I Created Scientific Magic-Chapter 168 - 155: The Glass Mirror and the Method of Magnifying Minute Deformations (Please Subscribe)

"So, the legendary wizard named 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 time, Lord Isaac was just a certified wizard. After a scholarly discussion on the movement 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 some stories about famous people to bluff his way through the situation.

However, Harrov was obviously unaware of this and was immersed 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 came 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 phenomena, relying on arcane mathematics, astonishing intuition, and extraordinary imagination.

Like Isaac, who discovered the phenomenon of gravity because of a falling apple, or Kepler, who deduced that the planet beneath his feet was spherical based on the phenomenon of lunar eclipses.

Perhaps this is what makes a genius!

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Harrov couldn’t help but think that it was only after he became 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 somewhat ashamed.

But at the same time, Harrov also noticed a very important point, and that was arcane mathematics!

Whether it was the three laws of stellar motion mentioned 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 termed it arcane mathematical thinking!

This was undoubtedly something 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 some 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 messy symbols used in calculations within the land of wizards, to prevent having to spend a lot of time figuring out what each symbol represented every time he read a magic book.

The most infuriating part was that sometimes each school had different symbols for the same 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 me what exactly that gravitational constant is?" Harrov asked with keen curiosity.

Lynn’s previous pendulum experiment 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 something very important. In due time, we’ll all be able to visually ’see’ the effects of gravity and the distortion of space." Lynn explained smoothly.

"Oh?" Harrov immediately 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 experimental materials." Lynn briefly described the appearance and properties of quartz and feldspar.

His method for measuring the gravitational constant, of course, was the famous Cavendish torsion balance!

To replicate this experiment, he would need to use light and several mirrors to reflect it!

After all, the influence of gravity was extremely 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, melting 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 limestone and soda ash; these two things were easy to come by, with limestone being abundant near Yiyeta Harbor and soda ash being synthesizable.

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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 camel 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 someone fetch another batch tomorrow," Korol said with utmost respect.

As a fellow disciple of Harrov, Korol dared not underestimate the young wizard whose name was on the rise in Wizard Land, nor did he harbor any resentment 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 melt. The melting point of quartz sand was 1750 degrees, but it was reduced significantly with the addition of soda ash and limestone, 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 melted 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 formed, Lynn applied tin foil to one side, and finally poured mercury over it.

Mercury was a liquid metal 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.