Leyden ball Leyden ball A Leyden ball is a fictional bullet used in the nineteenth century Jules Verne science fiction novel, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". It contains a capacitance charge of electrical energy, which discharges instantaneously upon the bullet's impact. A similar, but more complex non-lethal electronic weapon, meant to disable people, has been developed for police use in the modern day. In his 1870 science fiction classic "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", Jules Verne wrote about a hunting expedition using a very unusual form of bullet: the balls sent by this gun are not ordinary balls, but little
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) Nemo. In elaborate flashback scenes to India, Nemo reveals that he is Prince Daaker, and that he created the Nautilus to seek revenge on Charles Denver. He is overjoyed to discover that the abandoned wild girl is his long-lost daughter, but his emotion is such that he expires. His loyal crew bury him at the ocean bottom. They disband and the Nautilus is left to drift to its own watery grave. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1916 American silent film directed by Stuart Paton. The film's storyline is based on the