Chapter 483 A New Microscopic World

"Big brother!"

When Ilia saw Tang En, she rushed towards him without saying a word, then raised her little face and stared at Tang En fiercely. Tang En actually saw a look of resentment in her eyes.

Damn it! ? She is still just a child!

"Ilia, thank you for your hard work. I heard that the institute has made rapid progress with your help?"

Before Ilia could speak, Pamela next to her smiled and said, "It's true. Ilia's magical talent is unparalleled. It's really hard to imagine that she is a human little girl. With her help, we have succeeded." The topological model of the magic circle has been copied, but now there is a new problem."

Pamela does not know Ilia's true identity.

Ilia, who was robbed of her words, pursed her lips and simply buried her head in Tang En's arms and stopped talking.

Tang En ruffled her hair and asked Pamela: "The magic circle has been copied. Are there any questions?"

"The magic circle stamping machine you provided."

Pamela paused for a moment, then said slowly: "I have to say that your idea provides a convenient way for batch characterization of magic arrays. It is simply a genius idea, but now there is a problem. Your improved miniature The volume of the magic array is too small, and the printing accuracy of the magic array stamping machine cannot meet the processing requirements. We have tried many times, but the yield is very low. In all likelihood, the instability of the magic channel will cause the magic to overflow and then explode."

"Magic overflow?"

"Yes, due to the precision of the stamping machine and the material of the substrate that carries the magic array, the stamped magic array cannot reach the accuracy of your manual drawing. Due to the instability of the magic channel, after laying the magic dust, we observed Magic turbulence formed in the magic channel. After activating the magic array, the magic turbulence caused the instability of the magic array..."

Pamela's voice had the unique rhythm of Elvish, which was very comfortable to listen to. Although her speech was slow, she clearly expressed her meaning to Tang En.

“In the end, is it still a matter of processing accuracy?”

Tang En frowned slightly. Purandar's industrial foundation was very poor. Of course, micro-engraving technology could not be relied upon. Not to mention that compared with the CPU immersive light-engraving technology that is only a few nanometers on the earth, it is very difficult to achieve millimeter-level finishing. .

The magic array stamping machine originally designed and built by Tang En was only made to adapt to the production of magic furniture. Those magic furniture were very large, so there was no problem in this regard.

Now, the emergence of magic pistols has magnified this problem.

"Yes, even though we have tried various methods very hard, we still cannot solve the problem of magic overflow."

Pamela is also very troubled by this problem. As an elf scholar, she certainly knows that it is very difficult to miniaturize the magic circle, but why is it difficult after miniaturization? She only knew that miniaturization would cause instability in the magic channel. As for why it was unstable, she couldn't explain.

Even elves are like this, let alone humans.

The problem before Tang En now is very clear. If the accuracy of industrial processing cannot be further improved, the mass production of magic pistols will be just a mirror image.

Of course, Tang En can process the magic circle according to its original shape, then use the transformation technique to shrink it, and then stabilize it - but how efficient can he be on his own?

Therefore, processing accuracy is a key technology that must be solved!

However, the issue of processing accuracy involves a lot of things. Whether it is microscopic observation technology, mold accuracy, substrate material issues, etc., they all need to be solved step by step, and many of the problems involved cannot be solved. complete in one step.

For example, regarding the problem of the base machine of the magic array stamping machine, although Tang En can manually use alchemy to build a stamping machine with higher processing accuracy, they do not have observation technology and cannot further improve their industrial processing skills. If they encounter this kind of problem in the future, they will still have two problems. Blind.

So what needs to be solved now is actually to improve the observation scale of Purandar and improve the observation technology from centimeter and millimeter levels to micron level. After understanding the microscopic world, they will naturally notice the problem and the technical direction that needs to be improved. Then the corresponding technology tree will be automatically clicked.

Tang En didn't know much about the specific technology of the microscope, but he only knew a rough idea. He was just an ordinary college graduate with a wide range of knowledge, and he had graduated for many years. It was already pretty good if he could recall some of the principles.

On Earth, an optical microscope with a power of one thousand times was invented in the 18th century, allowing people to see clearly the shape, size and some internal structures of microorganisms with their eyes.

It was not until physicists discovered the law between magnification and resolution that people knew that the resolution of optical microscopes has a limit. This limit of resolution limits the infinite increase in magnification. 1600 times becomes the magnification of optical microscopes. The highest limit of magnification greatly limits the application of morphology in many fields.

Although the optical microscope is not as good as the electron microscope, forget about the electron microscope. If he had that kind of knowledge reserve, he would probably be in heaven by now.

The discovery of the microscope helped people understand the microscopic world and greatly broadened the development process of biology, physics, and materials science. Every improvement in the scale of observation will bring about a rapid development in science and technology, which shows the importance of observation technology.

So far, Tang En has not heard that Purandal has magic similar to that of a microscope. The effect of the gifted eagle eye technique is that of a telescope. Here, the corresponding optical phenomena and principles have not been noticed at all, so now he wants to Become a magician once.

Looking at the busy people in the institute and the troubled Pamela, Tang En pondered for a moment and then said, "I wonder if you have heard of the lens principle?"

"Lens principle?"

Pamela looked confused. She turned to Nokia and shouted: "Master Nokia, have you ever heard of the lens principle?"

"Don't call me master! I can't be called a master yet... Lens principle? I seem to have heard similar words somewhere."

Nokia put down what he was doing, frowned and walked over and said, "I can't remember where I saw this word before. It seems to be recorded in documents unearthed in some ruins."

Tang En smiled slightly. The dwarfs must have pointed out this technology in the past, otherwise they would not have been able to build a nuclear bomb and board it on Purandar's satellite.

"The principle of the lens is very simple. Have you ever noticed the soap bubbles?"

"Soap bubbles?"

A group of people shook their heads. Soap was invented by Tang En. It has only recently been popularized as a daily necessities. People only pay attention to the convenience of soap and don't pay attention to soap bubbles.

"Uh, okay, let's try another example."

Tang En thought for a moment, put down Ilia, and then snapped his fingers. The water element in the air around him quickly condensed, forming a convex lens with a thick center and thin sides according to his consciousness.

Then he brought a group of curious babies to the yard. After glancing at the Lumbika (sun) in the sky, he asked Nokia to fetch some hay and put it on the ground. Then he pointed to the convex lens floating beside him and said: "This is A typical convex lens, and its function is to focus the light beam."

"Gathering beam?"

A group of people are confused again. Light is light. Can they still gather?

Tang En didn't rush to explain. After they finished watching the experiment, they naturally understood.

He adjusted the position of the lens so that the focus fell on the hay, and then said, "Look carefully."

A group of people stared at the hay, and then they were surprised to find that a very bright spot suddenly appeared on the hay.

"That spot is the concentrated beam, and it's very hot, but only at the focus of the lens."

Because the ice lens he pinched out was very large and had a strong refractive index, the hay started to smoke when Tang En spoke. As soon as he finished speaking, the hay started to burn with a soft "bang" sound.

"It's actually on fire!?"

A group of people were shocked. They clearly didn't see the lord use magic, but just used a strange "lens", and the hay was actually set on fire?

"Yes, as I said, at the focal point of the lens, all the light passing through the lens is refracted at one point, so the temperature there is very high, and it can be used to ignite."

Tang En explained patiently, then he lowered the lens, smiled slightly, and said, "But that was the principle of another field just now. What I want you to see now is... the world after passing through the lens. Come and take a look."

Pamela took a step forward, looked down through the lens, and then she was stunned.

"What's going on? I want to see it too!"

Nokia, who is most interested in new things, jumped and yelled: "You are discriminating against the height of dwarfs!"

Tang En laughed dumbly, and with a thought, the soil rolled under Nokia's feet, and he was lifted up. Nokia looked over impatiently, and then let out an unexpected scream: "Oh my God! This, this, this is... The principle of the ‘Engineer Master Glasses’ recorded in the literature!? It’s so simple!?”

Tang En was startled: "Engineer master glasses? Dwarf X-ray glasses?"

"Yes! No!"

The excited Nokia danced and shouted: "In one of the ruins we excavated, a surviving document recorded that in past civilizations, one of the necessary auxiliary tools for a true engineering expert, a tool that can A tool worn on the eye can help master engineers perform precise machining work - but we have not found any prototype for reference! It is still a difficult problem to solve so far!"

Nokia said excitedly: "I can't imagine that the principle is so simple! Light! Lens! This is the secret!"

Tang En breathed a sigh of relief. It would be nice to have a race that understands science. Otherwise, he would have to work hard to explain the detailed principles, which would be even more troublesome.

"Yes, that's true."

Tang En nodded: "In addition to convex lenses, there are also concave lenses, single-sided convex lenses, etc... The most important thing is that if you combine these... you will discover a brand new world."