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On 2025-09-25 02:01, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:30:04 -0700, John Ames wrote:
> 
>> Bless him, he was no scientist (if we take the example of "20,000
>> Leagues," he doesn't seem to understand that electric power systems
>> require a power source other than "um, electricity?" and the less said
>> about geology and volcanology in "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
>> the better,) and suffered from the common 19th-century weediness of
>> prose (although that may be in part a fault of his translators; I yield
>> to Francophones on that point.)
> 
> Was it '20,000 Leagues' that had rifles that fired what was a highly
> charged capacitor? Not quite a Taser but not bad for 18-something.

Yes.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
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