Chapter 159 Clockwork
"Of course, forget it. As I said at the beginning, although superpowers go against common sense, they still have their own inherent laws. As long as we keep summarizing, one day, we can use superpowers like we used to use physics and chemistry. Come and rebuild our world."
Tang Jing's words are always somewhat confusing.
Of course, in the apocalypse, hypnotic brainwashing with positive energy still has certain positive significance.
At least at this moment, everyone is full of hope for the future.
Besides the foam plastic, what Chen Mu was most interested in was the mouse.
To be honest, the style of this mouse does not match the style of other items, and it seems to be broken. It was placed in a cardboard box as a spare part to be dropped.
However, the boys' focus on the mouse was purely because it brought back memories of computer games. In fact, in terms of materials, there is nothing new.
On the contrary, Tang Jing was very interested in the two tape measures.
It has a flat square plastic shell, and the iron tape measure inside can be pulled out and automatically recycled. It is estimated that all boys have played with this thing as a weapon.
Many people may have had their hands cut.
"Does this have any special effect?"
Chen Mu asked curiously when he saw Tang Jing staring at the huge tape measure.
"We are now relatively mature in technology, but in the process of industrialization, we are still missing an extremely important thing."
"What?"
"Energy."
"Yeah."
Although this was a good thing, Chen Mu didn't know that she would take a look at it. Tape measure why can think of energy up.
"Such as oil and natural gas?"
"Almost the same, but we can't use those things yet."
"What does this have to do with a tape measure?" Chen Mu was confused.
"The role of energy is nothing more than to provide heat and power, especially the latter. This is why the invention of the steam engine can greatly promote the industrial revolution." Tang Jing sighed: "It is a pity that
we currently do not have special abilities in this area." "
Provide Energy and power?"
"Yeah."
"Squad leader doesn't count?"
"Heating iron blocks and making explosives are certainly good sources of energy, but it is currently difficult to use them as power. This is what we lack most, otherwise If so, at least the elevator will no longer bother Lu Shanshan and the others, and the cranes on the shelves will also need power to operate in the future." "Is it feasible to
use iron blocks to boil water and then build a simple steam engine?" He Ying asked.
"It's feasible in principle, and with Chen Mu's current ability and precision, as long as he decomposes it, he can completely build a steam engine suitable for us." "That's it?" "It's not that
simple
." Tang Jing sighed; Remember I said that machines of previous sizes may not still be usable after being scaled down. This is especially true for things like steam engines. It does not mean that they cannot run, but that even if they run, their effects are very limited. ."
"Why?"
"Because we cannot provide it with continuous energy. To take the simplest example, a steam train in the past carried enough coal to run thousands of kilometers, but a toy car With the coal it carries, do you think it can still run for thousands of kilometers?
"A steam engine can be built, and it is also feasible to use the ability of a squad leader to boil water, but at our scale, the duration is very long The problem, in the final analysis, is that ordinary combustion phenomena have a minimum limit, which limits our idea of infinitely cutting fuel to extend the combustion time. "
Chen Mu started to have difficulty listening, but he still understood the general meaning.
"To put it bluntly, our biggest problem is storing energy.
"Yes, it is very simple to light a fire, but to make the energy generated by the fire output evenly and continuously is what we are pursuing. " " Tang Jing concluded.
"Then what does this have to do with the tape measure? "
Because I thought of an ancient and simple way of storing energy. "
Chen Mu was stunned at first, but as Tang Jing looked in the direction of the tape measure, he suddenly understood after a few seconds.
"Clockwork? "
That's right. " "Tang Jing smiled and said: "If you mention a small amount of sustained energy output, the first thing that comes to my mind is a mechanical watch. "
" A few twists and you can go for several days. "
Yes." "Tang Jing smiled.
"Why didn't you think of it earlier? "Chen Mu slapped himself on the head.
Making a clockwork device, whether it is a lift or a crane for shelves, is a good power choice.
Of course, Wei Dalei himself is a huge source of power, but as a human being, he cannot stay here forever. A place.
Isn't it an excellent way to store power by letting Old Wei wind up the clockwork?
Tang Jing said with a smile: "It's useless to think of it earlier. The material required for the clockwork spring is preferably carbon steel. We Nowadays, only stainless steel can be used. Although it can be made, the efficiency will be much lower.
"What about this tape measure? " “
The material of steel tape measure is basically the same as that of clockwork, so I came up with this idea. "
"Then take action immediately.
"Don't worry, that's what it is, but there are still many problems when it comes to actual implementation. " "
Tang Jing said: "If it's just a child's wind-up toy car, it doesn't make sense. What we need is uniform and continuous power output, and the power of the spring is the largest at the beginning, and then gradually decreases, so the torque lever must be constantly adjusted. Just like the inner workings of a mechanical watch.
" That would be complicated. " "As a parts processor, Chen Mu was a little embarrassed.
"It will indeed be difficult. Just those large and small gears will be enough for you to make for a while, and the precision requirements of these parts are very high. If not, the entire device will be damaged. It's useless. "
...
Based on the idea that the day earlier it is made, the day earlier it will be used, Chen Mu began to make the clockwork that afternoon.
He first cooperated with Wei Dalei to move a tape measure off the shelf, then dismantled it and took out the clockwork inside. The iron ruler body.
After it was finished,
the next day, Tang Jing took out a piece of paper. What was drawn on it was the mechanical drawing of a certain clockwork device. The dimensions were clearly marked.
This drawing was almost The entire notebook is filled with drawings, and the dimensions of all the small parts are densely marked.
It is hard to imagine that this is the result of one day.
With paper, Tang Jing no longer needs to display it on the floor or wall. Mu drew the drawings.
After the first, simplest, experimental clockwork device was completed, everyone came over to try it out. This was the most primitive clockwork spring, with a simple shell made of only plastic. But it was very big, almost as tall as two humans.
It had a winding hole and a butterfly-shaped handle.
Everyone came up and gave it a try.
As a result, among the seventeen people in Qiming, no one except Wei Dalei could twist it.
(End of chapter)