The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-04
Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea.
,r,ntinued from page seven.)

MAS run. They were then IN the cap
tafn's room.
.,iIero.' said the captain, ARE the
Instruments by which l guide the Nau-
lots and papers of an old date. The
I1.fri. light flooded everything. It
wa she'd from four g~Found-glasS
Globes sunk into the carvings Of the
7,i1ing Here is quiet for study"
said the captain. Did your study in
The museum afford you such retire
nnn+" have twelve thousand vol
,n,.s here. anon which are your
own works. professor. This library
6 al ynur service: use it freely. Have
y cigar" The captain HANDED the
professor a cigar rolled after the Eng
rsh fashion. Then you still keep up
yo1r communication with Havana"
SAID Aronnax. NO. replied Memo,
hut if YOU are q c~onnoisseur you will
like the cigar 1t is excellent re-
nIirt Aronnax. taking a puff, but it
is NOT tobacco" No; it is a kind of
seawecd. rich in nicotine, which the
sea provides but s~paringly."
They then passed into an immense
drawing room s~plendidly lighted and
sp1rn1idly furnished. 1t was. in fact.
4 museum in which an Intelligent and
tuIu-. Some of them are known to
YOU. such as the Thermometer. which
giNes the internal temperature of the
SflH. the tEOlIt6toI, Ntllch IoTtteilS
the changes of the weather. the by
grometer. which marks the dryness Of
the atmosphere. the storm glass. the
contents of which, by decomposing,
announce the coming of a tempest.
the compass and the sextant. And
this instrument is a monometer-this
dial with a movable needle. But it is
in o~mmuniCaticn with the sea water.
whose external pressure it registers
and thus gives US our depth at the
same time. n here. professor. I
ought 70 give YOU some explanation.
There is a powerful agent, obedient.
rapid. easy. which conforms to every
U.s. and Teigns supreme on board my
vessel Everything here is lone by it;
It LIGHTS. il warns, it is the sou of the
mechanical apparatus. h agent is
electricity"
"Electricityi" cried the professor In
surprise, but Captain, o possess an
extreme rapidity Of movement which
does not agree well with the known
achievements Of electricity. Until now
its force has laid hidden under
restraint and has produced only a
small amount of power" My cleo
rricity is not everyhody's electricity"
retorted the Captain. You know
What sea water is composed Of? In a
thousand grams are SO 1-2 per cent Of
water and about , 3-3 per cent of
A-%fA u VI ids Z
magnesia and Of potassium, bromide
Of MAGNESIUM, sulphate Of magnesia,
Sulphate of carbonate of lime. Chic
ride Of sodium forms a very large per
cent Of II. So it is this sodium which
J extract from the sea water and or
which I cOmpOse my ingredients. /
owe il all TO the ocean it produces my
light, my motive pOwer-the whole
world Of the life Of the NautaluS. |
could compress the air / need for my
consumption, but it is useless, since ]
- up TO the surface when please
However, If electricity does not
furnish me with the power | breathe,
1t works the powerful pumps that
store 1t in capaciOuS reservoirs under
pressure and enables me to prolong at
need my stay in the depths of the
ocean. Electricity gives me a UNIFORM
ana unintermittent light also
Now look at this clock; il
IS run by electricity and witf
q regularity which deties chronome-
te'S Another application of electrici-
Z This dial in front Of you Indicate
me speed Of the Nautalus. An e~lectri-
cal thread connects it with the scre"
and registers thus its revolutions, the
hfedI" Indicates the real speed. lr
me Kitchen. as YOU saw, electricity
tFlcIty under the cooking stoves give
o. platinum speages a heat which /;
~f"Iuiar and we'll distributed. They also
neat the distilling apparatus which, by
''dp"ratiOn, supplies me with fresf
water. The bathroom, as YOU saw, j:
supplied with hot and cold water tap!
ny inc same means"
ne professor was especially inter
'>Iod in the engine room of the Nau
DI.S. This ROOM, clearly lighted, OH
not measure less than s~ixty-fve fee
Hl length. 1t was divided into tWf
Iafls. the first containing the material
''I producing electricity, and the sec
"iG the machinery connecting VIII
III. screw You see,' said the cap
,dih, that / use Bunsen's contrlVanc'
instead Of RuhmkoTff'S the latte
m,'uiI not ave been powerful enough
wa" electricity passes forward, wher
IT, works by electromagnetic OF grea
l~' a system of levers and cOg-Wheel
'"', transmit the movement TO IN
-ti Or the screw. The screw, WhlcI
h"heteen feet in diameter, perform