1:100 Jules Verne's Nautilus by Ron Miller

[Diderick A. den Bakker]

Two small details: when the windows are first mentioned in part I, it says that there are two windows, one on each side. The large brass pillars that add to the strength of the glass are described, and also shown in the first picture. Later on, in other pictures, the brass pillars are left out... The engravers did not much bother about continuity...

Same with what looks like a square hatch with a circular design, just behind the railing, and not quite flush with the hull. In later illustrations, this shows quite a different shape: more like a skylight...

[cjwalas]

Quite true. The original illustrations leave much to be desired in terms of accuracy according to Verne's actual description, which is why this model (and the years of Ron Miller's work) are so appreciated.
I can't wait to get my hands on this one!
Chris

[heinkel111]

Design is correct? any suggestions?? Ok. go ahead

[jleslie48]

If I remember correctly, JV describes the propeller in the back churning such that the propeller was 6 feet in the air when the ship was traveling on the surface with 90% of the the ship below the waterline. If you are going for that kind of detail, your propeller will have to be enlarged.

[B-Manic]

Originally Posted by jleslie48

If I remember correctly, JV describes the propeller in the back churning such that the propeller was 6 feet in the air when the ship was traveling on the surface with 90% of the the ship below the waterline. If you are going for that kind of detail, your propeller will have to be enlarged.

But then it would no be Ron Miller's Nautilus.

[cjwalas]

I would be very interested to see the passage in "20,000 Leagues" that mentions the propeller six feet out of the water, if you can find it. I would also be interested in knowing which translation it was from. The original English translator did a rather poor job of it, excluding entire chapters from Verne's work.
I emailed Ron Miller about it (he did a much more accurate translation) and he says that Verne only mentions that the propeller occasionally broke the surface and never mentions any measurement.

[rbeach84]

I knew you could!

~ for all you SNL fans...

[heinkel111]

Final render and design. Included rivets but not appear in the render.

[John Wagenseil]

Your rendering of Jules Verne's "Nautilus" has a family resemblance to "Le Plonguer" the first non person powered submarine.


(File:Le Plongeur Munich.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

[SCEtoAUX]

Here is a passage from the book where Nemo is describing how the Nautilus is worked.

"That involves my telling you how the Nautilus is worked."

"I am impatient to learn."

"To steer this boat to starboard or port, to turn, in a word, following
a horizontal plan, I use an ordinary rudder fixed on the back of the
stern-post, and with one wheel and some tackle to steer by. But I can
also make the Nautilus rise and sink, and sink and rise, by a vertical
movement by means of two inclined planes fastened to its sides,
opposite the centre of flotation, planes that move in every direction,
and that are worked by powerful levers from the interior. If the
planes are kept parallel with the boat, it moves horizontally. If
slanted, the Nautilus, according to this inclination, and under the
influence of the screw, either sinks diagonally or rises diagonally as
it suits me. And even if I wish to rise more quickly to the surface, I
ship the screw, and the pressure of the water causes the Nautilus to
rise vertically like a balloon filled with hydrogen."

"Bravo, Captain! But how can the steersman follow the route in the
middle of the waters?"

"The steersman is placed in a glazed box, that is raised about the hull
of the Nautilus, and furnished with lenses."

"Are these lenses capable of resisting such pressure?"

"Perfectly. Glass, which breaks at a blow, is, nevertheless, capable
of offering considerable resistance. During some experiments of
fishing by electric light in 1864 in the Northern Seas, we saw plates
less than a third of an inch thick resist a pressure of sixteen
atmospheres. Now, the glass that I use is not less than thirty times
thicker."

"Granted. But, after all, in order to see, the light must exceed the
darkness, and in the midst of the darkness in the water, how can you
see?"

"Behind the steersman's cage is placed a powerful electric reflector,
the rays from which light up the sea for half a mile in front."

"Ah! bravo, bravo, Captain! Now I can account for this phosphorescence
in the supposed narwhal that puzzled us so. I now ask you if the
boarding of the Nautilus and of the Scotia, that has made such a noise,
has been the result of a chance rencontre?"

I have always thought it strange that something like a headlight was used underwater.