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#656 - Clockwork machine?

The person who proposed this plan was a scholar named Leonardo, whom Horn didn't remember well.

He first knew this name because he was almost accidentally injured in the "Lightning Slime" incident.

Horn only remembered that this scholar was an engineer and came with the teachers and students of King's University of Rivershore.

Standing on the stage, Leonardo looked to be in his thirties, using a wide-brimmed hat to cover the Mediterranean on his forehead, and was talking eloquently.

He was recommended to the podium by the Director of the Industrial Department. At first, he stuttered a bit, but when he talked about things he was familiar with, he instantly became fluent.

"...According to Mithril's characteristics, people usually believe that the best way for a single person to use Mithril is to wind it with mana, that is, to soften it with mana before winding it.

With human strength alone, unless it is a titled knight level, it is almost impossible to wind it.

But after a month of research, I noticed one thing: Mithril can be wound with mana, but that doesn't mean it can only be wound with mana. Why can't we directly use the hydropower of the dam to wind it?

I have to mention that people in Windmill Land have long used windmills as mills, and hydropower mills can be seen everywhere in Hotam County in Thousand River Valley.

But these mills have a common feature: they are used in fixed locations and cannot be transported."

Speaking of this, seeing the high-level大佬s who were aroused by him, Leonardo grinned.

"According to my calculations of small clockworks, 30 pounds of Mithril spring can lift 170 pounds of water 10 meters in 10 seconds. Except for the Holy Son, I am afraid that no one's mana can do this.

But if we use the huge hydropower of the height difference of the Neo River, we can seal this flood-like power in the spring.

30 pounds of Mithril, from tightening to loosening, if using a flywheel, it takes about 1 hour, but it can lift 40,000 pounds of water or 1,600 pounds of iron ore.

After it is exhausted, we can directly disassemble it and replace it with another new Mithril spring, which can continuously provide power, even comparable to star-forged gears."

Hearing this, Horn couldn't help but brighten his eyes.

If the star-forged gear can be compared to an electric motor to a certain extent because of its theoretical 95% efficiency, then this spring engine is now the actual equivalent of a steam engine.

Because the steam engine is the conversion of thermal energy into mechanical energy, a large amount of energy in the coal is lost. Until 1840, the maximum efficiency of the steam engine was only 8%.

But the spring engine is a pure mechanical energy conversion. According to Horn's calculations, the efficiency of the Holy Gun firing lead bullets can be about 65%.

If possible, Horn certainly wanted to take the old path of steam engines in his hometown. This was a track he was familiar with, but the problem was that the water vapor in this world just couldn't push the piston.

Normally, the essence of a steam engine is to heat the cylinder with coal. After boiling, the steam expands and pushes the piston, borrowing this force.

But the water vapor in this world collapses and disappears when the pressure is high. The mass before and after the cylinder is obviously inconsistent, that is, the phenomenon of void permeation.

It's okay to push up a thin iron lid, but it's difficult to lift 100 pounds of weight, let alone 1 horsepower.

The efficiency of Hirof's peat-powered steam engine prototype is even less than 0.5%, and more than 99% of the thermal energy is wasted.

And although star-forged gears are good, they can only be concentrated in Autumn Dusk Island, and cannot form a scale effect. This has always been a headache for Horn. He is even considering whether to build an industrialized island.

According to this Leonardo's idea, the spring engine can effectively fill this gap.

But soon, Horn discovered a loophole.

The advantage of the spring is that it does not need to experience the energy loss of thermal energy converting into kinetic energy, but the disadvantage is that the energy in the coal can be locked all the time. Can your spring do that?

Sure enough, before long, Haimoting stood up with a displeased face and asked: "What about the locking device? After the spring is wound, it is always in a ready-to-fire state. Can you stop time and transport the spring?"

Leonardo stared at her with his head held high: "The locking device of the spring gun must use high-compression steel to ensure that the weight of the weapon does not exceed the standard.

But the spring engine is not a weapon. Wouldn't it be better to just stack materials for locking? The high-quality mines in North Munder County are all in your hands. Are you short of iron?"

The engineers who originally followed Haimoting's clamor instantly fell silent. Yes, now the mines they own are not only Mayor Town Mine, but the entire North Munder County Mine.

Not only are there many mines there, but also many rivers, so mine drainage is a big problem, but the spring engine can just solve this problem.

They looked at each other and realized that they had forgotten this.

Because they were all born to create spring guns, their thinking inertia is the path from magic to potential energy to kinetic energy.

Who would have thought that the hydropower of the dam could be directly used to wind the large spring.

Not only these engineers, but even Horn himself couldn't help but be surprised.

Looking back, he himself even ignored this simple problem.

Originally, they only had one county or even one island, so metal resources were quite scarce and had to be used sparingly.

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But now it is different. On the one hand, the emergence of alchemical reaction dishes has greatly reduced the loss in the alchemy process. On the other hand, as Horn occupies the entire Thousand River Valley, he can mobilize more than ten times more metal resources than in the past.

Moreover, North Munder County has been mining iron ore on a large scale for the war, and mineral production is higher than in the past few years.

The Leia Kingdom blocked the rivers and roads, and the Pope imposed excommunication, and the iron ore in North Munder County could not be sold, which led to a sharp drop in the price of steel.

In order to ensure the interests of mine owners and steel guilds, Horn even had to "waste" more.

In this way, can those designs that were theoretically feasible but conditions did not allow in the past be tried?

In this moment, countless ideas that could not be implemented due to various resources and conditions in the past popped into Horn's mind.

For example, spring-driven chariots, spring-driven locomotives, spring-driven forging machines and blowers, and even spring cannons...

Most importantly, he can finally change from intensive industry to discrete industry, and the transportation expenses saved are not a small amount.

In this huge Papal State, there are so many people, why has no one reacted until now?

Is it that many monks and monks have also fallen into a misunderstanding of thinking, or is it because his authority is too heavy that the monks dare not raise opinions?

What's wrong with this Papal State? Is this a problem with the system? Horn couldn't help but fall into contemplation.

Regardless of which one it is, this engineer can break through this barrier, and even design a dam turbine to wind the spring at once, which is enough to arouse Horn's interest.

"Summarize his files and information and put them in my office tomorrow morning." Turning his head, Horn ordered Rene next to him.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Rene nodded immediately.