[Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne]@TWC D-Link bookTwenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea CHAPTER XI 5/12
Look! just now, it is ten o'clock in the morning." "Exactly." "Another application of electricity.
This dial hanging in front of us indicates the speed of the Nautilus.
An electric thread puts it in communication with the screw, and the needle indicates the real speed. Look! now we are spinning along with a uniform speed of fifteen miles an hour." "It is marvelous! And I see, Captain, you were right to make use of this agent that takes the place of wind, water, and steam." "We have not finished, M.Aronnax," said Captain Nemo, rising.
"If you will allow me, we will examine the stern of the Nautilus." Really, I knew already the anterior part of this submarine boat, of which this is the exact division, starting from the ship's head: the dining-room, five yards long, separated from the library by a water-tight partition; the library, five yards long; the large drawing-room, ten yards long, separated from the Captain's room by a second water-tight partition; the said room, five yards in length; mine, two and a half yards; and, lastly a reservoir of air, seven and a half yards, that extended to the bows.
Total length thirty five yards, or one hundred and five feet.
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