Nautilus (Verne) sea monster not yet known to science. To submerge deeply in a short time, "Nautilus" uses a technique called "hydroplaning", in which the vessel dives down at a steep angle. "Nautilus" supports a crew that gathers and farms food from the sea. "Nautilus" includes a galley for preparing these foods, which includes a machine that makes drinking water from seawater through distillation. "Nautilus" is not able to refresh its air supply, so Captain Nemo designed it to do this by surfacing and exchanging stale air for fresh, much like a whale. "Nautilus" is capable of extended voyages without refuelling or
Jules Verne the "Jules Verne cult", a steadily growing group of scholars and young writers who took Verne's works seriously as literature and willingly noted his influence on their own pioneering works. Some of the cult founded the Société Jules Verne, the first academic society for Verne scholars; many others became highly respected avant garde and surrealist literary figures in their own right. Their praise and analyses, emphasizing Verne's stylistic innovations and enduring literary themes, proved highly influential for literary studies to come. In the 1960s and 1970s, thanks in large part to a sustained wave of serious literary study from well-known