Chapter 265: , Peace Palace

Around the tall "Pantheon" is a wide square. Like the road that came, the ground of this square is also paved with cement. There are also small stones of various colors embedded in the cement to form pictures. Most of these pictures are of ancient Greek and Roman themes, such as Prinus and Linquan nymphs, such as the prince of shepherds and the three goddesses, such as Minerva and the owl, and Augustus and Kerry. Opatra.
In this square, there are many iron shelves erected, and these shelves are covered with a layer of oiled canvas. This is probably the so-called "semi-outdoor" booth. At this time, the exhibition has not officially started, but many people are already busy here.
Watt looked around again and saw that there were two small houses at the entrance of the square. A sign was erected on the small houses with the same content written in French, German, Italian, Russian and English: "Exhibitor reception Place". Only one small house is marked "Peace Palace" and the other is marked with a square.
"Mr. Watt, according to the exhibition instructions, we must first register at the reception desk over there, and then the relevant staff will lead us to see our booth." William Murdoch took out a small notebook and opened it. After taking a look, he said to Watt as he installed the notebook.
"Well, let's go over." Watt waved his cane.
So several people walked towards the reception desk of the "Peace Palace" together. As soon as they walked outside the reception desk, a waiter greeted them.
"Gentlemen, are you here for the exhibition?" the waiter said in French with an attentive smile.
"Yes, we have an invitation letter." William Murdoch said in response. In this era, French is a very common language, and William Murdoch can also, but his spoken French is not very good, and his spoken French is a bit sloppy.
"Sir, which country are you from?" the waiter asked.
"We are from England." William Murdoch said.
"On behalf of France, I welcome everyone." The waiter replied in English immediately, "Please follow us."
A few people followed them into the small room. There was a long table in the small room, and a clerks sat at the back. The waiter took Murdoch over and said to the clerk: "These are guests from England."
Murdoch handed the invitation letter in his hand to the clerk. The clerk took a look and nodded, then picked up an official seal next to it and stamped it on the invitation, then took out a small bag and stood. Get up, hold both hands, smile and hand it to Murdoch.
"Your booth is at booth 8. This is a precaution for participating in the exhibition. You can take a look and understand." The clerk also said in English.
Murdoch took the bag and asked, "Where is our booth? Can I go and see and make some preparations?"
"Pierre who brought you here will take you there. If you don't understand anything, you can directly ask him." The clerk replied.
"Gentlemen, please come with me." The waiter named Pierre also spoke.
"A clerk or even a waiter can use several languages. This is really..." Watt was a little surprised, so he followed Pierre and asked him: "Young man, you have read a lot. Book?"
"Mr. Watt," Pierre knew that this gentleman was the famous Watt when he just registered. "I am now studying at the Business School of the University of Paris, and our Professor Bernondor said: "There are only books. Knowledge is far from enough. You must participate more in social economic activities in order to be truly talented.' So he helped us find things to do here. He said that we can gain a lot of knowledge here, which is good for us in the future. The development of it is very beneficial."
"Then the one who was in charge of registration just now was the same?" Little Bolton asked.
"Yes, the one just now was a classmate of mine." Pierre replied.
"Very good, very good." Watt nodded. His own achievements are mainly obtained in various practices. Now that he heard that the professor of the University of Paris attaches such importance to the practice in society, he feels that he has gained a friend, so he smiled at Pierre. : "Young man, when will you graduate?"
"Probably next summer." Pierre answered quickly.
Watt took out a business card and handed it to him: "If you were interested in our business at that time, you can come to our branch in Paris. Our company now has a lot of business in France, and we need you. Talent."
Pierre quickly took the business card with both hands and thanked Watt, and then led Watt and his party to the Pantheon named "Peace Palace".
"Gentlemen, this is the'Peace Palace', the main venue of this event. Everyone should see that it is modeled on the'Pantheon', but on a larger scale than the Pantheon. The reason it is called the'Peace Palace' is Because of the phrase engraved on the door yoke of the main entrance, "Pierre pointed the Latin phrase on the yoke with his finger, but explained in English, "'Free trade is the guarantee of world peace.' Well, this is the number one. The words of Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte in power."
"Very good." Watt nodded, "I like this sentence very much."
"Mr. Watt," Pierre also followed with a smile, "the same goes for us, no one who is interested in trade does not like'free trade'."
While talking and laughing, Pierre took a few people into the "Peace Palace". Just like the Pantheon, there is not even one pillar inside the huge hall. It's just that this hall is a bit bigger than the hall of the Pantheon.
Watt is an engineer himself. Although he is not a construction engineer, he also knows how difficult it is in engineering technology to maintain such a large dome without installing a pillar.
Like the Pantheon, there is a large hole in the center of the dome for lighting, but this hole is larger and it is also equipped with glass. Because of the existence of this skylight, coupled with the huge floor-to-ceiling windows around the exhibition hall, the light conditions in the exhibition hall are quite good, even brighter than most houses.
Watt raised his head, observing the dome and the structure that supports it, and calculating its weight in his mind.
Generally speaking, there are many precedents in architecture to create a large dome without letting it collapse. For example, the Gothic church is a model in this respect. This type of building usually adopts a structure similar to an arch bridge to transfer the weight of the vault to the load-bearing wall next to it. However, the load-bearing wall of this structure will be subject to a lot of pressure. Therefore, this type of building often builds a support structure perpendicular to the main wall on the outer wall. But when they first came in, they didn't see such a structure.
Of course, the dome of the Pantheon didn't use this pattern either. That dome was directly cast with volcanic ash cement. But this dome is much larger than the one in the Pantheon. How do they support it? Could it be...
As if seeing Watt’s doubts, Pierre said again: "Mr. Watt, you must have noticed this hall. The diameter of this hall is a full sixty meters, much larger than the famous Pantheon. But this hall However, like the hall of the Pantheon, there is not even a column. This is because the entire dome adopts a steel-reinforced cement structure of the latest construction technology. The entire dome is welded by high-quality steel as a whole , And then pouring cement. Whether it is steel or pouring cement, the closer to the middle, the thinner and thinner, because steel can provide much higher strength than other materials, so the entire dome phase Much lighter than other similar buildings."
Pierre's explanation confirmed Watt's guess that the dome was supported by steel.
"Not only the dome, but the walls and the large pillars outside are actually made of steel-reinforced cement. Although this'Peace Palace' is an ancient Roman style building, its core is the most advanced modern technology. "Pierre introduced with a proud tone.
"How much good steel does this consume? Wouldn't it be good to sell these steel to me and make it into an advanced steam engine?" Watt couldn't help thinking, "but it seems that the French produce a lot of steel.
"Young man, where is our booth?" Although little Bolton is a little Bolton, he is already fifty years old. He has a lot of fathers for Pierre~EbookFREE.me~ so he can do the same. Call Pierre "the young man".
"Ah, please come with me." In the hall, small spaces were separated by wooden boards. The middle ones have the largest spaces and the best lighting. And Watt's eighth position is slightly off, but it can be considered a very conspicuous place.
"Right here, Mr. Watt, Mr. Bolton." Pierre took them to the corresponding positions. "This space belongs to your company during the exhibition. Your company can arrange it according to your own wishes, but You must not violate the regulations of the "Regulations on Participation". The relevant regulations are in the document I just gave you. Do you need me to introduce you gentlemen?"
"No, no more." Little Bolton shook his head, "We have already obtained a copy of this document in your embassy in my country. In addition, there is an authoritative explanation of the document in the "London Businessman" newspaper. We all know it very well."
After he said this, he raised his head and looked around, and then asked, "I can ask, which manufacturers are in the middle positions?"
"The middle positions are all companies in the military complex, such as Lorraine Steel, Fort Cement, and Bonaparte Armory." Pierre replied.