

But this doesn't matter. After all, the wheel of history always moves forward, but it's just a matter of time.But there are only pictures and no sound, so wouldn't it be a pantomime?

Franz had considered the issue of the phonograph, but unfortunately he didn't get what he wanted this time. One was because the front-end technology was too different, and the other was that Franz couldn't give effective suggestions.

After all, he has seen and dismantled old-fashioned projectors, and even bought models and assembled them.But he has only seen phonographs in movies, and the only principle he knows is related to sound vibration. Obviously, this alone cannot speed up the speed of technological progress.

In fact, during the propaganda war with France, in addition to a large amount of cheap paper, the printing technology of the Austrian Empire also crushed the former.

The mid-nineteenth century was a very magical era. With the invention of movable type casting machines and type casting machines, wooden printing machines, iron printing machines, and steam printing machines appeared at the same time, each showing their magical powers.

Wooden printing is the slowest, but the threshold for cheap technology is also low. It has a long history and is the most commonly used printing technology in North Germany.

Iron printing presses were faster, more durable, and available in a wider range of styles, either stamped or arm-beat, and were favored by the French and Americans.

The next is the result of the industrial revolution, the steam printing press, which also changed the power source on the basis of the former, and can print [-] sheets per hour, which is four times the speed of the iron printing press.

Only one such machine is needed, and it can be completed in half a day. The daily circulation (23000 copies) of The Times, the newspaper with the largest circulation in the world at that time.

However, for the sake of timeliness, this newspaper has four such machines.

Austria adopted a completely new printing method - rotary printing, which is still in use today.

In fact, this printing method was tried as early as the French Revolution, but failed due to the limitations of the technical conditions at that time.

Then the Norwegians and the Danes also tried it, the latter almost succeeded, but had to abandon it due to lack of funds, and it was finally invented by the Americans in 1846.

Franz was not short of money, so he simply bought the patents from the Norwegians and Danes, coupled with ready-made excellent craftsmen and engineers, and completed the development in only a few months. After several years of improvement, this At that time, a steam rotary press could print [-] sheets per hour.

Therefore, the textbooks and brochures sent to Alsace-Lorraine were printed in only two days.

At this time in history, Austria still used the traditional woodblock printing technology like the German region. This is not all because these people are conservative and backward, but mainly because there is not enough demand.

Leaving aside the fact that the literacy rate in the Austrian Empire is the second-lowest in Europe, the annual circulation of 900 million copies alone makes people very sad. There are only 58 officially registered newspapers in the whole country.

In fact, due to the book censorship system, a newspaper office in Austria needs a license, and many contents are not allowed to be written.

Then a large number of tabloids, the so-called black workshops, were created.

At this time, the sales volume of Austrian newspapers was very poor, the largest of which was only about 2000 copies per day, and the sales volume of ordinary newspapers was only a few hundred copies per day.

In contrast, the French newspaper industry is much stronger, with an annual circulation of about 2500 million copies, and the daily sales volume of the leading French newspaper "Patriarch" has exceeded [-].

It’s just that compared with the British, it is really a drop in the bucket. In 1844, the circulation of British newspapers was 3 million copies. Among them, the daily circulation of well-known newspapers such as "The Times", "Morning Post" and "The Sun" exceeded [-].

In particular, the daily circulation of "Times" exceeds [-] copies, and the annual circulation exceeds the sum of all newspapers in the Austrian Empire.

As for Americans, it is even more exaggerated. They issued 1844 million newspapers in one year in 5, but their newspapers were not as vital as British and French newspapers. The most famous "Akron Condor" at that time , Liberty Magazine, New York Commercial Advertiser, The Flash have all disappeared into the long river of history.

Looking at the comparison of newspaper circulation, Franz finally understood why the Anglo-Saxons liked to compete for the hegemony of public opinion so much.

Of course, the Austrian Empire is not useless. Its color printing, especially wood color printing technology, ranks first in the world, and the most widely used stone color printing in the [-]th century was also invented by the Austrians.

It's just that these two technologies have neither patent protection nor strong industrial support, so in the end they did not create much benefit for the Austrian Empire.

But it's different now. With Franz's involvement, Austria's newspaper industry has developed rapidly. Although it is not as good as Britain and the United States, it has successfully surpassed its old rival France.

The annual circulation of 4000 million is more than four times that of the same period in history. In addition, Franz did not intend to waste the original advantages of the Austrian Empire. Since they like to engage in luxury goods, why not engage in magazines.

(End of this chapter)