海底兩萬(wàn)里 第173期 第12章 一切都用電(6)

I'm not so certain they'll find it, Captain Nemo replied icily. But be that as it may, you're already familiar with the first use I've found for this valuable force.

我不知道他們是不是總有一無(wú)能夠找到，尼摩船長(zhǎng)冷淡地回答，不管怎樣，您已經(jīng)看到了我用這種寶貴的原動(dòng)力所做的第一次實(shí)際應(yīng)用。

It lights us, and with a uniformity and continuity not even possessed by sunlight.

就是它，有太陽(yáng)光所沒(méi)有的平均性、連續(xù)性，給我們照亮。

Now, look at that clock: it's electric, it runs with an accuracy rivaling the finestchronometers.

現(xiàn)在，您請(qǐng)看這座鐘，它是用電轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)的，走得十分準(zhǔn)確，可跟最完善、最準(zhǔn)確的鐘表比賽。

I've had it divided into twenty-four hours like Italian clocks, since neither day nor night, sun nor moon, exist for me.

我把它分為二十四小時(shí)，像意大利制的鐘一樣;因?yàn)樵谖襾?lái)說(shuō)，既沒(méi)有白天和黑夜，也沒(méi)有太陽(yáng)和月亮。

But only this artificial light that I import into the depths of the seas! See, right now it's ten o'clock in the morning.

只有我能一直把它帶到海底去的這種人造光!您看，現(xiàn)在是早晨十點(diǎn)。

That's perfect.

對(duì)的。

Another use for electricity:that dial hanging before our eyes indicates how fast the Nautilus is going.

下面是電的另一種用途。掛在我們面前的這個(gè)表盤(pán)，是用來(lái)指示諾第留斯號(hào)的速度的。

An electric wire puts it in contact with the patent log; this needle shows me the actual speed of my submersible.

一根電線把它跟測(cè)程器的螺旋槳連接起來(lái)，它上面的長(zhǎng)針給我指出船行的實(shí)際快慢。

And...hold on...just now we're proceeding at the moderate pace of fifteen miles per hour.

請(qǐng)看，此刻我們是以每小時(shí)十五海里的中等速度行駛著。