Chapter 203: The Thing Called Magic Internal Combustion Engine!
"Lynn, can you tell me what these things are for?" Orlando asked curiously.
"Making various weapons, preparing for a possible upcoming war," Lynn explained.
Orlando's expression turned serious. Although news of the war was still circulating only within the council, many wizards had already caught a glimpse of the situation through recent significant movements.
"Moreover, I plan to continue expanding the Iyeta Academy. I want those wizards who have left the school, even the formal ones, to return to Iyeta and continue their studies," Lynn proposed again.
Orlando was taken aback. "But what should we teach them?"
Those wizards expelled from the academy were over thirty years old, having learned almost everything that could be taught but were limited by their insufficient talent to advance further.
Graduates, as formal wizards themselves, had nothing more to learn.
"Of course, we'll teach chemistry, physics, and even mathematical sciences!" Lynn stated firmly.
"Chemistry? Physics?" Orlando paused. He understood mathematical sciences, but what were these two subjects?
"You can think of these two new subjects as the principles of magic or the laws of how things operate!" Lynn explained simply, finally instructing Orlando to compile a list of alchemists, especially those who had some knowledge of steam engines, and invite them all to the academy!
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The next day, at noon, inside the alchemy research lab of the Iyeta Academy.
More than twenty wizards surrounded several large sheets of paper, depicting a very peculiar machine. Its components were exceedingly complex, making it difficult to comprehend, yet its intricate design immediately captured everyone's attention.
Darren and the others were also invited, but they were squeezed outside, not daring to contend for the drawings with the wizard elders. Lydia, however, without hesitation, fetched a tall chair and even contemplated climbing onto the table to get a better view.
"Lynn, what is this?" a perplexed alchemist asked, then seemed to suddenly recall something and added, puzzled, "Could it be the schematics for an alchemical steam engine?"
Upon hearing this guess, the wizards present were invigorated.
The alchemical steam engine was the Alchemist Association's highest achievement, a magical invention capable of changing the world!
Naturally, they were highly interested in this contraption. Some had even secretly dismantled alchemical apparatuses installed on ships and conducted covert research over the years, yielding some results.
As for its fuel issue...
The most primitive internal combustion engines used gas as fuel to provide energy.
Wizards' territory still had coal resources.
In fact, Lynn preferred using hydrogen as fuel directly, as it not only increased the thermal efficiency to over fifty percent but was also environmentally friendly and non-polluting.
This concept had been proposed as early as the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but the cost of extracting, storing, and transporting hydrogen fuel was exceedingly high, making fossil fuels more cost-effective.
However, for wizards, the production of hydrogen gas wasn't as difficult, making hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines feasible.
With this, even if it meant making the airship reach a speed of two hundred kilometers per hour!
Unfortunately, the almost nonexistent industrial level at Iyeta Harbor troubled Lynn. Lynn could only hope that these alchemists could find ways to use magic to solve various technical problems, creating a fusion of technology and magic in an alchemical internal combustion engine!
Despite Lynn explaining the principles of the internal combustion engine in detail, the multitude of technical terms interspersed made the alchemists ponder for a long time. After a heated debate and discussion, they began the process of modification.
For instance, enhancing the cylinder's ability to withstand high temperatures and pressures or how to inscribe alchemical arrays into the internal combustion engine to produce combustible gas continuously without being destroyed by the high-temperature environment inside...
Lydia and the others did not participate in the magical retrofit research. Instead, they were particularly interested in something inside the internal combustion engine called "gears."
Gears of various sizes fitted together, transmitting power through rotation, appearing mystical. Although Lydia had seen something similar on steam machines before, they were far less sophisticated...
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