Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:18:56 +0100 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <10odne1$d647$1@dont-email.me> <10odnsi$d647$2@dont-email.me> <10odop7$djnv$1@dont-email.me> <10odsq2$er59$1@dont-email.me> <1772787512-12588@newsgrouper.org> <10oeeru$kih0$1@dont-email.me> <10oeiea$lo5g$2@dont-email.me> <6our7mxi9i.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <2jipqkts0iiap7qekf3mr8n580hh3tgph6@4ax.com> <10oj4iv$256in$7@dont-email.me> <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <10okvro$2qvnj$1@dont-email.me> <10p7bp4$1g2jr$1@dont-email.me> <10p8ukd$1vi0v$9@dont-email.me> <10p901u$1vi0v$16@dont-email.me> <10pa3ad$2ea0n$1@dont-email.me> <1rs9q42.1kx6c2g1st83xnN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10pn2qs$2pchc$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 7oD6yefAK9nACS89181SCw5W3umNMCX1qguWTQebC9kj48PwWz X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:MI1klMoD0j2s3aGzRd1xZ25WLuk= sha256:GkWpHfgW0KJT3YtyW70NFWeYqvfencdRdkPSoHJHEyU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10pn2qs$2pchc$4@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83677 alt.usage.english:1140354 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. 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🇪🇺;