The third update at 9: 00 pm, and the fourth at 11: 30 pm.
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For other people, there was no difference between this issue and the next one, as long as the paper could be published in Common Arcana, which was a rather influential journal. However, the reason why Lucien submitted the paper on the periodic table at the beginning of the month was that he wanted to have enough time to publish his paper on the next issue of the journal.
Therefore, Lucien took a deep breath and asked, "Mr. Woods, can you publish your paper on the next issue of Common Arcana? Even if it's at the back? "
"No, Evans. We've already sent out notices to other arcanists. " Woods smiled but firmly refused. His good impression of Lucien was not enough for him to pay a higher price. After all, Lucien was still a level one arcanist, and he had not shown his arcana and magic abilities yet.
Lucien straightened his back and kept the smile on his face, "Mr. Woods, if you skip the first few atomic weights that I haven't been able to correct with the experiment, you'll find that some of the atomic weights of the later elements are wrong, just like what I've judged from the periodic table. Also, I've used two or three methods to complete the latest measurement. My experiment data is attached at the end of the paper."
Woods reached out his right hand and turned the paper to the last few pages. Then he shook his head, "Evans, this doesn't mean anything. Even if your measurement is correct, it only means that your paper is closer to the truth, but not equal to the truth. I'm sure that you're wrong about the atomic weights of the first few elements."
In fact, he still did not think that there was anything worth paying attention to.
"Maybe it's because of some unknown reasons that we can't determine the real data of these elements with the current methods. Why am I so sure that I'm wrong? " Although Lucien really wanted to mention the concept of isotopes, he held himself back and only vaguely mentioned it.
Isotopes were elements with the same number of protons and different numbers of neutrons. They were similar in nature, and they might be mixed up if not paid attention. Lucien did not dare to make any "speculation" in the Congress of Magic, where the understanding of elements was still at the atomic level, because it might be even more dangerous than being monitored by the Hand of Paleness.
Woods chuckled, "Evans, you're a level one arcanist, and the ones who have remeasured the atomic weight of the samples are at least level five."
He did not finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear. It was very clear who a normal person would choose to believe. This was not something that could be fooled by unknown reasons.
"Mr. Woods, I don't want to be included in the next issue of Common Arcana. I insist that my paper is correct." Lucien quietly looked at the paper on the desk. After a while, he stood up and bowed. His black top hat covered his left chest, expressing his gratitude to Woods.
Woods was not angry. He had seen too many young people who were stubborn and refused to admit defeat. He stood up and said, "Evans, if you can't find a journal to include you in the end, my door will always be open to you."
Since he had already done it, he would not give up.
Lucien put on his hat and picked up the paper. He thanked Woods again, "Thank you, Mr. Woods, for letting me be stubborn for the last few days. Even if my head is broken, I'm willing to take it. "
At present, Lucien still had one choice, which was to take the risk and take the Holm Crown Ring to the Holm Royal Magic Academy and the Will of Elements for help. After all, the Hand of Paleness had already suspected his relationship with Professor. Of course, this might change the nature of the danger.
Lucien was a bit taller than before. Wearing the black top hat, the long coat and the determined expression on his face, Woods was deeply impressed. What a determined young man!
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More than ten days ago.
On the fourteenth floor of the Allyn magic tower, in an exclusive lounge of the Affair Committee.
Reading the paper in his hand, Rogelio smiled and shook his head, "Young people are really full of the spirit of challenging authority. Crazy, bold, and fearless."
No matter how confident Lucien was, he did not dare to let Adol follow Lucien in the headquarter of the Congress. Therefore, he did not know what Lucien was doing in the Sorcerer Administrative Department. When Lucien received the rejection letter from Element, Rogelio knew that Lucien had submitted another paper, and he went to the Library of Basic Arcana to exchange for it.
After reading for a while, Rogelio could not bear it anymore, because he was one of the testers of Termirick, and he had used different methods to measure the element. Also, with the help of several other senior-rank arcanists, Rogelio never doubted that he was wrong.
Putting down the paper, Rogelio knocked on the table, thinking about how to make Lucien appear in front of the middle-rank sorcerers of the Will of Elements, so that he could see the changes.
… …
Before going to the Allyn branch of the Royal Bank of Holm, the highest bank in the world, which was mentioned by Natasha, Lucien first went back to the Douglas Magic School. Once he took out the Holm Crown ring, he would not be able to come back in a short time. Therefore, he needed to talk to his friends and apprentices first.
"Lucien, has your paper been accepted by any journal?" Before Lucien could say anything, Rock, Jerome, and K came to him together after lunch.
After receiving the rejection letters from Element and Alchemy, they already knew that Lucien was submitting a paper, and they asked Lucien about the content of the paper. Therefore, when they saw that Lucien asked for leave today, they all guessed that Lucien must have found something useful in his paper, so they came to ask about it.
Lucien smiled and shook his head calmly, "Rejected by Common Arcana, and all the other journals that I wanted to submit my paper to."
"Even 'Common Arcana' has been rejected?" Do you want Lucien to submit your paper to Arcana Discussion and Magic Research Monthly? "Rock did not expect that Lucien would be rejected.
Jerome signaled Rock not to say anything, and then he comforted Lucien for a while.
When Lucien was about to find an excuse, K, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly said, "Evans, I met an arcanist named Igna from Element a few days ago. He's a very nice arcanist. He's a nice guy. Why don't I take you to Rentato and invite him out for dinner? "
As for whether it would work or not, K was not sure. After all, it all depended on the quality of Lucien's paper. The only thing he could do to help Lucien was to use his connections to eliminate the prejudice of the arcanists against Lucien, who was a low-rank arcanist.
Lucien looked at K in surprise, as if he had misunderstood that an honest guy like K also knew how to use connections. Lucien took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, K. We'll go to Renstadt soon."
Now that there was a chance, Lucien had to seize it!
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After lunch, Woods took a nap and then walked into the lab in the magic tower. The next two hours were his fixed time for magic experiments, and he would not be delayed by reviewing papers or practicing spells.
Woods turned on the alchemy circle and was about to continue the experiment yesterday. However, for some reason, Lucien's stubborn and determined figure suddenly appeared in his mind. Woods picked up a bottle of purified elements and started to measure them.
"Since Lucien is so insistent, the attached experiment data might not be wrong. Correcting the atomic weight of an element can earn me a lot of credits, so I might as well give it a try. "
According to the regulation of the Congress of Magic, the first sorcerer to measure or correct the atomic weight of an element and the following five sorcerers would share the citation credits according to the ratio of 3: 2: 2: 1: 1: 1. However, the credit could only be given within one year.
However, it was already very generous, and it would be hard for them not to contribute arcana credits to the papers that involved this element.
As an experienced middle-rank sorcerer, it did not take Woods too much time to determine the atomic weight of this element.
"It matches Evans's data. There's a slight error in the previous atomic weight."
After using two more methods to measure the atomic weight, Woods was sure that the corrected atomic weight was correct. It should be the original method that had a problem, and the new method could avoid this problem.
With this experiment as a foreshadowing, Woods continued to measure the other elements.
As time went on, Woods could no longer hide the surprise on his face. If only one of the atomic weights was correct, then it would just be Lucien's luck. However, if all the atomic weights were correct and perfectly matched the arrangement in the periodic table, then Woods had to reevaluate the value of Lucien's paper.
"Maybe there's something that we don't know yet, so it's hard to measure the real data of these elements with the current methods. Why am I so sure that I'm wrong and not some other reason? "
Lucien's stubborn words came to Woods' mind. He paced back and forth on the spot, "If only some of the new elements that Lucien predicted were found. Even if it's not the ones that Lucien predicted, as long as we can fill in the blanks in the periodic table, it'll be very helpful. "
Then he suddenly stopped and hurried out of the lab. He picked up a quill and wrote on a piece of white paper:
"Dear Mr. Lucien Evans, we think that your paper is very worthy of discussion, so we'd like to ask you to publish it in this issue of our journal …"
As he wrote, he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the wastepaper basket. Then, he picked up the black suit and top hat of the same color that were hanging on the clothes rack and put them on as he walked, hurrying to the bottom floor of the magic tower.
"Go to Douglas Magic School." Woods ordered a coachman hired by Common Arcana.
Flying was forbidden in the city of Allyn. (To be continued.) If you like this paper, you're welcome to come to qidian.com to vote. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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