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Re: Verne's Chemist

From: Mark Eckell <mark_eckell~at~hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:21:59 +0000
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il, svasbinder~at~malone.edu

Looks like my high school science recollection wasn't quite right. Leyden
wasn't a Dutch scientist, but a city in Holland where the Leyden jars were
developed. These glass jars had some type of tin foil in them and could
hold an electrical charge.

Sounds like Verne might have used a variation on this for his "glass
electrical bullets."

Again, my high school science recollection isn't the best so if anyone can
be more definite, please go ahead.






>From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
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>To: "Vasbinder, Sam" <svasbinder~at~malone.edu>
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>Hello Sam,
>
>On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Vasbinder, Sam wrote:
>
> > I was just going over your wonderful site. Thanks for allt of this. I
>have
> > been nuts about Verne since seventh grade. I am looking for any
>information
> > on the "Austrian Chemist" Leniebroek who invented the steel balls used
>as
> > missiles in the airguns of the Nautilus. Any ideas of where I might find
> > this guy? Again, I enjoyed the site immensely. Sam
>
>The only results of a Google search for Leniebroek were online versions of
>20,000 leagues. I am sure that Verne did not invent this chemist, so he
>must have read about the electric bullets in some popular-scientific
>magazine. He probably made a typo when copying the name. 'Leniebroek'
>doesn't sound very German. Perhaps the real name is Leniebrock, or even
>Leibrock (which is an existing name)?
>
>I cc this reply to the JV forum. Perhaps one of its members has any clue
>of who 'Leniebroek' was.
>
>Best regards,
>Garmt.


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