![]() ![]() I began my own original 3-D model of the Nautilus If you read this classic in English, it’s likely that you missed much of what Jules Verne wrote. ![]() Under the Sea, the novel that introduced it. A comprehensive study by Sylvain St-Pierre prompted me to revisit them here.Ī tour of the Nautilus and thereby helps us to picture its The text begins to answer these questions, but leaves room for doubt and Shape of the Nautilus? What was the structure of its hull? Here's how others have addressed the thorny problem, and my own newĪptly described by James Laing as a submarine in its own right, provides some Wheelhouse that contributes to the streamlining elsewhere,īut my tortured justification for a stationary structure has always bothered Travers la toile!" I voice my concerns about the retractable The climax of the novel Aronnax describes the ram attack by the streamlined Nautilus Here's some speculation by others and myself about the contents of Of the boat's electric power source is filled with details but tantalizingly Let's examine the text for more information It had a front part devoted to generating electricity and a rear part with machinery to turn the propeller.Ī dding all the figures given accounts for 65 meters of the boat's total 70-meter length perhaps leaving five meters for the central section. There was one more watertight bulkhead and then the engine room, described as at least 20 meters long. Next was the crew's berth room (five meters). Nearby was a bathroom with hot and cold taps. Moving aft there was a small cabin (two meters long), and the galley (three meters) located between storerooms. The size of this central section is not given. The central section had at least one and possibly two watertight bulkheads. There was also a ladder to the longboat, and somewhere near was the airlock used for underwater access. There was a central staircase leading to the deck platform and to the upper passage to the wheelhouse. N ear the midpoint of the boat the description becomes less clear. There were watertight bulkheads between the dining room and the library and salon and the captain's cabin. Both of these rooms were exquisitely furnished. ![]() Moving aft, the next room was the library (five meters long) with 12,000 volumes, followed by the captain's dining room (also five meters). Finally, the salon had two large oblong windows protected by sliding panels. There was also a fountain made from a shell about two meters across. ![]() This incredible room contained an organ, an art collection of great value and very large number of marine specimens. Next was the drawing room/salon/museum, ten meters long, six wide, and five high. Moving aft, we find Aronnax's cabin (2.5 meters long), Nemo's cabin (five meters long). There was a 7.5-meter air reservoir at the very bow. V erne provides considerable information about the interior, especially the forward end. Aronnax gives somewhat conflicting descriptions of the hull, first saying it is clearly metal, not looking like a living beast at all, but later describes the overlapping hull plates as resembling scales or a reptile's shell. A recession amidships held the longboat, described later as a rising enough above the deck to sit on. Forward was the wheelhouse with a 2-meter-square interior and four windows, nearly a foot thick, through which the pilot could see in all directions. The platform had a structure of "medium height" with inclined sides, at each end. On the surface the Nautilus remained 90% underwater so its platform was 0.8 meter above the water. There was an ordinary rudder fixed to the stern and two diving planes fastened to the sides at the center of floatation. When the Nautilus accidentally rammed the Scotia it produced a two-meter triangular hole. This was the time of the "cigar ships".) The four bladed propeller was six meters in diameter with a pitch of 7.5 meters. (Nemo mentions the shape had already been adopted in London. The double hull had tapered ends, as Nemo says to Aronnax, "like your cigar". T he Nautilus had a cylindrical hull 70 meters long and 8 meters wide. Additional information is scattered throughout The Seas" in incomplete translations), "All by Electricity",Īnd "Some Figures". The largest portion of the information is found in theĬhapters titled "The Nautilus" (included in "The Man of Interpretation and some may have been obscured in translation, but many areĬlearly stated. Details of the Nautilus as described by Verne are subject to ![]()
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