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  Jules Verne - Books and Biography
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was born and raised in the port of Nantes.
Verne became one of the most devoted admirers of the American author, and wrote his first science fiction tale, 'An voyage in Balloon' (1851), under the influence of Poe.
Verne's works have inspired a number of film makers from Georges Méliès (A Trip to the Moon, 1902) and Walt Disney (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954) to such Hollywood directors as Henry Levin (Journey to the Center of the Earth, 1959) and Irwin Allen (Five Weeks in a Balloon, 1962).
www.readprint.com /author-85/Jules-Verne   (1301 words)

  
 Nautilus (Verne) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nautilus was the fictional submarine featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island.
Her engines were powered by electricity from sodium-mercury batteries, and the crew harvest the seas to get all their staples.
The silhouette of the Nautilus in the distance (though precisely described in the text, she is never pictured very explicitly in the illustrations)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Nautilus   (500 words)

  
 BJ: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Verne's triumph isn't that he invented the submarine — the idea had been around for quite a while — but rather the similarity between Nautilus and a modern submarine.
Verne has an unfortunate tendency to have several names sharing one character in his novels: the character, regardless of nominal class and background, is educated, literate and respectable (and male).
Nautilus, which Arronax so fervently believes could be of the greatest service to mankind, is the tool of a man on the edge of madness.
www.sff.net /people/ben-jeapes/verne.htm   (1675 words)

  
 Nautilus Exercise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The nautilus is a tropical cephalopod having a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior.
A nautilus is a cephalopod with a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior.
Nautilus speakers are made by B&W. Nautilus Group is a weight training equipment manufacturer, founded by Arthur Jones, which markets the Bowflex and a line of isotonic exercise machines whose mechanisms include oval cams.
www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/60/nautilus-exercise.html   (1410 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Nautilus (Verne)
Mystery Island is a novel by French science fiction writer Jules Verne describing the adventures of marooned Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific.
Nautilus was the first practical submarine, commissioned by Napoleon and designed by the American inventor Robert Fulton, then living in France.
Nautilus The nautilus is a tropical mollusk, having a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nautilus-%28Verne%29   (1413 words)

  
 Nautilus (Verne) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Nautilus was named after (American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)) Robert Fulton's submarine (Click link for more info and facts about Nautilus) Nautilus.
Her engines were powered by (A physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons) electricity from sodium-mercury batteries, and the crew harvest the seas to get all their staples.
Her top speed is 50 (Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object) knots.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Na/Nautilus_(Verne)1.htm   (672 words)

  
 Nautilus, but Nice
Verne was right about the target of the first practical submarine warships; he just had it built by the wrong country.
Verne's Nautilus was not nuclear; this was not on the horizon as a possibility in the 1860s.
Verne and HG Wells are highly recommended: Wells is by far the better writer (after translation, at least) but Verne knew more about science and could be relied upon to examine an idea more thoroughly.
www.heliograph.com /trmgs/trmgs3/naut.shtml   (4459 words)

  
 A Catalog of Nautilus Designs
The catalog is limited to versions of the Nautilus that I consider non-fanciful, that is, based at least in part on Jules Verne's description.
It is completely true to Verne’s description but expands on elements the text only touches, or like a device for measuring speed, mentioned only indirectly in describing something else.
During the trip to the South Pole, Aronnax describes the Nautilus using its ram as an icebreaker as it crosses the Antarctic ice shelf on the surface.
home.att.net /~JVNautilus/Catalog/some-designs.html   (3879 words)

  
 Jules Verne, Bracebridge Hemyng, and Edward Stratemeyer: A Case of Nineteenth-Century Plagiarism
Jules Verne (1828-1905) is often cited as the "father of science fiction," a distinction sometimes shared by H.G. Wells (1866-1946).
Biographers and scholars of Verne have pointed out that he was not the first person to describe voyages to the moon or travel under the sea aboard a submarine.
Verne's "Vingt milles lieues sous les mers" was first published in the Magasin d'education et de recreation as a magazine serial (20 Mar 1869 - 20 Jun 1870).
keeline.com /verne   (5250 words)

  
 RC Disney Nautilus Submarine Castings
The Nautilus' maiden voyage was undertaken on February 22nd, 2004.
We then eased the Nautilus out of the slipway and took her for a short trip around the beach.
We undertook some submerging tests, which were slightly disappointing to me, as the Nautilus was difficult to dive without pulling the prop out of the water and losing foward momentum.
www.rc-sub.com /disney2.html   (3144 words)

  
 Nautilus (Verne) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Nautilus is consituted of two hulls, separated in water-tight compartments.
The sillouette of the Nautilus in the distance (though precisely described in the text, she is never pictured very explicitely in the illustrations)
Nautilus (Verne), Appearances, See also, External links and Images.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/The_Nautilus   (529 words)

  
 VPR presents Camel's Hump Radio - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Verne took the idea and let his imagination run with it, creating his version of the Nautilus.
Verne's description was at times vague, inspiring a number of fans to explore how Nemo might have built the Nautilus.
So Verne may not have invented the submarine, but he did imagine a number of machines and inventions that came to be years later, including space travel, the aqua lung and the electrical engine.
www.vpr.net /camelshump/library/season_5_pages/leagues.html   (1103 words)

  
 A 1/10 scale replica of Disney's Nautilus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This functional 1/10th scale Disney© NAUTILUS replica was hand-crafted from steel by Pat Regan, and is pictured here during proving tests in 1991.
Nautilus being launched: safety diver Lynn Brown in water.
NAUTILUS spouts water vapor as ballast system vents are purged.
www.phys.uu.nl /~gdevries/nautilus/nautilus.html   (214 words)

  
 Nautilus at Fitness Nutrition Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nautilus is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop enviornment that makes it easy to manage your files and the rest of your system.
Construction of NAUTILUS was made possible by the successful development of a nuclear propulsion plant by a group of...
The nautilus is a marine creature of the class Cephalopoda.
www.fitnessnutritionhealth.com /fit/Nautilus.html   (1995 words)

  
 Jules Verne -- Related Works
Verne's entertaining mix of fiction and scientific verisimilitude made him one of the most popular and financially successful writers of the Victorian era.
From the Earth to the Moon, Verne's version of the first moonshot, hosts an entire club of oddball artillery enthusiasts and amputees turned astronauts, replete with "hooks for hands, "jaws made of rubber," and "noses of platinum:" Scientists permeate Verne's novels, and they may be laudable, heroic-comic, narrow minded and fastidious, or simply mad.
Only Jules Verne can be said to have popularized undersea and space travel generations before they became feasible, forewarned of the danger of exhausting natural resources, and anticipated the advent of everything from the helicopter to plastics to fast food.
www.non.com /books/Verne_Jules_s.html   (968 words)

  
 Jules Verne's Nautilus
The largest portion of the information is found in the chapters titled "The Nautilus" (included in "The Man of the Seas" in incomplete translations), "All by Electricity", and "Some Figures".
There was an ordinary rudder fixed to the stern and two diving planes fastened to the sides at the center of floatation.
View photos of his Verne Nautilus model and tour his other Jules Verne pages.
home.att.net /~karen.crisafulli/nautilus.html   (1166 words)

  
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But since the keys used by Nautilus to encrypt conversations are created by users, the government does not have a copy.
The name ''Nautilus'' was taken from Captain Nemo's submarine in the Jules Verne novel, ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.'' But whereas Nautilus the sub was used to sink Clipper ships, the programmers hope that their creation will sink Clipper chips.
To use Nautilus, both participants must have a copy of the program and an IBM PC-compatible computer equipped with a Sound Blaster card and a high-speed modem.
www.eff.org /Privacy/Key_escrow/Clipper/nautilus_v_clipper.article   (630 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Aronnax and a hot tempered harpoonist, Ned Land, are imprisoned on this vessel, captained by the misanthropic recluse, Nemo.
Verne's descriptions of the underwater world, with its exotic creatures and sunken ships, shine thanks to clear narration and evocative sound effects.
I guess I can understand this, I guess Verne was just trying to give a believable and complete description of the things the characters saw on their journeyIf you could, somehow, get an abridged version, I would reccomend it.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0787109770   (1428 words)

  
 20k Leagues - James Mason   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The fans of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" are familiar with the story of Captain Nemo and the Nautilus.
Verne's Nautilus has pictures and articles on the Nautilus presented in Verne's novel.
Life and works of Jules Verne and Jules Verne give a biography and articles on Verne.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Nebula/8765/mason.html   (341 words)

  
 'Nautilus' lists at AllOurWeb.com
About Nautilus: Before other companies even thought to put the word "ergonomic" together with the word "footwear," Nautilus was there.
Nautilus (mollusk), a primitive marine coiled shell mollusk.
Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop.
allourweb.com /?q=nautilus   (897 words)

  
 Nautilus 3D Screensaver :: Get ready for an exciting underwater adventure with Nautilus 3D Screensaver. Submerge ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nautilus is the name of Captain Nemo's submarine from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Nautilus 3D Screensaver doesn't just submerge you into the deaths of ocean - it submerges you into your childhood, when reading a book was always an adventure.
When you lived through the adventure with the main characters, always wanting to look at the and of the chapter so see how it ended.
www.ultimaterepository.com /graphics/3d/9935.aspx   (257 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Life | Explorer finds sub that may have inspired Verne's Nautilus
Like Nautilus, the craft is cigar-shaped and has a lock-out system, which allows submariners to leave, collect items from the seabed and then return to the vessel.
It was built in 1864, five years before Verne's classic adventure story was published, and it is thought that the French writer would have read about the sub's specifications.
The Explorer was abandoned after all its crew died of what was reported to be a fever but may well have been the bends.
www.guardian.co.uk /life/science/story/0,12996,1500086,00.html   (504 words)

  
 The Australian: Sub-hunter stumbles on real-life Nautilus [June 07, 2005]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It was ideal for this purpose because of a unique lock-out system, identical to the one in the Nautilus from Verne's book, published in 1870.
Manned submarine technology was just developing when Verne was writing the novel in which Captain Nemo and his crew travel the world's oceans.
In the book it mentions that Nautilus was first spotted in 1866, just two years after the Explorer was built.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,15531297%255E31477,00.html   (377 words)

  
 TheDay.com, New London, CT
Verne conceived of an all-electric ship decades before the achievement was possible, and seemed to envision numerous other advances in undersea technology.
HMS Nautilus was a British schooner that saw service in the Revolutionary War and was captured by the USS Peacock during the last naval battle in the War of 1812.
The name Nautilus, from the Greek for “sailor” or “ship,” and which also denotes a large mollusk with a many-chambered shell, has been so popular that at one point two Navy ships took it to sea at the same time.
www.theday.com /eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=D4CBB797-3C84-42D9-B0D6-9BD076E9F9D1   (573 words)

  
 Nautilus 3D Screensaver free download Get ready for an exciting underwater adventure with Nautilus 3D Screensaver. ...
Journey to the Center of the Earth 1.0 — A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne.
Lindenbrook leads his intrepid party on an expedition to the centre of the earth, via a volcano in Iceland, encountering all manner of prehistoric monsters and life-threatening hazards.
Spacewalk set to prepare ISS for "Jules Verne" — BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhuanet)-- The astronauts aboard the International Space Station will make a spacewalk next week to prepare for the arrival of the first cargo craft to be sent to the orbiting outpost by the European Space Agency.
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 Nautilus 3D Screensaver 1.1. Astonishing 3D screensaver of a submarine and the mysterious underwater world. - 3d, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Jules Verne Nautilus real-life inspiration was found in the coasts of Panama
It was discovered by the British explorer Colonel John Blashford-Snell —in charge of the Dorset Scientific Exploration Society while his expedition was tracing some wrecks in the nearby area of San Telmo Island in the Pacific.
According to International news sources, it seems that Jules Verne Nautilus real-life inspiration was found in the coasts of Panama.
This is a wonderful discovery, and we might risk to say it’s double jeopardy, for once it seems to be the submarine inspiration that lead Jules Verne to his most fantastic novel "Twenty thousand leagues under the sea" published in 1870.
www.buzzle.com /editorials/6-9-2005-71333.asp   (518 words)

  
 Garmt de Vries' Jules Verne collection
Vor Frelsers Kirke - Lidenbrock and Axel in København - The tower is accessible - The winding stairs - Magnificent panorama - Paul Verne on the Vor Frelsers Kirke
Jules Verne, le scaphandrier des abîmes, by Gilles Carpentier
Jules Verne, un conteur extraordinaire, by Alain Braut
www.phys.uu.nl /~gdevries/verne/verne.html   (291 words)

  
 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: The Nautilus
The story about how and why this model Nautilus was built, considering the recent additions to the model using computer graphics for the lighted salon window display, spans from early childhood to the present.
I spent hours on end, observing all manner of creatures in the sea from the vantage point of a modern day submarine with a spherical, five-foot diameter, clear Acrylic, pressure hull.
I decided to build my own Nautilus model simply because there were no commercially available kits that pleased me. In 1982, with advice and help from many people, I completed a first attempt scratch built model of the Nautilus.
members.aol.com /ccspevam/Ntlsstry.html   (838 words)

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