Comments for Turtle Reader » Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas http://www.turtlereader.com Slow and steady, page by page... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:08:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 103 of 165 by Alec http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-103-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-5267 Alec Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:30:44 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-103-of-165/#comment-5267 Love it Love it

]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 165 of 165 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-165-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-453 ScottS-M Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:51:59 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-165-of-165/#comment-453 I thought the Nautilus was going to be sunk by a giant squid not left around for a sequel although I'm not really sure where I got that idea now that I think about it. I think I must have seen the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%2C000_Leagues_Under_the_Sea_%281954_film%29" rel="nofollow">Disney version</a> although I now remember that it ends with an invasion of Nemo's island and Nemo scuttling the Nautilus. Anyway it was a little slow in some parts and I could have done with a few less lists of fish but an interesting book. I thought the Nautilus was going to be sunk by a giant squid not left around for a sequel although I’m not really sure where I got that idea now that I think about it. I think I must have seen the Disney version although I now remember that it ends with an invasion of Nemo’s island and Nemo scuttling the Nautilus.

Anyway it was a little slow in some parts and I could have done with a few less lists of fish but an interesting book.

]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 156 of 165 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-156-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-452 TurtleReader Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:37:16 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-156-of-165/#comment-452 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gutta-percha" rel="nofollow">gutta-percha</a></dt><dd>A rubbery substance derived from the latex of any of several tropical trees of the genera Palaquium and yena, used as an electrical insulator, as a waterproofing compound, and in golf balls</dd></dl>
gutta-percha
A rubbery substance derived from the latex of any of several tropical trees of the genera Palaquium and yena, used as an electrical insulator, as a waterproofing compound, and in golf balls
]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 146 of 165 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-146-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-450 ScottS-M Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:28:56 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-146-of-165/#comment-450 <blockquote>This toxic vegetation has increased beneath the seas of the Torrid Zone, so the disease spreads unchecked from the mouth of the Rio de la Plata to Florida!</blockquote> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever" rel="nofollow">Yellow Fever</a> wasn't discovered to be spread by mosquitoes until 1881.

This toxic vegetation has increased beneath the seas of the Torrid Zone, so the disease spreads unchecked from the mouth of the Rio de la Plata to Florida!

Yellow Fever wasn’t discovered to be spread by mosquitoes until 1881.

]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 131 of 165 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-131-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-444 TurtleReader Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:26:13 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-131-of-165/#comment-444 <blockquote>Among other zoophytes present in these shallows, there were a few coral tree forms that, according to Sir James Clark Ross, live in these Antarctic seas at depths as great as 1,000 meters.</blockquote> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Clark_Ross" rel="nofollow">James Clark Ross</a> was a British naval officer and explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic.

Among other zoophytes present in these shallows, there were a few coral tree forms that, according to Sir James Clark Ross, live in these Antarctic seas at depths as great as 1,000 meters.

James Clark Ross was a British naval officer and explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic.

]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 126 of 165 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-126-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-441 ScottS-M Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:46:57 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-126-of-165/#comment-441 <blockquote>In fact, according to the astronomer Hansteen, this magnetic pole is located fairly close to latitude 70° and longitude 130°, or abiding by the observations of Louis–Isidore Duperrey, in longitude 135° and latitude 70° 30′.</blockquote> Those estimates for the magnetic south pole sounded way off to me but according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Magnetic_Pole" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>: <blockquote>The South Magnetic Pole is constantly shifting due to changes in the Earth's magnetic field. As of 2005 it was calculated to lie at -64.53, 137.86, just off the coast of Wilkes Land, Antarctica. That point lies outside the Antarctic Circle. It is moving north west by about 10 to 15 kilometers per year (see also Polar drift).</blockquote> So they really had it pretty pegged down back then.

In fact, according to the astronomer Hansteen, this magnetic pole is located fairly close to latitude 70° and longitude 130°, or abiding by the observations of Louis–Isidore Duperrey, in longitude 135° and latitude 70° 30′.

Those estimates for the magnetic south pole sounded way off to me but according to Wikipedia:

The South Magnetic Pole is constantly shifting due to changes in the Earth’s magnetic field. As of 2005 it was calculated to lie at -64.53, 137.86, just off the coast of Wilkes Land, Antarctica. That point lies outside the Antarctic Circle. It is moving north west by about 10 to 15 kilometers per year (see also Polar drift).

So they really had it pretty pegged down back then.

]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 96 of 165 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-96-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-434 ScottS-M Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:02:56 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-96-of-165/#comment-434 I have to say I wasn't expecting a fight with a manatee. I have to say I wasn’t expecting a fight with a manatee.

]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 93 of 165 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-93-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-432 TurtleReader Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:47:27 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-93-of-165/#comment-432 <dl><dt><i lang="la">Aures habent et non audient</i></dt><dd>They have ears, but they hear not</dd></dl>
Aures habent et non audient
They have ears, but they hear not
]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 87 of 165 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-87-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-431 ScottS-M Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:08:02 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-87-of-165/#comment-431 <blockquote>The shark returned, rolled over on its back, and was getting ready to cut the Indian in half...</blockquote> It seems people used to think sharks had to roll on their backs to bite. I guess it sort of make sense since their mouths are on the bottom but it seems like a few observations should have set them straight. Funny.

The shark returned, rolled over on its back, and was getting ready to cut the Indian in half…

It seems people used to think sharks had to roll on their backs to bite. I guess it sort of make sense since their mouths are on the bottom but it seems like a few observations should have set them straight. Funny.

]]> Comment on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Day 86 of 165 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-86-of-165/comment-page-1/#comment-430 TurtleReader Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:03:25 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-day-86-of-165/#comment-430 <blockquote>you’d need the stomach of King Gargantua to eat a couple dozen</blockquote> <dl><dt><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantua" rel="nofollow">Gargantua</a></dt><dd><q>Gargantua and Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein.</q></dd></dl>

you’d need the stomach of King Gargantua to eat a couple dozen

Gargantua
Gargantua and Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein.
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