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and substance. When completed she was well over ioo feet in length, and she can best be described by quoting from Jules Verne's account of the Nautilus.
"It was an elongated cylinder with conical ends, very like a cigar in shape . . . with iron plates slightly overlaying each other, resembling the shells which close the bodies of large terrestrial reptiles. . . . The steel plates were held together by thousands of rivets . . . .Fore and aft arose two cages with inclined sides partly closed by thick lenticular glasses; one destined for the steersman; the other containing a brilliant lantern to light the road. Midway of the hull was a platform surrounded by a rail whereon we stood, and which was reached by a stairway and an iron door."
Unlike Captain Nemo's Nautilus, my submarine could be controlled entirely by one man. By filling tanks with water it could be submerged. By emptying them it could be raised to the surface, and it could be steered to port or starboard or manoeuvred generally by the single operator. Moreover, in addition to the air lock by which Captain Nemo and his men left the Nautilus to wander upon the floor of the ocean, my Nautilus was equipped with torpedo tubes.
The launching took place without a hitch and when everything was complete I invited the Governor of the Bahamas to be present at the tests. Accompanied by his A.D.C. and the Chief of Police, in full uniform and regalia, His Excellency inspected the boat. As I had
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