NAUTILUS
submarine model
Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea
Nautilus submarine is
the fictional submarine belonging to Captain Nemo
featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and The Mysterious
Island (1875).
The Nautilus submarine
was described as "a masterpiece containing
masterpieces." Electricity provided by batteries (with the sodium provided
by extraction from seawater) was the primary power
source for propulsion. The Nautilus submarine used floodable
tanks in order to adjust buoyancy and so control its
depth. The pumps that evacuate these tanks of water
were so powerful that they produced large jets of
water when the submarine emerged rapidly from the
surface of the water. This led many early observers
of the Nautilus submarine model to believe that the
submarine was some
species of whale, or perhaps a sea monster not yet
known to science.
Much of the
Nautilus submarine was decorated to standards of luxury that were
unequalled in a seagoing vessel of the time. These
included a library with boxed collections of
valuable oceanic specimens that were unknown to
science at the time, expensive paintings, and
several collections of jewels. The Nautilus
submarine also
featured a lavish dining room and even an organ that
Captain Nemo used to entertain himself in the
evening.
This
primarily wood Nautilus
Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea
submarine model is scratch
built. It has a prized
plank-on-frame construction. The model
can light up, powered by a standard battery. It is
not mast-produced and therefore contains no resin.
54"
long x 10" wide x 15" tall $9,790
Shipping and insurance in the lower 48 US included. Other places: $600 flat rate.
This model is in stock and can be shipped within
five business days.
For the Nautilus
submarine model featured in League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen, click here:
NAUTILUS
For the first
nuclear submarine Nautilus model, click here:
NAUTILUS
SS-571
Learn more about the Nautilus submarine model here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus
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