February 7th, 2005, 07:00 AM
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Location: Ireland
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Originally Posted by repcisg
I think we might want to take a look at H.G. Well’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, written in the late 19th century. At the time he penned the original manuscript most ships were powered by sails, a few carried auxiliary steam engines. Yet he reasoned, if one could find a way to boil water without burning coal, you might be able to build a closed system steam engine. With this a true submarine would be possible. At that time no one had ever heard of nuclear power.
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repcisg the "20:000 leauges under the sea" was writen by Jules Verne and not by H.G Wells who penned The Time Machine .. just thought I would tell you.  
Note: Edited to add closing 'quote' tag.
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