Chapter 2089 Trembling Music Score (7)

Bolton considered mineralogy to be a mature field of the Moonlight Society and a source of knowledge for metallurgy, pottery, and gas chemistry.

Erasmus Darwin had a special liking for botany. He was not only a doctor, but also made his own medicine and was considered a pharmacist. Therefore, botany has become a stage for competition rather than cooperation among the Moonlight Society.

Regarding the flammable fountain that Metternich showed just now, Edgeworth understood this. It was composed of two flammable gases that make up water. After Metternich decomposed the water in a certain way, it became flammable.

Georgiana thought that Metternich might have used gas, and then they began to discuss a "terrible" content.

In Genesis Chapter 1, verse 1, the first thing God created was not light, but water and earth. The earth was empty and chaotic, and God’s Spirit moved on the water, and then there was light.

There is a question in their circle: whether the earth was created first, water or land.

"Hydraulists" represented by German chemist Werner believe that the earth was once a solid core, surrounded by water containing chemical elements, and gradually formed rocks.

Yueguangsha is an "igneous theorist". They noticed that there are many vertical faults in rocks, and the deposition cycle of faults is often interrupted by violent uplift cycles caused by underground heat and pressure.

formed by destruction and reorganization.

Metternich came from Germany, and the flammable gas was the research result of their "water formation theorists". Georgiana didn't know what to say because it violated the Bible.

Noah built the ark to avoid the great flood, allowing some species to survive. Let’s not mention what the lions ate on the boat. This is also consistent with the "liquid theory" view, and the "igneous theory" view will make

They become "heretics", even pagans.

This also explains why several key members of the Moonlight Society were on the list during the Birmingham riots.

Just as Newton did, if a scholar tries to prove the operation of nature, he must find the same truth as the Bible. He cannot deny that God is the original creator. Otherwise, even if he does not go to religious trials like Galileo, the content will not be the same.

There was no opportunity for publication, let alone publicity.

Some of the content is about basic education. Georgiana has read Muggle textbooks, and basic education in France is currently controlled by the church.

This was France after the theocracy had been completely overthrown, not to mention Britain, which had not experienced the wave of revolution and the impact of Enlightenment ideas. Some people believed it when it was published in the newspapers that building trains would cause infertility, and some people intervened in the survey of the railway company.

You can call this idea very radical, but the igneous theory is indeed closer to people's understanding of the earth in the 20th century. There are layers of lava under the earth's crust, which are constantly flowing, causing crustal movement, causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

and continental drift.

The theory of aquaculture does not completely cater to the Bible. Those ancient marine life fossils are the result of drastic changes in floods. When talking about this, I have to mention three characters.

The first one is Sir William Hamilton, the husband of Nelson's mistress Emma Hamilton. He is a volcanologist and a supporter of "igneism". If not for him, because he is a man with a mind that is divorced from secular Europe.

Model cosmopolitan…

The other was his nephew Charles Grenville, the young councilor who made Emma surrender her lower-class temperament and transform into a noble lady. He gave Emma to his uncle not just because he wanted to marry someone who was the same as him.

A well-matched wife, because he is insolvent.

His uncle repaid most of the money for him, and the approximately 15,000 minerals collected by Charles were sold to the British Museum. They remained the core collection of the British Museum in the 20th century. Charles once went on cave explorations with the Moonlight Society.

, Charles contacted people from the Moonlight Society when he wanted to sell the collection. He felt that they "understood the actual value of these minerals better" and would not lower the price like the museum staff.

There is also Lavoisier, who has nothing to do with geology, but let's put it this way, Georgiana would rather discuss the "Big Bang" issue than discuss "another topic" with Edgeworth.

Antoine Lavoisier served as director of the French Gunpowder Administration for many years, and his improvements made France's ammunition far ahead of the British in the "American War".

Putting aside the "water controversy", the words "instant explosion" and "revolution" gave Joseph Priestley the nickname "Gunpowder Joe". In fact, this name should be called "Gunpowder Antoine"

, but Priestley was British, and then he became "Powder Joe."

Joseph Priestley was a preacher. His religion and worldview were not suitable for preaching from the pulpit. Even in Birmingham, a city full of deviants, some of his behaviors were not considered reasonable by everyone.

He was both a scientist and a controversial theologian who deliberately set himself against Archdeacon Horsley, the editor of Newton's works.

There was a joke at the time that any aspiring priest only had to go against Priestley to win a crown. It was in this mood that on Bonfire Day, November 5, 1785, Prince Priest

Listree gave a sermon in which he said:

We are like putting gunpowder under the ancient building of error and superstition one by one. A spark may burn and cause an instant explosion. Therefore, the building that has been built for many years may be overthrown in an instant.

And the effect is so good that it can no longer be built on the original foundation.

After Priestley's inflammatory sermon, it wasn't just his opponents who sprang into action. A clockmaker named John Whitehurst, who was also a geologist, published a book,

It is also about Genesis, but his book is neither a "liquid theory" nor an "ignition theory", but an amazing model. He wants to cater to both Newton's gravity and the Bible.

.As the Bible says, the earth was originally chaotic and was pulled into a spherical shape by gravity. Then the atmosphere and water were released, completely surrounding the earth.

Just when you thought he was talking about "water formation", suddenly there was a "bang" and the Garden of Eden appeared. An island was formed under the combined action of the moon and tides. The island was covered with plants and animals, but at the same time

A large amount of heat puts pressure on the inner shell. This force causes cracks to form, water enters the core of the earth, and the huge water vapor generated causes the seabed to "bang" explode. Then comes the great flood. When the lava enters the sea, it produces a huge explosion.

It tore the Earth into millions of fragments, which formed islands, and the explosion created an endless cavern into which seawater poured, exposing mountains and continents that had not existed before that era.

Just when you thought he was a "catastrophist" like Cuvier, he refused to admit the drastic changes in the old catastrophic theory, insisting that the strata were formed slowly and gradually. He emphasized the role of underwater fire, which greatly

Floods are the result of drastic changes, not the root cause.

Just when you think he is talking nonsense, he provides detailed illustrations of the stratigraphic arrangement, and can even deduce what rock layers may be underneath the younger rocks on the surface based on his theory.

Overall his work was revolutionary, juxtaposing grand theory with precise observations, even if many found them uncomfortable. He added more data in the second edition of his book, including formations in north Wales and giants.

embankment.

In fact, there has been no shortage of industrial spies since the British Industrial Revolution came to fruition. In 1779, Watt took two Prussian tourists to visit Soho and invited them home for dinner. As a result, the two tourists made according to his design as soon as they returned home.

their steam engines.

Another time was in 1784, when Ljungberg, a Danish man who settled in Birmingham, suddenly left the country. Although it was an open secret that he was a spy, customs still found a large number of tools, machines, and models in his bag.

Even the clay sample, the Danish embassy paid a bail of 300 pounds for him, and he fled the UK as soon as he was released.

Although his bag was confiscated, the knowledge was still in his mind, and he relied on it to become a high-ranking official in Denmark. Later, Soho received a steam engine order from the Prussian mining industry. The Prussian official responsible for the contact was Baron Stein, but he did not know

What kind of chance was it? Ljungberg sneaked into a London winery and inspected its facilities.

This time he brought two assistants with bribes and graphite pencils in their hands. One of them was Mr. Stanley.

Watt recognized him. Although Stanley went fishing when Watt came to meet him and avoided the awkward meeting, Stanley still attended the large banquet in the evening. He may have thought that Watt would not see him because of the crowd.

Carl von Linnaeus was a Swedish naturalist, especially good at botany. He, Priestley and Whitehurst were all members of the Royal Society of London.

In fact, half of the members of the Royal Society have titles, and they have no actual research results. However, Linnaeus quoted Priestley, Keele and Darwin and compared the botanist John Fothergill's plants.

Classification lists the classification concepts of class, order, genus, and species.

Priestley was a very persuasive man, and Watt's son James Watt Jr. was somewhat influenced by him. In fact, it was not just Watt Jr., many people in Birmingham were influenced by him.

After his Bonfire Day sermon, Priestley emphasized that his approach was gradualist, but by then he was no longer just on a "watch list" like James Watt Jr.

When the Birmingham riots occurred, Edgeworth was already in Ireland. The "American War" made Irish people emotional and even aggressive. Many people felt that only force could bring about real change. Edgeworth was a moderate.

, he hopes to change through education. He came to France this time because he heard that Napoleon met with the leader of the Irish uprising.

In the restaurant at that time, although Edgeworth was in the same room as Bonaparte, he did not go up to talk to her. He just showed her the animated music box, and Watt was not seen by anyone.

Edgeworth would be involved in politics until the end of his own life, but Watt Sr. wanted no part of Watt Jr.'s involvement.

If Georgiana helps introduce them, she can go to Stanley and hand over the equipment drawings of the Whitebread Brewery. This brewery is one of the largest breweries in the UK, with 250 workers and an annual production of 50 million liters of beer.

In other words, this brewery produces an average of 200,000 liters of beer per person per year. Without machines, ten times as many people would be exhausted.

Before tea entered the UK, the British had to consume half of the grain to make wine. This was also a problem of the Industrial Revolution. Manpower entered the factory, and those engaged in agriculture had to use half of the manpower to feed the same number of people, and they also needed half of the grain to make wine.

Therefore, a large amount of food imports from the United States and India are needed.

This is not a leak by Old Watt, because it is a drawing that the "Danes" obtained a long time ago.

Old Watt has 30 farms in central Wales. He has basically retired. He used to yell when little James read novels. Now he only hopes that those days can come back.

"Why didn't he tell me in person?" Georgiana asked.

"I think he's a little self-conscious," Edgeworth said. "You'll find that he's not the perfect hero that he's been told to be."

She is very strange.

"You think steam will grow from plants?" Edgeworth asked.

"Of course not!" she replied.

"He said that if a steam engine could be found in a natural system, it would have escaped Linnaeus' eyes," Edgeworth said.

Georgiana opened her mouth.

"That's the kind of person he is." Edgeworth spread his hands. "I don't know where the story that he invented the steam engine after seeing the water boiling on the stove and making the lid of the kettle jump kept coming from. He just improved the steam engine."

"Perhaps people think that inventing something out of nothing is greater than improving it." Georgiana paused. "I...he also improved other people's drug formulas."

"Who?" Edgeworth asked knowingly.

Georgiana looked at Lacretaire who was standing aside. She wasn't sure whether he understood English.

"You mean Mr. Smith?" said Edgeworth.

"No, it's Professor Snape."

Georgiana looked at the fire in the farmhouse and whispered, then sighed.

During the last Bonfire Festival, they had sat on the carpet in front of the fireplace and chatted. She never imagined that such a day would come.

She actually didn't know what to call him.

She stroked the bracelet on her wrist, which contained a lock of another person's hair.

It seems both real and fake.

Is this world still the one created by the Creator? If not, who created it?
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