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7 unusual facts about nautilus


Eadem mutata resurgo

Bernoulli was referring to the continual appearance of the logarithmic spiral in nature, such as with the curves of the Nautilus shell.

Hoko River Formation

Crab fossils are common in the formation, while rare Nautilus aff.

Mike Mentzer

Mentzer also learned that Viator almost exclusively worked out with the relatively new Nautilus machines, created and marketed by Arthur Jones in Deland, Florida.

Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle

Nautilus-X, a proposed spacecraft for long term missions to the Moon or Mars

Nautilus-X

The original goal of Nautilus-X is to be a stopover to long term missions for the Moon or Mars.

Species of The Saga of Seven Suns

These Nautilus/Snail like creatures are native to the sea world Rhejak and are so named for their numerous snakelike tentacles.

The Hall China Company

During the mid-20th century, Hall China produced a number of renowned designs including the Ball and Donut jugs and the Nautilus, Donut and Aladdin teapots.


Alice Taylor

In 2008, Taylor's daughter with Cory Doctorow, Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow was born.

Allan Rockwell McCann

The submarine was designated Nautilus and leased for one dollar to Lake and Danenhower, Inc., of Bridgeport, Connecticut, for use on Hubert Wilkins's and Lincoln Ellsworth's Arctic Expedition.

Allonautilus scrobiculatus

Allonautilus scrobiculatus, also known as the crusty nautilus, is a species of nautilus native to the waters around New Guinea, specifically New Britain and Milne Bay, and the Solomon Islands.

Auguste Denayrouze

Jules Verne, who attended the exposition, discovered the invention with enthusiasm and chose it as the equipment for his fictional Captain Nemo and the crew of the Nautilus in the 1869 novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Aulacocerida

Nacre recovered from aulococerids as well as from belemnites resembles that found in recent Sepia and Spirula but differs from that of recent Nautilus.

Battle of Derne

Commodore Samuel Barron, the new naval commander in the Mediterranean, provided Eaton with naval support from the USS Nautilus, the USS Hornet and the USS Argus.

The force finally reached the port city of Bomba in late April, up the coast from Derne, where the Argus, the Nautilus and the Hornet along with Captain Hull were waiting.

Electrocompaniet

Electrocompaniet named their new monoblock amplifier after Nemo, the fictional captain of the submarine Nautilus.

Elizabethtown

Elizabeth Towne, New Thought writer and The Nautilus magazine editor

General Dynamics Electric Boat

In 2002, Electric Boat conducted preservation work on the Nautilus, preparing her for her berth at the US Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton, Connecticut, where she now resides as a museum.

Jim Badra

24 hour fitness (previously called 24Hour Nautilus)- National Commercials appearing in Northern California presentation Gravitron 8000 equipment from Stairmaster

Maelstrom

At the end of this novel, Captain Nemo seems to commit suicide, sending his Nautilus submarine into the Maelstrom (although in Verne's sequel Nemo and Nautilus survived).

Nautilus Award

Nautilus Award is a Polish science fiction and fantasy award created by Robert J. Szmidt of the Science Fiction magazine.

Navy Electronics Laboratory

World headlines came early in this program from several events—the submerged voyage of USS Nautilus from the Pacific to the Atlantic, via the North Pole, in 1958, and the surfacing at the pole of USS Skate the following year, both with NEL’s Dr. Waldo Lyon aboard as chief scientist and ice pilot.

S1W reactor

Under the leadership of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Naval Reactors followed a concurrent design strategy, with the design and construction of the S1W reactor taking place ahead of the design and construction of the Nautilus.

Following the commissioning of the USS Nautilus, the S1W plant was operated to support plant testing and training of operators.

Ships named Nautilus

SS Nautilus - a deep sea fishing vessel constructed in Hamburg, used for defence duties in the Arabian Sea during World War II

USS Nautilus - two surface ships (1799–1859), and two submarines (1930–?), including the worlds first nuclear propulsion submarine (1955-1980)

Tom Ayrton

In the Gainax anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, which borrows many elements of Jules Verne's stories (most notably, Captain Nemo and the Nautilus), Nadia and Jean encounter a man named Ayrton who is initially serving aboard the steam frigate Abraham Lincoln.

Torres Strait

Torres Strait is mentioned in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea as a dangerous strait where the submarine, the Nautilus, is briefly stranded.

UC3 Nautilus

On Tuesday 31 August 2010, the UC3 Nautilus pushed the launch platform Sputnik carrying the rocket and spacecraft from Copenhagen towards the launch area near Nexø, Bornholm.


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