Theme: technology
Around the World in Eighty Days / Departure Anticipation
Several had departure signals, and were preparing to put to sea at morning tide; for in this immense and admirable port there is not one day in a hund...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Maritime Salvage
However, on the 26th, appeased by some presents, and understanding that they had no reprisals to fear, they led M. There, in three or four fathoms of ...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Communication and Time
But a single delay would suffice to fatally break the chain of communication; should Phileas Fogg once miss, even by an hour; a steamer, he would have...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Submarine Engineering
Its area measures 6032 feet; and its contents about 1500 cubic yards—that is to say, when completely immersed it displaces 50,000 feet of water, or we...
The War of the Worlds / Gathering Storm
“We are in the midst of it,” I said, “quiet as it is. That flicker in the sky tells of the gathering storm. Yonder, I take it are the Martians, and Lo...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Time and Heritage
“Twelve!” he exclaimed; “why, it’s only eight minutes before ten.” “Your watch is slow.” “My watch? A family watch, monsieur, which has come down from...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Nautilus and Nature
“Certainly,” he replied; “since the reservoirs are not empty; and, when empty, the _Nautilus_ must rise to the surface of the sea.” We were in open se...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Naval Encounter
But I can declare she is a man-of-war, for a long pennant flutters from her main mast.” For a quarter of an hour we watched the ship which was steamin...
The War of the Worlds / Martian Surveillance
It was a few minutes past nine that night when these three sentinels were joined by four other Martians, each carrying a thick black tube. A similar t...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Electric Timekeeping
Now look at this clock; it is electrical, and goes with a regularity that defies the best chronometers. I have divided it into twenty-four hours, like...
The War of the Worlds / Conflict and Machinery
I turned to a scowling face, and silent, eloquent lips. He wanted the slit, which permitted only one of us to peep through; and so I had to forego wat...
The War of the Worlds / Technological Vulnerability
It would seem that a leg of the tripod had been smashed by one of the shells. The whole of the second volley flew wide of the Martian on the ground, a...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Depths of Discovery
I say seventy-five fathoms, though I had no instrument by which to judge the distance. But I knew that even in the clearest waters the solar rays coul...
The War of the Worlds / Tension in the Ordinary
We were far beyond the range of the Heat-Ray there, and had it not been for the silent desertion of some of the houses, the stirring movement of packi...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Unexpected Encounter
I felt lightened of the load which had oppressed me, and was able to return with some degree of calmness to my accustomed work. That night, about elev...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Myth and Exploration
It was indeed the ancient abode of Proteus, the old shepherd of Neptune’s flocks, now the Island of Scarpanto, situated between Rhodes and Crete. I sa...
The War of the Worlds / Competition and Isolation
He made a wide curve to avoid me, as though he feared I might prove a fresh competitor. As the yelping died away down the silent road, the wailing sou...
The War of the Worlds / Suspenseful Journey
The steamboat throbbed on its way through an interminable suspense. The sun sank into grey clouds, the sky flushed and darkened, the evening star trem...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Nature versus Technology
Besides, to work was to quit the _Nautilus_, and breathe directly the pure air drawn from the reservoirs, and supplied by our apparatus, and to quit t...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Secrets of the Nautilus
Aronnax?” Saying which, Captain Nemo went towards a piece of furniture standing near the left panel of the saloon. Near this piece of furniture, I saw...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Marine Exploration
As to the fauna, it might be counted by thousands of crustacea of all sorts, lobsters, crabs, spider-crabs, chameleon shrimps, and a large number of s...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Temporal Urgency
Fogg observed that his watch was two hours too fast. Admitting that he was at this moment taking an express train, he could reach London and the Refor...
The War of the Worlds / Alien Encounter
As the green flames lifted I could see the oily gleam of his integument and the brightness of his eyes. And suddenly I heard a yell, and saw a long te...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Journey and Time
So, because you can go round it in three months—” “In eighty days,” interrupted Phileas Fogg. “Only eighty days, now that the section between Rothal a...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Natures Supremacy
But the accursed animal swam too at the rate of 18½ miles an hour. For a whole hour, the frigate kept up this pace, without gaining six feet. It was h...
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...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Interconnected Journeys
This was easy to do, since the steamer stopped at Singapore, whence there is a telegraphic wire to Hong Kong. He finally resolved, moreover, before ac...
The War of the Worlds / Signal Lights
My wife pointed out to me the brightness of the red, green, and yellow signal lights hanging in a framework against the sky. It was seen early in the ...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Depth and Dependence
“Let us remain together until we are out of this block.” “As you please, sir,” Conseil replied. I often looked at the instruments hanging from the par...
The War of the Worlds / Mechanical Innovations
These last had brought with them certain fresh appliances that stood in an orderly manner about the cylinder. The second handling-machine was now comp...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Stealthy Departure
The crew had just finished loading the sodium, and the _Nautilus_ could have left that instant. Did he wish to wait until night, and leave the submari...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Submarine Dinner
The _Nautilus_, like a long rock, emerged from the waves two miles from the beach. Ned Land, without waiting, occupied himself about the important din...
The War of the Worlds / Indiscriminate Warfare
Never before in the history of warfare had destruction been so indiscriminate and so universal. And shining with the growing light of the east, three ...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Secrets of the Deep
The chest was securely fastened, and the Captain wrote an address on the lid, in characters which must have belonged to Modern Greece. This done, Capt...
The War of the Worlds / Nature and Mechanization
Once the lightning had begun, it went on in as rapid a succession of flashes as I have ever seen. The thunderclaps, treading one on the heels of anoth...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Marine Exploration
At this moment the peak was clearly defined against the sky. The _Nautilus_, diving again under the water, approached the coast, which was only some f...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Train Decoupling Incident
There, suspended by one hand between the baggage-car and the tender, with the other he loosened the safety chains; but, owing to the traction, he woul...
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...
The War of the Worlds / Fate of Humanity
And as the day came they became aware of a fighting-machine standing near by the Langham and looking down at them. He came down the road towards them,...
The War of the Worlds / Alien Encounter
Something was moving to and fro there, very quietly; every now and then it tapped against the wall, or started on its movements with a faint metallic ...
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. ...
The War of the Worlds / Technological Horror
The Cardigan men had tried a rush, in skirmishing order, at the pit, simply to be swept out of existence. Then the monster had risen to its feet and h...
The War of the Worlds / Sound of Conflict
He would probably have remained longer had it not been for the sound of guns that began about that hour in the south. As if in answer, the ironclad se...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Confusion and Control
Fix, it must be confessed, understood nothing of what was going on. The conquest of the “Henrietta,” the bribery of the crew, Fogg managing the boat l...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Railway Expectations
This is the 22nd, and we shall reach Calcutta in time.” There was nothing to say to so confident a response. It was but too true that the railway came...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Colonial Encounters
However, on the 26th, appeased by some presents, and understanding that they had no reprisals to fear, they led M. There, in three or four fathoms of ...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Chase of the Cetacean
The _Abraham Lincoln_, propelled by her wonderful screw, went straight at the animal. The latter allowed it to come within half a cable’s length; then...
The War of the Worlds / Chaos and Indifference
It was this howling and firing of the guns at Ripley and St. George’s Hill that we had heard at Upper Halliford. The Ripley gunners, unseasoned artill...