Re: GNU

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On 2026-03-21 22:33, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:38:24 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> Verne was not a scientist, but he asked others. He wrote a lot about
>> calculating the position. Probably he could not do the calculation
>> himself, but he was familiar with the general procedures.
> 
> I’ve been reading some old SF magazines which mention a kind of “Verne
> effect”, where he got credited with inventing things that he actually
> didn’t.
> 
> For example, that the patent on submarine periscopes was denied
> because Verne had already described such a thing in “20,000 Leagues
> Under The Sea”. In fact, the “Nautilus” submarine in that story never
> had a periscope.

Right, it had a small glass house protruding from the boat that the 
pilot used to see around. And could be pushed down somehow, when they 
intended to use the boat as a weapon.

<https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vingt_Mille_Lieues_sous_les_mers>

There are several illustrations at the end, but I have an edition with 
more, one of them shows that glass house.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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