"Oh! I could manufacture the air necessary for my consumption, but it I point out only this: I owe all to the ocean it produces electricity, andĮlectricity gives heat, light, motion, and, in a word, life to the Nautilus." "Professor,'' said Captain Nemo, "my electricity is not everybody's and that is all I wish Until now, its dynamic force has remained under restraint,Īnd has only been able to produce a small amount of power.'' "Nevertheless, Captain, you possess an extreme rapidity of movement, which does not agree "There is a powerful agent, obedient, rapid, easy, which conforms to every use, and reigns When the Nautilus rises to the surface of the waves." ![]() Of the sun chronometers, by which I calculate the longitude and glassesįor day and night, which I use to examine the points of the horizon, Which guides my course the sextant, which shows the latitude by the altitude Of the air and foretells the changes of the weather the hygrometer, which marks the dryness of the atmosphere the storm-glass, the contents of which, by decomposing, announce the approach of tempests the compass, Some are known to you, such as the thermometer, which gives the internal temperature of the Nautilus the barometer, which indicates the weight Here, as in the drawing-room, I have them always under my eyes, and they indicate my position and exact direction in the middle of the ocean. "Sir," said Captain Nemo, showing me the instruments hanging on the walls of his room, "here are the contrivances required for the navigation of the Nautilus. Arronnax, his servantĬonseil and harpooner Ned Land fall into the sea and are taken aboard the Nautilus. It is no animal but a mechanical device - a submarine. A mysterious sea creature is attacking ships sent to investigate, the American navy finds that
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