Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 298 The Industrial Revolution Happened Only Once

When Professor Bubba's gaze swept over the class, a few young wizards secretly lowered their heads.

Clearly, they are the little guys who think that trains in the Muggle world still burn coal.

"The Hogwarts Express is a steam locomotive powered by coal!"

Professor Bubbaji didn't criticize them, but instead spoke earnestly:
“My dear children, if the trains in the Muggle world were like the Hogwarts express train, I wouldn’t even need to pose this question.”

"But Professor."

Padma Pettier of Ravenclaw raised her hand and said cautiously, "We didn't know the Hogwarts Express was powered by coal!"

"...Okay, so what do you think is its driving force?"

"Isn't it magic?"

"...Magic...Even with magic, it's impossible to guarantee the safe arrival of hundreds of students at Hogwarts every year..."

Professor Bubbaji took a deep breath:

"That's precisely the significance of our course!"
I imagine you may not know that the Hogwarts Express train that takes you to school every year was originally built by Muggle engineers in Crewe, Cheshire, England, in the early to mid-19th century.

Sure enough, a chorus of surprised exclamations erupted in the classroom.

In 1827, Ottalayan Gamble became Minister for Magic.

It was she who proposed a bold and controversial solution—to use trains, a safe and comfortable mode of transport, to replace the old port keys and other unregulated travel methods, in order to ensure that hundreds of students could safely arrive at Hogwarts every year.

To acquire a train, the Ministry of Magic undertook a massive project involving 167 Obliteration Charms and the largest Hidden Charm in British history.

The morning after the project was completed, when the residents of Hogsmeade woke up, they found a train station that had never been there before.

As for the Muggle railway workers, they felt they had misplaced something important the following year.

This plan initially met with strong protests from some pure-blood families who refused to use the Muggle-built device as a means of transportation for wizards.

They claim that this method is unsafe, unhygienic, and detrimental to one's character.

However, this opposition disappeared after the Ministry of Magic firmly stated that students either had to take the train to school or not go at all.

Upon hearing Professor Bubbaji's words, almost all the students looked surprised, as this was definitely a piece of little-known fact for them.

Professor Bubbaji continued explaining other questions while grading the papers:
"The reason why my glasses fog up when I walk from outside the window into the room... well, it has nothing to do with the Clear Spring Water Spell."

This is because the indoor temperature is high, and the air inside the room will condense back into small water droplets when it comes into contact with the cold lens.

Harry elegantly adjusted his glasses; as a bespectacled teenager, he had answered the question correctly.

"The Hundred Years' War between England and France lasted 117 years. It was a war between the Kingdom of England under the Plantagenet dynasty and the Kingdom of France under the Valois dynasty, fought between 1337 and 1453, for French rule."

Arabic numerals were invented by the ancient Indians, and they are called Arabic numerals because they were transmitted to Europe by the Arabs.

Russians celebrate the October Revolution in November. It is called the October Revolution because this month is October in the Russian calendar.

The black box on the plane…

Professor Bubba chuckled. "Only half the class knows it's an airplane transceiver used to record flight data—that's good."

But almost everyone thinks it's black; in fact, it's orange-red.

"Teacher, then why is it called a black box?"

The question was once again asked by a Ravenclaw student.

They are always very proactive when it comes to knowledge that interests them.

"Because it was indeed black at first, Miss Fawcett."

In the early days of Muggle aircraft, all electronic instruments were placed in black square boxes of uniform size and shape.

Later, to make it easier to spot, it was changed to a bright orange-red, but the name was retained.

"Professor, aren't these questions a bit too difficult for us?"

"That's why I said the difficulty ratio of these questions is 7:2:1, Miss Abbott. It's normal if the whole class can't solve these four questions."

After explaining the problem, Professor Bubbaje nodded in satisfaction:

"However, you are the best class of students I have ever taught. Which one is Miss Hermione Granger?"

Hermione immediately raised her hand high.

"good, very good!"

Professor Bubbaje nodded in satisfaction. "Ten points for Gryffindor. She is the only student I have taught in all these Muggle Studies courses who has been able to answer the first eighteen questions correctly."

The whole class looked at Hermione with a mixture of surprise and admiration.

There was more admiration than surprise.

She's already in her third year, and Miss Know-It-All's name has long been known throughout Hogwarts.

Besides, she was a Muggle-born witch, so it wasn't surprising that she could answer the questions correctly.

As for some of them, they couldn't even understand the questions...

Please, even in other courses at school, they wouldn't understand the questions; it's no different. "Professor, why only mention the first 18 questions? Didn't Hermione get the last two right either?"

Parvati Petil, who shared a dorm room with Hermione, couldn't help but ask.

Based on her understanding of Hermione, her roommate should have gotten a perfect score without a doubt!
"Unfortunately, although Miss Granger successfully wrote down the Pythagorean theorem, her penultimate answer regarding the Industrial Revolution was incorrect."

"This is impossible!"

Hermione said in surprise.

She thought that Professor Bubbaji separated the first 18 questions from the last two because of their difficulty, but she didn't expect that she would get one question wrong.

"Didn't the Industrial Revolution happen three times in total?"

“My dear Miss Granger, it’s just once, only once.”

"It was definitely three times! Professor, you just mentioned electricity, and the Second Industrial Revolution was marked by the widespread use of electricity!"

“I’m very sorry, Miss Granger, that was the second scientific and technological revolution.”

Are they different?

Hermione was even more surprised; she never imagined that one day a witch would tell her this.

Miss Granger, you wrote the following on your exam paper:

There were three industrial revolutions. The first occurred from the 1760s to the 1840s, marked by Watt's invention of the steam engine, which transformed manual labor into large-scale machine production.

The second wave occurred from the 1870s to the early 20th century, marked by the widespread use of electricity, which spurred economic development and ushered Muggle society into the electrical age.

The third wave began in the middle of this century, marked by the emergence of information technologies such as computers, ushering the Muggle world into the information age, where digitization and automation became mainstream.

At least half of the students in the class did not understand what Professor Bubbaji was saying.

But that didn't stop them from looking at her and Hermione with admiration.

Although I don't understand what it means, it sounds really impressive.

how to say?

As expected of you!

Even Harry couldn't help but whisper to Sherlock, "Hermione is really amazing. I've only heard about these things, I can't possibly write them down."

“That’s normal. If we hadn’t come to Hogwarts, we would have learned this kind of knowledge at a Muggle school around this time.”

Hearing Sherlock's explanation, Harry admired Hermione even more.

Luckily, I am a wizard, otherwise I probably wouldn't even be able to pass the exams at Muggle school.
"But Professor, I still believe I did nothing wrong."

Hermione insisted.

“Dear Granger, only the first scientific and technological revolution can be called the Industrial Revolution.”

"what?"

"In the Muggle world, there have been three scientific and technological revolutions. The first scientific and technological revolution is also called the Industrial Revolution or the Industrial Revolution."

Therefore, your answer would be entirely correct if you replaced the Industrial Revolution with the Scientific and Technological Revolution.

"what?"

Hermione was stunned; she hadn't expected the problem to be here.

Could it be that I really remembered it wrong?
"Oh, there's one more small problem."

Under Hermione's anxious gaze, Professor Bubbaggie glanced down at Hermione's exam paper again:

"Watt did not invent the steam engine—of course, even in the Muggle world, this is an easily misunderstood concept. Watt's achievement was actually an improvement on the steam engine."

Hermione: "..."

“You have already done a very good job, child.”

Seeing Hermione's expression, Professor Bubbaje smiled:
"Your mistake is insignificant. And you all, judging from the results of this test, you are indeed the best class of students I have ever taught. Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, add ten points each."

People from all three colleges cheered.

Only Slytherin didn't send anyone, and they happen to be the house that cares most about grades. They can only cry about it!
However, the lion cubs had some doubts.

As everyone knows, if everything is important, it is the same as nothing being important. If everything gets extra points, wouldn't that be the same as nothing getting extra points?
Fortunately, Professor Bubbaje was very clear-headed. "Of course, Miss Hermione Granger's excellence is undeniable, so let me add another twenty points to her score!"

comfortable!
The lion cubs were immediately delighted.

"Alright, does anyone have any questions? If not, I'm going to begin the lesson now..."

"Professor, I have a question!"

The question was once again posed by the Petit twins, but this time it was Padma Petit from Ravenclaw.

Why does the Third Industrial Revolution... oh, I mean the Third Scientific and Technological Revolution only have a beginning time, but no end time?

(End of this chapter)