Chapter 576: Chapter 502: Photoelectric Effect and the World is Wave-like!_2
This is indeed a great honor!
While a group of wizard scholars were happily flattering, some were anxious and suggested, “Teacher, should we publish some of the results first? I hear that many schools are studying optics, and if we can discover this phenomenon, others might too.”
Upon hearing this, Jeffrey immediately became vigilant and quickly responded, “You are right, I will start drafting now. You should all organize the research notes from these days as soon as possible, and it would be best to have the paper ready before noon.”
“Also, find me the editor Luo’er from the Magic Daily. I remember he is currently stationed in Fire Oil City. If you’re fast enough, we might even make it into tonight’s edition of the Magic Daily!” Jeffrey instructed rapidly.
The experiment was actually not difficult to conduct, and the theory of water waves was not too hard to conceive. Jeffrey was very clear that the reason he was the first to discover it was entirely due to his staying in the rear refining deuterium and tritium, which gave him ample time for scholarly research.
Now, as the imperial wars were coming to an end and everyone’s time was freeing up, if they waited until the academic conference three months later, who knows if someone would preempt them.
In any case, it was important to publish some of the research results first and secure a spot, and they absolutely could not let others take this honor first!
Jeffrey wrote vigorously, and after several hours, he managed to organize the paper successfully before noon. His mood instantly improved tremendously, and he distributed ten magic Gold Coins to each of the wizard scholars in the lab as an early reward!
As for the few wizards who spoke up and inspired him, Jeffrey even patted his chest and promised that he would ensure they received a Morning Star Medal!
“Right now, Anthony and the others are probably still studying the changes in magnetic fields and electric fields, right?” Jeffrey thought smugly. There were three great wizards on that team, and even now, they had not fully grasped electromagnetism, yet he had taken a step ahead in understanding the Essence of Light.
Jeffrey was incredibly eager to see their expressions after today’s edition of the Magic Daily was published.
Meanwhile, in Fire Oil City, the great wizard Anthony, whom Jeffrey was thinking of, paced anxiously in the lab, his eyes occasionally fixing on the four exquisite formulas in front of him as he frowned in contemplation.
These were the Maxwell equations that Lynn had personally written in the small universe!
From the beginning, Anthony had felt that these four formulas were profoundly insightful, and after in-depth study, he was amazed to find that they were simply the bible of Thunder Magic!
Decomposing each formula, the calculations could fill several pages, and their research and experimentation on electric fields and magnetic fields also proved the precision of these calculations.
As some Thunder Mages would say — the truth wonderfully leaps off the pages!
Now, what they were exploring was the speed of lightning transmission in different media.
Like light, the speed of thunder was also extremely fast, capable of traveling tens of thousands of kilometers per second in the air!
But this was clearly not the limit!
After testing dozens of different materials, Anthony found that thunder travelled extraordinarily quickly on conductors. To conduct an accurate experiment, they produced several ten-kilometer-long conductors made of different materials, ready to test and determine their actual speed.
This experiment should yield results today!
Just as Anthony’s anxiety escalated, the closed doors of the lab were finally opened, and dozens of Thunder Mages entered one after another, one of them excitedly said.
“The experiment results are out, Master Anthony.”
“What’s the speed?” Before Anthony could speak, the surrounding Thunder Mages eagerly asked.
“It’s 299,000 kilometers per second!” the person replied.
“299,000 kilometers per second…” Anthony muttered to himself, wondering why this speed sounded so familiar.
“Are you sure there’s no mistake? Isn’t that almost the speed of light?” Witch Fula said, her words emerging from a fog of confusion.
“Of course, there’s no mistake; we’ve tested it hundreds of times!” Wizard Sanchez rolled his eyes. The speed of electrical current was the same in all conductors; it was only because of resistance that the strength of the current varied when it arrived.
To ensure its accuracy, Sanchez even took it upon himself, using his brilliant perception and computing power as a grand wizard to determine the exact moment the current arrived.
After dozens of attempts, he was almost numbed by the electricity, so he was incredibly certain there was no error in the measurement!
“But… how could this be such a coincidence?” The assembled wizards looked at each other puzzledly.
Last time, they had determined the speed of light to be 299,520 kilometers per second using gear rotation, and the discrepancy was minuscule, almost nonexistent. It was just that the speed was too fast, surpassing their response capabilities, so there was a slight error during the test.
Anthony also refused to believe that this was merely a simple coincidence. There must be a deeper relationship between the two.
He had already sensed this while studying Maxwell’s equations.
Suddenly, like a striking revelation, Anthony pointed at Maxwell’s equations on the table and shouted excitedly, “I understand… light is electricity, light is electricity!”
“Light is electricity?” Sanchez couldn’t help frowning. Although the speed of electrical current in conductors was similar to light, was it not too presumptuous to conclude so definitively?
One must know that the speed of lightning in the air is far inferior to that of light, and they could barely sense electrical currents but not the essence of light at all!
Anthony explained with an unmatched fervor. “Listen to me, light might just exist in another form of electricity, similar to the relationship between a magnetic field and an electric field!”
“Just like the electric lights all over Fire Oil City, once the electricity enters the filament, it is consumed in the form of light, or rather, this electricity is converted into light and radiates out!”
“If my guess is not wrong, electricity can be converted into light, and indeed, gathered beams of light can also be transformed into electrical currents!” Anthony banged the table excitedly.
“Quick, start the experiment immediately!”
Hundreds of Thunder Mages immediately got busy and used an entire night, trying countless types of materials until they successfully created a crude solar device!
Just as Anthony had thought, once the beams of light hit the device, they were continuously converted into electricity!
Watching the engine successfully activate, the entire laboratory erupted in intense cheers and applause.
“Teacher, you are right, light is electricity, electricity is light!” Fula was also proud, it seemed they were sure to secure the Morning Star Medal for penetrating the essence of light!
Sanchez added from the side, “I dare say light is probably tinier electrons, lightning, much like radioactive elements, when stimulated, would continuously launch its energy outward until it’s exhausted.”
“What a splendid thought, it looks like it won’t be long before we can find the light particles, or perhaps even tinier electrical elements!” Anthony said appreciatively.
This discovery was sure to ignite the entire magic world, and their names would surely be engraved in the annals of magical history!
However, just as everyone was rejoicing, the laboratory’s doors were abruptly flung open.
Anthony, somewhat displeased, turned around and found another of his disciples, Kajia’er, pushing the door open.
Kajia’er, clutching a few pages of a newspaper, rushed in and said breathlessly, “Teacher, you must look at today’s Magic Daily, Grand Wizard Jeffrey claims… he has already successfully deciphered the essence of light!”