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

Since he wanted to start a magazine, Franz decided to preempt the names of "Nature", "Science", "Lancet", "Time", "Fortune", "Playboy", etc. first.

It felt that it had to make good use of its advantages. Anyway, instant messaging in this era is very difficult. It simply focused on high-quality products, color-printed weekly, monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual magazines, and seized the high-end market.

Franz is very clear that it is not those newspapers that really have international influence, but these periodicals and magazines. In the future, they will be the embodiment of a country's soft power. These things will directly affect the elites of other countries, and their influence will be would be immeasurably large.

Of course, Franz still couldn't bear to get so many journals in one go. This was not a matter of money, but that these scientists in Austria were not all good at writing papers, and there were quite a few of them who were practical.

However, such things as publishing articles cannot be forced, and Franz will still respect scientists' own ideas.The fact that the release language is only available in German is not negotiable.

This is not to win over the Germans, but to establish the official language of Austria. Otherwise, there are eight languages ​​in a book, and it is estimated that no one except linguists will be able to understand it.

At the same time, this is also to attract top talents from various countries to learn German. After all, translation does not necessarily have professional knowledge, and a few small ambiguities may lead to a disaster. Therefore, those people have to learn German in order to further their studies. This is also to increase international influence. a way of.

Of course, this is just a foreshadowing for harvesting. Once authority is achieved, it will be like a high mountain or an empty valley. It has no intention of the world but is surrounded by clouds and mists. It is like a black hole, which has no intention of gathering but absorbs everything. This is The so-called academic hegemony.

It’s just that in China, Franz still wants to continue to oppose the emergence of academic lords, and at the same time encourage scholars to challenge authority and impossibility.

The first editions of "Nature" and "Science" published Avogadro's research results. Although these theories have become common knowledge in Austria, they are still an unaccepted view in the world.

Among them, the British were the most opposed, because Dalton, the father of modern chemistry (the absolute authority of scientists at the time), opposed Avogadro, and the former had just passed away in July 1844, so the British felt that this was even more important. is an insult to the dead.

Scientists from the Royal Society of Science even jointly stated that they would never accept Avogadro's theory, but Franz only regarded these people as farting.

The reaction of the French was equally violent, and they did not approve of Avogadro's theory for the same reasons as the British, because the authorities did not agree, and the Austrian periodicals were obviously not authoritative.

Reaction in Germany was mixed, but some also agreed after traveling to Vienna for the debate.

However, Avogadro's theory has indeed promoted the progress of molecular physics and molecular chemistry, which is embodied in materials, medicine, biology, energy, catering, military...almost all industries will be affected, which is a really big step .

It's just that under the catalysis of Franz, the time for its recognition has been advanced by 20 years, which can save a lot of detours.

In history, Liebig's theory laid the foundation for the fertilizer industry, but it was the British who made the first breakthrough in the field of fertilizer.

In 1841, Rolls in England invented superphosphate, which was obtained from the processing of natural calcium phosphate. In 1842, Britain established the world's first fertilizer factory. In 1854, Britain first produced phosphate fertilizer.

However, with the strong support of Franz at this time, Austria's chemical fertilizer industry is much stronger than in history, but the quality and production efficiency are not too obvious compared with the UK.

Franz considered making nitrogen fertilizer, which first required separating nitrogen from the air. This was the final solution in history, and it was much more reasonable and cost-effective than other methods.

But now there is a problem. The boiling point of oxygen (the temperature at which a liquid boils into a gas) is -183°C, while the boiling point of nitrogen is -196°C. To separate nitrogen, a temperature of at least -183°C is required.

However, Franz found all the methods of producing low temperature at that time, and -120°C was the limit.This gap is a bit bigger than -183°C, so he can only give up temporarily.

However, a huge bounty was offered for this. Natler, an unknown doctor, created the earliest device capable of separating nitrogen, but it was impossible to do this with the understanding of people at the time.

In fact, Franz also had a misunderstanding about the method of nitrogen separation. After all, he only knew some parameters, and then he took it for granted that this was the only way.

The high-pressure gas compressor made by Natler easily exceeded the number that the predecessors thought was impossible to break through, reaching 250atm (atmospheric pressure). gas compressor.

This record was not broken until the end of the nineteenth century, but he failed to separate nitrogen from the air, so the Vienna scientific community proposed a concept of "eternal gas".

They believed that part of the air would never be liquefied. Franz knew they were wrong, but he couldn't find a way to refute it for a while.

However, he paid a lot of money to buy Dr. Natler's invention for the Royal Society of Science to continue to study the method of separating nitrogen.

Franz's behavior is still a kind of charitable behavior in the eyes of others. After all, the ultra-high power compressor does not seem to have any obvious value.

However, it is a great boost to the power research of Chemistry and Physics, and can also revive a unique unit of the Austrian Empire.

In fact, Franz's investment in science and technology looked more like charity or entertainment sponsorship in the eyes of the nobles at the time.

It's just that Franz didn't choose to sponsor artists, but craftsmen, scholars and scientists.In fact, at the beginning, some people dismissed the awards and positions set up by Franz, and there was an ancient style of starving to death and refusing to eat cheap food. After all, those who engage in experimental science are usually rich people.

But when they knew the specific amount of the bonus, they all became eager for it, and even wished to let the Grand Duke look at them more.

However, Franz rarely showed up in public, and even if he did, he would be followed by a large number of guards, so it was not realistic to go directly to the Grand Duke himself.

But Franz will not reject scientific progress. Although it is impossible for him to look at those new inventions one by one, but there is the Royal Society of Science, and now there are two major journals, "Nature" and "Science". Campus seminars and invention bounties for the whole society.

The talents of the Austrian Empire should not feel aggrieved by their talents. After all, no one except Franz himself can cover the sky with one hand, so these people don't have to be afraid of offending the authority and being blocked.

Franz will try to treat every inventor and patentee as fairly as possible, but the specific rewards will still be calculated based on previous commitments and possible future impact on the Austrian Empire.