20000 лье под водой

Chapter 11. The Nautilus

           However,ifelectricitydoesnotfurnishmewithairtobreathe,itworksatleastthepowerfulpumpsthatarestoredinspaciousreservoirs,andwhichenablemetoprolongatneed,andaslongasIwill,mystayinthedepthsofthesea.Itgivesauniformandunintermittentlight,whichthesundoesnot.Nowlookatthisclock;itiselectrical,andgoeswitharegularitythatdefiesthebestchronometers.Ihavedivideditintotwenty-fourhours,liketheItalianclocks,becauseformethereisneithernightnorday,sunnormoon,butonlythatfactitiouslightthatItakewithmetothebottomofthesea.Look!justnow,itisteno’clockinthemorning."

           "Exactly."

           "Anotherapplicationofelectricity.ThisdialhanginginfrontofusindicatesthespeedoftheNautilus.Anelectricthreadputsitincommunicationwiththescrew,andtheneedleindicatestherealspeed.Look!nowwearespinningalongwithauniformspeedoffifteenmilesanhour."

           "Itismarvelous!AndIsee,Captain,youwererighttomakeuseofthisagentthattakestheplaceofwind,water,andsteam."

           "Wehavenotfinished,M.Aronnax,"saidCaptainNemo,rising."Ifyouwillallowme,wewillexaminethesternoftheNautilus."

           Really,Iknewalreadytheanteriorpartofthissubmarineboat,ofwhichthisistheexactdivision,startingfromtheship’shead:thedining-room,fiveyardslong,separatedfromthelibrarybyawater-tightpartition;thelibrary,fiveyardslong;thelargedrawing-room,tenyardslong,separatedfromtheCaptain’sroombyasecondwater-tightpartition;thesaidroom,fiveyardsinlength;mine,twoandahalfyards;and,lastlyareservoirofair,sevenandahalfyards,thatextendedtothebows.

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