"So, the legendary wizard nad Isaac was hit in the head by an apple, which led him to discover the existence of gravity?" Harrov asked curiously.
"Indeed, it is said that at the ti, Lord Isaac was just a certified wizard. After a scholarly discussion on the movent of the stars had ended, he suspected that there must be an invisible force pulling the planets in the galaxy to orbit the Sun. It wasn’t until he walked under an apple tree and was struck by a falling apple that he suddenly realized..." Lynn explained with a headache.
Harrov, on the return journey by airship, had suddenly taken great interest in the legendary wizards concocted by the Secret Magic Society. With no other choice, Lynn had to make up so stories about famous people to bluff his way through the situation.
However, Harrov was obviously unaware of this and was imrsed in the stories of these famous people as told by Lynn.
What surprised him most was that when the legendary wizards of the Secret Magic Society ca up with many magical theories, they were still apprentices, certified wizards, or even ordinary people incapable of magic. Yet, they discovered the truths contained within based on those sparse and ordinary phenona, relying on arcane mathematics, astonishing intuition, and extraordinary imagination.
Like Isaac, who discovered the phenonon of gravity because of a falling apple, or Kepler, who deduced that the planet beneath his feet was spherical based on the phenonon of lunar eclipses.
Perhaps this is what makes a genius!
Harrov couldn’t help but think that it was only after he beca a Grand Wizard that, due to the increase in his magic power and computing power, the release of his spells caused a certain disturbance in space, thereby discovering the existence of gravity.
Compared to the experiences of those legendary wizards, Harrov couldn’t help but feel sowhat ashad.
But at the sa ti, Harrov also noticed a very important point, and that was arcane mathematics!
Whether it was the three laws of stellar motion ntioned by Lynn, the law of universal gravitation, or even the calculation of planetary data, all could be visually represented using arcane mathematics.
It simplified many complex explanations, allowing one to calculate the results with just the formulas.
Harrov terd it arcane mathematical thinking!
This was undoubtedly sothing that the land of wizards lacked, and it was perhaps the reason why the Secret Magic Society was making leaps and bounds in the study of magic academia.
Thinking of this, Harrov earnestly requested Lynn to compile so basic arcane mathematical knowledge into books. He planned to submit a proposal to the council, suggesting that arcane mathematics be made a mainstream discipline for all schools to study.
Lynn naturally agreed. He had long wanted to standardize all those ssy symbols used in calculations within the land of wizards, to prevent having to spend a lot of ti figuring out what each symbol represented every ti he read a magic book.
The most infuriating part was that sotis each school had different symbols for the sa formula; for instance, there were several symbols for the constant π, which gave him a huge headache.
"Since we’ve already calculated the data for the planet beneath our feet, can you now tell what exactly that gravitational constant is?" Harrov asked with keen curiosity.
Lynn’s previous pendulum experint and planetary data calculations were undoubtedly in preparation for this most important thing!
"Lord Harrov, I’m afraid you will have to wait a few more days. To calculate the gravitational constant, we still lack sothing very important. In due ti, we’ll all be able to visually ’see’ the effects of gravity and the distortion of space." Lynn explained smoothly.
"Oh?" Harrov imdiately perked up with interest.
Gravity was an intangible force; he could only compare it to water waves to understand the changes it caused in space, whereas Lynn was saying that there was a way to ’see’ the effects of gravity, which naturally piqued his curiosity.
"Is there anything we can help with?" Harrov promptly inquired.
"I am looking for a few experintal materials." Lynn briefly described the appearance and properties of quartz and feldspar.
His thod for asuring the gravitational constant, of course, was the famous Cavendish torsion balance!
To replicate this experint, he would need to use light and several mirrors to reflect it!
After all, the influence of gravity was extrely weak; only by using light projection to magnify the subtle disturbances could the changes be perfectly displayed.
Quartz and feldspar were two raw materials for making glass.
Of course, lting sand at high temperatures was also an option, but sand invariably contained many impurities besides silicon dioxide, which would affect the quality of the finished product.
In addition, he needed fluxes like listone and soda ash; these two things were easy to co by, with listone being abundant near Yiyeta Harbor and soda ash being synthesizable.
...
The council acted faster than Lynn had anticipated; on the day after his return to Greenrill City, Harrov had arranged for several tons of quartz sand and feldspar to be delivered by dozens of cal beasts, piling up high in front of his temporary residence and drawing the attention of onlookers.
"Master Lynn, if this amount isn’t sufficient, I will have soone fetch another batch tomorrow," Korol said with utmost respect.
As a fellow disciple of Harrov, Korol dared not underestimate the young wizard whose na was on the rise in Wizard Land, nor did he harbor any resentnt because the other had earned Harrov’s favor; after all, Trisha’s fate was a warning.
"It’s plenty; this is definitely enough!" Lynn said, looking at the two small hills of quartz sand and feldspar, the corner of his mouth twitching involuntarily. With so many raw materials, he could open a glass factory no problem!
After declining the other’s offer to help, Lynn had Lydia, Darren, and several other half-humans take a portion of the materials and head back inside.
The process for making glass was not complicated; it just required high temperatures to lt. The lting point of quartz sand was 1750 degrees, but it was reduced significantly with the addition of soda ash and listone, and generating such high temperatures with magic was not a problem for Lynn.
Under Lydia’s and the others’ curious gazes, the granulated quartz sand gradually lted under the influence of fire magic, turning into a glowing red liquid that flowed continuously in the palm of his hand before being placed in a pre-made circular mold.
Once the glass was fully ford, Lynn applied tin foil to one side, and finally poured rcury over it.
rcury was a liquid tal that could dissolve tin, allowing it to adhere tightly to the glass plate. Once it solidified completely, a smooth, flawless glass mirror that could clearly reflect one’s image was revealed before everyone.
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