Theme: human ingenuity
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Innovations at Sea
When the apparatus is at work this gas becomes luminous, giving out a white and continuous light. Thus provided, I can breathe and I can see.” “Captai...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Oceanic Dynamics
Indeed, the volume of water in the Mediterranean, incessantly added to by the waves of the Atlantic and by rivers falling into it, would each year rai...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Technological Terror
Just then a bubbling began at the back of this strange thing (which was evidently propelled by a screw), and it began to move. We had only just time t...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Instruments of Depth
But these others, no doubt, answer to the particular requirements of the _Nautilus_. This dial with the movable needle is a manometer, is it not?” “It...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Nautilus Revelation
The Captain showed me a sketch that gave the plan, section, and elevation of the _Nautilus_. Then he began his description in these words:— “Here, M. ...