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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Innovations at Sea

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: technology, exploration, human ingenuity, conflict, moral ambiguity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-02

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...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Oceanic Dynamics

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: nature, exploration, balance, human ingenuity, interconnectedness  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-10

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...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Technological Terror

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: fear of the unknown, human ingenuity, nature's power  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

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...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Instruments of Depth

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, technology, curiosity, nature, human ingenuity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-18

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...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Nautilus Revelation

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, technology, adventure, knowledge, human ingenuity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

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. ...