Powerful pumps that are stored in spacious reservoirs, and which enable me to However, ifĮlectricity does not furnish me with air to breathe, it works at least the I owe all to the ocean it produces electricity, and electricity gives heat, light, motion, and, in a word, life to the Nautilus."Ĭould manufacture the air necessary for my consumption, but it is useless,īecause I go up to the surface of the water when I please. Is this sodium that I extract from the sea-water, and of which I compose my You see, then, that chloride of sodium forms a large part of it. Potassium, bromide of magnesium, sulphate of magnesia, sulphate and carbonate ofĬhloride of sodium then, in a smaller quantity, chlorides of magnesium and of In a thousand grammes are found 96 1/ 2 per cent. Said Captain Nemo, "my electricity is not everybody's. Restraint, and has only been able to produce a small amount of power." Until now, its dynamic force has remained under
This agent is electricity."Ĭaptain, you possess an extreme rapidity of movement, which does not agree well It lights, warms it, and is the soul of my mechanical apparatus. Is a powerful agent, obedient, rapid, easy, whichĬonforms to every use, and reigns supreme on board my vessel. Professor, I ought to give you some explanations. These other instruments, the use of which I cannot guess?" But by communication with the water, whose external pressure it indicates, it gives our depth at the same time."
This dial with movable needle is a manometer, is it not?"Īctually a manometer. But these others, no doubt, answer to the particular requirements of Which I calculate the longitude and glasses for day and night, which I use toĮxamine the points of the horizon, when the Nautilus rises to the surface ofĪre the usual nautical instruments," I replied, "and I know the use Sextant, which shows the latitude by the altitude of the sun chronometers, by Of the atmosphere the storm-glass, the contents of which, by decomposing,Īnnounce the approach of tempests the compass, which guides my course the The Nautilus the barometer, which indicates the weight of the air andįoretells the changes of the weather the hygrometer, which marks the dryness Known to you, such as the thermometer, which gives the internal temperature of Indicate my position and exact direction in the middle of the ocean. Here, as in the drawing-room, I have them always under my eyes, and they "here are the contrivances required for the navigation of the Nautilus.
Said Captain Nemo, showing me the instruments hanging on the walls of his room, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea: text - IntraText CT Table of Contents | Words : Alphabetical - Frequency - Inverse - Length - Statistics | Help | IntraText LibraryĬlick here to hide the links to concordance
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