December 30th, 1655
Dakshin Bharatiya Empire, Vijayanagara State, Financial Capital-Mangalore
"AHH, HA HA HA HA HA"
A loud laugh was heard from the Pillai Optics Research Laboratory. Ganapatra, wearing a white lab coat, was lying on the ground, covering his face with his hand and laughing wildly like a madman.
He had done it. Ganapatra had successfully developed the reflecting telescope his Majesty had mentioned. It had been nearly a month since His Majesty had given him the rough outline and specification requirements for two different types of reflecting telescopes. Both telescopes were based on the same principle, utilizing mirrors as the main components.
Therefore, Ganapatra could understand why His Majesty had chosen him for the task, as he was something of an expert in mirrors and had also invented the microscope.
As for the two required Telescopes, one was for naval use, and the other was for astronomical observation. To fulfil the requirements and satisfy his own curiosity, Ganapatra worked tirelessly throughout the month to make His Majesty’s vision a reality.
Seeing the ambitious goal of 40 times magnification for the larger telescope, he was motivated and excited to produce it. Although the factory’s orders for mirrors had increased substantially due to the laying down of the Arka Drishti communication lines, Ganapatra still concentrated on developing the telescope.
A few of his assistants, who had learned from him and shared his knowledge of Arunmula Kannadi production, could now take over the task of increasing production and managing and optimizing the assembly line as necessary.
As for him, he was about to put the finishing touches on the research log since the research had been completed. However, just as he was about to close the book with satisfaction, he felt the need to review the log one last time.
### Research Log
Day 1:
I started with an outline for the experiment as suggested by His Majesty Vijay.
Day 2:
I produced a single primary mirror and tried to gain as much magnification as possible. The test was complete, but the magnification was not enough. I broke the prototype.
*crack*
Day 3:
I started fresh the next day. Imagined more possibilities and tried to look at the problem from multiple perspectives, but the whole day was wasted without any gains.
Day 4:
The next day was the same. However, suddenly I came upon a phenomenon where some objects, after reflecting from multiple mirrors in parallel, appeared closer. This time, I saw a reflection of a bolt in the factory inside a mirror that was within another mirror, making me curious. I began researching the double mirror reflection phenomenon to see if this could help in the experiment.
Day 5:
I felt like I had discovered something marvellous. The double mirror reflection phenomenon indeed worked, but I am still unaware of several pieces of the puzzle needed for the completion of the telescope.
Day 6:
I observed the phenomenon with multiple examples and started to outline a theory. A whole day passed in this theoretical research, but the gains were not insignificant, as I indeed found some logic behind this phenomenon.
Day 7:
Finally, I came up with the Parallel Mirror Reflection Theory. Although not proven, it looked promising.
Day 8:
I started to outline and design the second prototype for the telescope. I proudly dubbed it the Pillai Reflector Telescope, this time using multiple mirrors: one primary and one secondary mirror.
Day 9:
The whole day passed in the manufacturing and assembling of the second prototype of the Pillai Reflector Telescope.
Day 10:
Although the magnification was more than the single mirror telescope, it was still far off from my goal.
"Damn it."
*Crash*
*Smash*
Feeling embarrassed, I looked out the window. The workers in close proximity to the laboratory heard the breaking noises from my outburst, but fortunately, I was relieved that they minded their business.
Day 11:
I realized I was still missing something, so I went back to the drawing board, biting my nails until there were no more left. Unfortunately, there was no breakthrough.
Day 12:
A fresh day started, and with more ideas, I jumped into the process of brainstorming and grasping for inspiration.
Day 13:
On this fateful day, I finally found the inspiration I required. When I found it, I couldn’t help but knock my head in annoyance because I had not considered a crucial technique or design used in magnifying operations, which I myself utilized for the manufacture of the microscope. The technique was none other than making the lens either convex or concave depending on the requirements.
Hence, I thought, could the same principle apply to the mirror?
Day 14:
Grasping this inspiration, I began by constructing a concave mirror that gathers and reflects the light spectrum. My first prototype of this mirror was 1.7 inches in diameter, I also wrote down the experimental design and the outline throughout the day.
Day 15:
I then constructed the third prototype of the Pillai Reflector telescope. The magnification was higher this time, but the image was blurry, and I was still too far away from my goal.
*Crack*
"Ahhh"
"Why don’t you work, you piece of shi..."
Day 16:
I was resilient and did not want to give up. I could tell that I was on the right path, and my intuition told me so. Once again, the whole day was spent in contemplation, trying different things, and walking around the factory to gain some inspiration.
Day 17:
No luck today; I was getting desperate.
Day 18:
In one of my routine experiments, I tried to alter the size of both mirrors and surprisingly, it had a positive impact. I went straight to designing the new prototype.
Day 19:
A primary mirror of 1.4 inches was constructed, and the secondary mirror, much smaller, was also constructed. The fourth prototype of the Pillai refractor telescope was produced.
It was almost a success as the magnification had successfully broken through the 25 magnification mark, but the image was blurrier than ever before, and the farther objects I was looking at could not even be identified from the telescope.
*Crack*
"God damn it,"
"Run all over me, life."
I was embarrassed again, but I couldn’t help it. I get these sudden outbursts when I’m stimulated badly. Worried, I opened the curtain on the window and looked at the workers. Fortunately, this time, there wasn’t even a reaction from the workers. They continued to do their duty as their payments suddenly increased, and so did the work.
Day 20:
I had almost lost hope of inventing the telescope. I spent the whole day lazing around, only doing the required inspection work of the factory. I was heartbroken, and people told me that my face looked dull and checked up on my health all day long, which only made me more depressed.
*Sigh*
Day 21:
During one of my routine inspections, I came across a phenomenon where a mirror, when reflecting another mirror at an angle, was able to directly reflect the image from the opposite side of the main mirror in an upward direction. This gave me some inspiration. I was always standing behind the main mirror and looking at the smaller mirror from its back.
Hence, after noticing this phenomenon, I immediately made changes.
Day 22:
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The fifth prototype build was completed, and testing commenced. However, this time it was successful. There was indeed higher magnification as it exceeded the 30X mark, but the image was blurry as ever. However, since the magnification was very close, I did not destroy the telescope this time.
I started experimenting with it, conducting controlled environment experiments and changing the lenses regularly.
Day 23:
In one of my routine tests, I came up with an observation and made a theory based on the ability of telescope’s light-gathering ability. I called this theory the focal length theory. Hence, assuming this theory to be true, I made subsequent adjustments to the focal length of the telescope.
I changed the distance between both the mirrors, the angle of the secondary mirror, and the amount of concave the primary mirror needs to have. After minor adjustments all day long, I came up with a setting that I was very satisfied with.
Day 24:
The experiment commenced again after the adjustments were made for the 5th prototype. The results were gratifying as the blur had indeed been reduced, and the magnification had reached 34 times, a huge increase from the first prototype.
"Fuk Yes! Thank you Bhairava!!"
Day 25:
Knowing that the theory was successful, I went on to polish the prototype until it could be a relatively complete product. The whole day I sat down redesigning a container for the telescope, added multiple lenses in order to further reduce the blur and to further amplify the image for the eyes to observe, as well as a stand to mount it on.
Day 26:
The final adjustment was done. I used a 1.3-inch primary mirror with a focal ratio of f/5, with an optical configuration of a single primary, which is spherical in shape, and a diagonal secondary mirror which is rectangular in shape.
As for the eyepiece, I used a single lens that magnifies the image for viewing purposes.
With some fine-tuning, I further reduced the chromatic aberrations, which made the image clearer with further polishing of the primary mirror.
It was a testing time, and as expected, the test was successful, and the magnification reached 36 times, which is the best that could be achieved with current conditions.
"That’s all Bye Bye "
### Fin
*Tap*
Although embarrassed by his antics and tricks, Ganapatra finally approved of the research log and closed the book.
P.S. FPP First try, how about it