Chapter 133 Art’s Solution
It is not an easy task to excavate frozen soil in winter.
Although the temperature in the north has not dropped that low yet, and the ground is not frozen as hard as iron, with this heavy snowfall, it is by no means an easy task to dig.
In fact, even the mining of coal mines has begun to become increasingly difficult. Although the coal seams are not as frozen as the ground, it still requires miners to expend more physical energy to mine.
If it hadn’t been for this sudden heavy snow, the coal mine managers would have reported to Purficott the problem of reduced coal mining volume due to weather.
Therefore, it is necessary to dig a shallow mine to avoid the impact of wind, snow and seasons.
How to dig a mine is a difficult problem facing everyone.
Relying solely on manual mining? Then I am afraid that the miners in the mine will not have to do anything else this winter, and this will undoubtedly greatly affect the coal supply at the Eagle Beak Cliff Base and the Fjord Camp.
But in other ways...
When the steam engine was first invented, it was indeed used in coal mines, but only for drainage, not mining.
Although Purficott intended to design a machine specifically for mining, it would obviously take time to wait for her to complete the design and then find a way to build it and install it.
As for using the snow-melting agent she had used on the northern route to melt the frozen soil, it is indeed possible, but there is a problem here, that is, the agent was developed and designed for snow removal.
It is not a problem to melt the ice and snow in a short time, but relying on this to support the excavation of a mine will require a large amount of pharmaceuticals, and the cost will be sky-high.
Even if Purficott had the ability to do this, she would not adopt this plan. It would be better for her to just use alchemy to open a mine herself. In that case, except for herself being a little tired, there would be no other consequences. cost.
So this one was also eliminated by Purficott. As for the remaining options, although Purficott wanted to adopt a more artistic approach, it was obvious that in the era when there was only black powder, he expected to use this method. It is true that you think too much about mining.
The reason why the dynamite king of the original world developed a medicine to treat angina was to make mining more convenient.
It’s just that in this world, no one has discovered that after treating glycerin with sulfuric acid and nitric acid, an explosive yellow oily transparent liquid will be obtained.
So if you want to use this artistic approach, Purficott still needs to go back to the laboratory to conduct relevant research.
But this is no longer a problem for Purficott. All that is left is to find someone who is proficient in blasting to study the art.
Having made up his mind, Purficott was no longer so worried, so he inspected a circle of mines and found that the basic conditions were good. No houses were crushed and no miners were frozen. If you die, you will feel relieved.
As for the several cold miners who had caught colds and contracted typhoid, Purficott didn't pay much attention. He just had them loaded onto a small train and transported to the fjord camp for isolation together.
As for the miners' frostbite problem, Purficott only left a puppet maid and enough treatment medicine for the miners, and told them that if there were workers with serious illnesses, they would be treated. Send it to the fjord camp.
At the same time, Purficott also reminded miners who lit coals indoors for heating to pay attention to opening windows for ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon dioxide poisoning. After saying this, Purficott took the small train and returned to the Eagle Beak Cliff Camp.
Perfect did not rest when he returned to the camp, but went directly to the laboratory and summoned the assistants working here.
"I now have an experimental task that needs someone to complete. It needs to be bold and careful, and the hand must be steady enough. Because there is a certain degree of danger, everything is done voluntarily." Purficott told the group of assistants what he wanted. , I hope they will take the initiative to sign up.
Originally, this job could be left to the maid puppets, but all twenty maid puppets have been sent out by Perfectcot, and she can only use these assistants.
However, considering that these assistants are all alchemists, Purficott feels that they should be able to play a greater role than the maid puppets.
Soon, a young man raised his hand and stood in front of Perfectcott: "Your Majesty, Earl, I want to give it a try! I am qualified as a technician of the Royal Alchemist Society and graduated from Royal Langton I have heard of your name in the Alchemy Department of the university. You almost became my professor. It is my honor to study with you!” Kurt expressed admiration without seeming overly fanatical or flattering.
Others seemed to want to take over this task, but Purficott seemed to like the young man, so he pointed at him and asked: "What's your name?"
"Alfred. Noble, just call me Al," the young man said.
"Okay Al, I need you to treat glycerin with nitric acid and sulfuric acid to produce a yellow oily liquid." Purficott explained his request to Alfred, and also told him Explaining the danger of this matter: "This liquid will explode when it is shaken or violently collided, so it is very dangerous to prepare it. I need you to operate it very carefully.
And in order to To avoid danger, I can only arrange a room for you alone, and you can’t stay in the laboratory. Can you do it?”
“If it’s just this, I’ll be fine!” Excited to play for Ficott, he readily agreed.
Purficott nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "In that case, I will leave this matter to you. If you do a good job, then this project can be handed over to you in the future. I hope you can hand over a An answer that satisfies me."
After saying that, Purficott glanced at the other people who were a little envious of Al, thought for a while and said: "Considering that you may not be able to handle it alone, you can choose one. The assistant will assist you."
As soon as Purficott finished speaking, Al clearly felt that the eyes of others around him changed.
It ranged from envy to flattery or jealousy, which made him feel a little at a loss, but in the end he chose another assistant with whom he had the best relationship to assist him.
Seeing this, Purficott didn’t say anything more. He just nodded and asked someone to assign him a room in the corner of the base as an experimental site. He also wrote a note so that Al could start from the experiment. Get the materials from the storage room.
Then she returned to the bedroom upstairs in the laboratory. After all this work, she was really tired and needed to take a nap to regain her energy.
Nitroglycerine was first discovered by the Italian chemist Sobrero in 1847. Nobel successfully discovered the principle of detonating it in 1862, so he invented explosives. In 1875, Nobel invented colloidal explosives. 1888 Obtained mixed smokeless explosives.
Although I have not specified the era of this article, it can be regarded as the year 1800. The Victoria Empire is the British counterpart in the parallel world. Please do not connect the novel world with reality. All settings are subject to this article. Hope Everyone knows.
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