African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 614 Nikola Tesla

With the strong support of East Africa, Soga City has been developing steadily in recent years. As for rapid development, it is unlikely. So far, the houses built by the East African government have not been allocated, and only three blocks have been filled. More of them are workers and service personnel who maintain city operations.

But this is normal. East Africa does not have a good reputation in the international community. Researchers from various countries either choose to work in their own countries, or seek refuge with the five gangsters, including Britain, Germany, France, Austria, Russia, or other European countries, or go to entrepreneurs like the United States. of paradise.

 So by 1881, the number of scientific researchers and experts attracted by Soga City exceeded one thousand. As long as talents obtained university degrees in Europe, they could be introduced to East Africa.

As for the overseas students from East Africa, there is still a big difference between them. The East African international students have quotas allocated by the government, which is considered a shortcut. It is hard to say whether they can become talents.

However, according to the current level of science and technology in East Africa, there is a high probability that the group of overseas students will become the backbone of East Africa in the future.

 This can be judged from the students studying abroad in the Far Eastern Empire. The quota for foreign students in the Far Eastern Empire is much smaller than that in East Africa, and can only be considered a fraction of that in East Africa. However, a large number of outstanding talents have been born. Of course, this is viewed from the perspective of Ernst's previous life.

Compared to Suojia City’s tepid talent introduction plan, four universities have been established, adding to Suojia City’s popularity.

Among them, the Electric Power University of East African Countries is the most eye-catching. The Electric Power University of East African Countries is the only university in East Africa that can compare with other European universities in terms of strength.

This is mainly reflected in the faculty of the East African State Electricity University, which is backed by the Hechingen Electricity Company, so there is no shortage of teachers in the East African State Electricity University.

 Because Hechingen Electric Power Company itself is one of the world's giants in the electric power field, it has gathered a group of top electric power experts of this era under its command.

 So with the support of Hechingen Electricity Company, the University of Electricity in East African Countries can easily hire European experts and scholars in the field of electric power for teaching work.

One of them is the young scholar Nikola Tesla. Tesla is now only a little-known figure in Europe.

But he received extraordinary treatment in East Africa. Of course, he also lost his freedom. His family has moved to Soga City. If nothing else, his future is bound to East Africa.

 As for how Tesla was acquired by East Africa, there is actually nothing particularly worth mentioning.

 Tesla was a Croat from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the most powerful power company in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was the Hechingen Electric Power Company.

Unlike Germany, which has Siemens and the Hechingen Electric Company competing against each other, the Austria-Hungary Empire is dominated by the Hechingen Electric Company.

 So as long as you are students and scholars in fields related to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, you must deal with the Hechingen Electric Power Company.

So the young Tesla naturally got in touch with the Hechingen Electric Power Company. That was in 1875. He entered the Graz University of Technology in Austria, studied physics, mathematics and mechanics, and achieved excellent results, winning the Austrian " Military Border Authority” bursary.

Under the guidance of Professor Boethil, who teaches theoretical and experimental physics, Tesla was attracted to electricity. However, the "military border authorities" revoked the scholarship in the second academic year, and Tesla faced a crisis of dropping out of school. After all, Tesla's family also Not considered rich, of course, this is only a relative term. If the tuition problem cannot be solved, you can only study at the University of Prague, which has relatively low tuition fees.

Of course, this is just history in the previous life, and this time and space has changed. As an outstanding student under Professor Poisil, after understanding his predicament. Professor Boeschier recommended him to the Vienna branch of the Hechingen Electric Power Company and received a scholarship.

However, the condition is naturally that its future will be bought by East Africa, which is a conventional measure used by East Africa to attract talents.

So Tesla, who had excellent academic performance, directly entered East Africa’s talent introduction list after graduation. Ernst personally reviewed the talent introduction list every year.

Because there really weren’t many scientific researchers working in East Africa, it didn’t take much effort on Ernst’s part, and Ernst saw Tesla’s on the list at a glance. Naturally, this fledgling young graduate became a key focus of the East African government. Taking care of the subject, directly entering the Electric Power University of East Africa as a professor, and being equipped with a laboratory and assistants, this must be flattering for Tesla.

 Ernst did not take any other action other than giving Tesla the green light. After all, the road has been paved. Whether Tesla can achieve the achievements of his previous life depends entirely on God's will.

In addition to teaching in East Africa, Tesla also conducted more research on alternating current. While studying at the Graz University of Technology, Tesla had already begun to think about machines that could replace DC motors.

 So after arriving in East Africa, after the application was "easily" approved by the East African government, he began to realize his original idea.

“Good morning, Mr. Tesla, are you still working on your alternating current?”

“Yes, Professor Kyle, I think alternating current will be promoted on a large scale like direct current in the future. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, but having one more option is also good for East Africa.”

"The current direction or magnitude of direct current is constant, while the current of alternating current changes differently with time. Both are very common in society. A typical application of direct current is batteries. There are many batteries Only electrical appliances can participate in the operation.”

"Another advantage of alternating current is that it can boost or reduce voltage, can be used for transmission, has higher power generation efficiency, and the equipment for production is simpler and more convenient. Compared with direct current, it has no obvious advantages in these aspects. Moreover, it converts to direct current. It’s also very convenient, but converting DC to AC would be much more troublesome.”

"Factories now use direct current to generate electricity, but direct current is easily dispersed in the process of transporting power by wires, and the efficiency is also very poor. The direct current system requires a power station per square mile, and because of the transmission process The loss is too large and the transmission distance is also very limited.

 The AC system uses thinner wires, higher voltage, small transmission loss, long transmission distance, lower facility investment, and cheaper electricity prices. Obviously, alternating current has more advantages. East Africa has a vast territory and needs long-term power transmission, so my project has received strong support from the government, and they have also assigned me the best laboratory and assistants. "

As a botanist, Professor Kyle didn't know so much, but he still raised a question: "In other words, you have opened up a new path based on tradition. Is this what you mean?"

“That’s not the case. At most, new branches are growing on the trunk of the big tree. In essence, we are continuing to move forward on the shoulders of our predecessors.” Tesla said modestly.

“But I still have to remind you that DC power has been used for nearly a hundred years, and it may not be easily replaced by your AC power.”

Tesla said: "Since 1660, the German scientist Otto von Guericke built the first electrostatic generator and is known as the "Father of Modern Electricity". From then on, human research on electricity was officially launched, and it continues until now. Electricity has become an emerging industry that can promote social progress, and its importance is no less than the invention and improvement of steam engines, so the research on electricity is endless."

 (End of this chapter)