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Nautilus (disambiguation)
The name
Nautilus
can refer to more than one thing:
"Nautilos" is a
Greek
word for a sailor or a ship.
A
nautilus
is a
cephalopod
with a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior.
Nautilus
has been used as names for many
ships
and
submarines
:
Nautilus
, the first practical submarine, was invented by
Robert Fulton
in
1800
.
Six vessels of the
United States Navy
have been named
USS
Nautilus
, including
Nautilus
(SSN-571)
, the first nuclear-powered submarine.
The fictional submarine
Nautilus
features in the
1870
novel
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by
Jules Verne
.
One ship of the British
Royal Navy
has been named
HMS
Nautilus
.
The submarine
USS
O-12
(SS-73)
was decomissioned, converted for use by Sir
Hubert Wilkins
's Arctic Expedition, and renamed
Nautilus
.
Nautilus speakers
are made by
B&W
.
Nautilus Group is a
weight training
equipment manufacturer, founded by
Arthur Jones
, which markets the
Bowflex
and a line of isotonic exercise machines whose mechanisms include oval cams.
Nautilus
is a
furry
science fiction
comic
.
Nautilus is a
submarine
-themed
German-style board game
.
The
Nautilus file manager
is used in the
GNOME
desktop environment.
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