20000 лье под водой

Chapter 12. Everything through Electricity

           If,then,justnowyouweretoemptythesupplementaryreservoirs,tolightenthevessel,andtogouptothesurface,thepumpsmustovercomethepressureof100atmospheres,whichis1,500lbs.persquareinch.Fromthatapower"

           "Thatelectricityalonecangive,"saidtheCaptain,hastily."Irepeat,sir,thatthedynamicpowerofmyenginesisalmostinfinite.ThepumpsoftheNautilushaveanenormouspower,asyoumusthaveobservedwhentheirjetsofwaterburstlikeatorrentupontheAbrahamLincoln.Besides,Iusesubsidiaryreservoirsonlytoattainameandepthof750to1,000fathoms,andthatwithaviewofmanagingmymachines.Also,whenIhaveamindtovisitthedepthsoftheoceanfiveorsixmllesbelowthesurface,Imakeuseofslowerbutnotlessinfalliblemeans."

           "Whatarethey,Captain?"

           "ThatinvolvesmytellingyouhowtheNautilusisworked."

           "Iamimpatienttolearn."

           "Tosteerthisboattostarboardorport,toturn,inaword,followingahorizontalplan,Iuseanordinaryrudderfixedonthebackofthestern-post,andwithonewheelandsometackletosteerby.ButIcanalsomaketheNautilusriseandsink,andsinkandrise,byaverticalmovementbymeansoftwoinclinedplanesfastenedtoitssides,oppositethecentreofflotation,planesthatmoveineverydirection,andthatareworkedbypowerfulleversfromtheinterior.Iftheplanesarekeptparallelwiththeboat,itmoveshorizontally.

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