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Background imageProjects Collection: Leonardo Helicopter

Leonardo Helicopter
LEONARDO DA VINCI Sketch of a flying machine which seems in some respects to anticipate the helicopter, though the technology is not clear

Background imageProjects Collection: Singapore, bastion in the East, by G. H. Davis

Singapore, bastion in the East, by G. H. Davis
Britains great bastion in the East: Singapore, stubborn obstacle to Japans ambitious projects in Southern Asia during the Second World War

Background imageProjects Collection: Corbetts Vision

Corbetts Vision
In American planner Harvey Corbetts vision of a future city, fast traffic will be segregated from slow, and people from both Date: 1925

Background imageProjects Collection: Future New York

Future New York will be pre- eminently the city of skyscrapers - and of noise, what with the elevated railway passing your window and the aircraft flying low overhead

Background imageProjects Collection: Map / Europe / France / Paris

Map / Europe / France / Paris
Map showing the growth of Paris from its earliest origins to the latest projects under Napoleon III

Background imageProjects Collection: Leonardo Sketches

Leonardo Sketches
LEONARDO DA VINCI A page of sketches of flying machines

Background imageProjects Collection: Clarence ?Kelly? Leonard Johnson, CEng, FRAeS, 1910-1990?

Clarence ?Kelly? Leonard Johnson, CEng, FRAeS, 1910-1990?
Clarence ?Kelly? Leonard Johnson, CEng, FRAeS, 1910-1990, Vice President, Advanced Development Projects, Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin

Background imageProjects Collection: Airship of Uranus

Airship of Uranus
Airships of planet Uranus are powered by taking in air at the nose, compressing it and blasting it out at the rear. Maybe we on Earth could develop some such technology ?

Background imageProjects Collection: Leonardo Machine

Leonardo Machine
LEONARDO DA VINCI Sketch of a flying machine, driven by a standing man using his arms to flap the wings

Background imageProjects Collection: Futuristic transport -- the torpedo car

Futuristic transport -- the torpedo car
This is how Mr Fletcher Felts suggests we tackle the inner- city traffic problem - monorails whizzing over the jammed cars, whirring smoothly past our windows

Background imageProjects Collection: Future City Satire

Future City Satire
A satirical view of the city of the future

Background imageProjects Collection: Godwins Project

Godwins Project
FRANCIS GODWIN An ingenious method of flying by harnessing trained birds, who would tow the intrepid aviator even so far as the Moon

Background imageProjects Collection: Motorbike with Skates

Motorbike with Skates
Swiss-American inventor Thomas Avoskans motor cycle with skates

Background imageProjects Collection: Ballybunnion Monorail

Ballybunnion Monorail
Monorail of the Listowel and Ballybunnion Railway, Ireland

Background imageProjects Collection: An artist?s impression of a Lockheed Martin multi-servi?

An artist?s impression of a Lockheed Martin multi-servi?
An artist?s impression of a Lockheed Martin multi-service strike fighter developed in a contract with the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for a X-32 demonstration programme, August 1994

Background imageProjects Collection: A range of DIY ideas for the home, including a vacuum cleaner storage rack

A range of DIY ideas for the home, including a vacuum cleaner storage rack, an office area in the kitchen, and a "husband's corner" in a converted larder. Date: 1954

Background imageProjects Collection: Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a reversible cardigan and a jumper

Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a reversible cardigan and a jumper. Date: 1943

Background imageProjects Collection: Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a twin set, and woollen stockings

Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a twin set, and woollen stockings. Date: 1943

Background imageProjects Collection: D Napier and Son - Special projects

D Napier and Son - Special projects
Helicopter gas generator integral with rotor

Background imageProjects Collection: Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis

Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind. Showing how the use of atomic explosives could be used on ambitious engineering works

Background imageProjects Collection: RAY GUN PROJECT - 1

RAY GUN PROJECT - 1
English inventor Grindell Matthews sets up his death- ray device in his workshop Date: 1924

Background imageProjects Collection: Ray Gun Project Military Weapons Projects 1924

Ray Gun Project Military Weapons Projects 1924
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Background imageProjects Collection: RAY GUN PROJECT - 2

RAY GUN PROJECT - 2
English inventor Grindell Matthews demonstrates his death- ray device on a small target Date: 1924

Background imageProjects Collection: D Napier and Son - Special projects

D Napier and Son - Special projects
Breguet scheme for augmented lift

Background imageProjects Collection: Cartoon, If it comes to that, who are you

Cartoon, If it comes to that, who are you! (And collaborators, too, once!) Edward Solomon (left) and Henry Pottinger Stephens (right) collaborated on many theatrical projects

Background imageProjects Collection: Douglas DC-6A N6540C

Douglas DC-6A N6540C (msn 45368, line number 932), of the United States Department of Commerce, attached to the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA), Research Flight Facility (RFF)

Background imageProjects Collection: TELEVISION SOUND 1930

TELEVISION SOUND 1930
Making a sound recording for television. Date: 1930

Background imageProjects Collection: STREET OF THE FUTURE

STREET OF THE FUTURE
Traffic in the city street of the future will be monitored and controlled - and if necessary warned and admonished - from control cabins above street level. Date: 1934

Background imageProjects Collection: HARMONY HALL, 1842

HARMONY HALL, 1842
Robert Owens utopian community at Harmony Hall, Hampshire Date: 1842

Background imageProjects Collection: MORES UTOPIA

MORES UTOPIA
The imaginary island of UTOPIA, as described by Sir Thomas More Date: 1518

Background imageProjects Collection: WATCHING TELECINEMA 1936

WATCHING TELECINEMA 1936
Watching a demonstration of the TELECINEMA at the Grammont Studios Date: 1936

Background imageProjects Collection: WESTERN ELECTRIC TV

WESTERN ELECTRIC TV
Western Electric experiments with television at their research laboratories, Schenectady Date: 1930

Background imageProjects Collection: LONDON IN 1955

LONDON IN 1955
An artist in 1905 shows what the London of 1955 will be like - that is, provided there arent any wars to get in the way of peaceful progress... Date: 1905

Background imageProjects Collection: GODDARDS MOON PROJECT

GODDARDS MOON PROJECT
Dr Goddards MOON ROCKET project Date: 1922

Background imageProjects Collection: Futuristic transport -- the torpedo car

Futuristic transport -- the torpedo car
A futuristic transport solution for the inner city -- the torpedo car. This Fletcher Felts suggestion runs on a monorail. Date: 1923

Background imageProjects Collection: Self sufficient village plan 1850

Self sufficient village plan 1850
A self-supporting village designed by Mr J Minter Morgan, housing 300 families of the working class. Date: 1850

Background imageProjects Collection: Taharqa, Pharaoh

Taharqa, Pharaoh
TAHARQA, PHARAOH (25th dynasty) initiated extensive building projects in both Egypt and Nubia

Background imageProjects Collection: Future City /

Future City /
Autogyros and other aircraft land on rooftops in the city of the future Date: 1931

Background imageProjects Collection: Leonardo Wings

Leonardo Wings
LEONARDO DA VINCI Sketches of wings for flying machines

Background imageProjects Collection: Futuristic space ship of the year 2038

Futuristic space ship of the year 2038
A futuristic space ship of the year 2038, as projected a hundred years earlier

Background imageProjects Collection: Spurgeons Home, Stockwell

Spurgeons Home, Stockwell
Boys at Spurgeons Home, Stockwell, show off their woodworking projects. Date: June 1926

Background imageProjects Collection: Sir Charles Fox - 2

Sir Charles Fox - 2
SIR CHARLES FOX Engineer, whose projects included the construction of Paxtons Crystal Palace : he lived at Blackheath where our Library is located. Date: 1810 - 1874

Background imageProjects Collection: Jules F Dupuis-Delcourt

Jules F Dupuis-Delcourt
JULES FRANCOIS DUPUIS-DELCOURT French balloon pioneer, with many ambitious projects which only occasionally bore fruit. Date: ACTIVE 1820S-1850S

Background imageProjects Collection: Dornier Do. X

Dornier Do. X
Seen here on a test flight, the 150-passenger DO.X is the largest aircraft in the world, but as with most grandiose projects, it proves a colossal failure - only 3 are built. Date: July 1929

Background imageProjects Collection: Cattaneos Rocket Plane

Cattaneos Rocket Plane
Italian pilot Cattaneo tests his rocket-powered monoplane. Date: 1932

Background imageProjects Collection: MAXIMs 1894 PROJECT

MAXIMs 1894 PROJECT
Hiram Maxims monoplane project, is tested on a track at Baldwyns Park, Kent : its failure to rise more than a few centimetres discourages further experiments Date: 31 July 1894

Background imageProjects Collection: Danish Sailing Plane

Danish Sailing Plane
Combining wings and sails, this aircraft - designed by Danish engineer Rohrbach - flies/sails from Denmark to England, where the War ministry takes it seriously Date: 1926

Background imageProjects Collection: HOFMANNs 1901 PROJECT

HOFMANNs 1901 PROJECT
J HOFMANNs PROJECT as it will appear, if its inventor ever gets it into the air... Date: 1901

Background imageProjects Collection: KRESSs 1900 PROJECT

KRESSs 1900 PROJECT
KRESSs PROJECT The flying machine of Wilhelm Kress, prior to testing on an Austrian lake Date: 1900

Background imageProjects Collection: Mania / Railway Plans

Mania / Railway Plans
Plans for new railway projects being rushed to the Board of Trade, Whitehall, London, in order to meet the deadline on 30 November 1845 Date: 1845

Background imageProjects Collection: Hensons Aerial Carriage

Hensons Aerial Carriage
HENSONs AERIAL STEAM CARRIAGE the most practicable of the early projects : though it never flew, it was a remarkable prevision of the flying machines to come. Date: 1843

Background imageProjects Collection: Leys Ion Space Drive

Leys Ion Space Drive
Willy Leys Ion Space Drive project Date: 1958

Background imageProjects Collection: Low Gravity on Moon

Low Gravity on Moon
When Man finally lands on the Moon, he will discover the pleasures of comparative weightlessness Date: 1928

Background imageProjects Collection: Reynaud Projecting Zootrope

Reynaud Projecting Zootrope
Reynauds Projecting Zootrope, a very sophisticated device, but also, doomed to be made obsolete by the praxinoscope and even more so by the first cinematograph projects. Date: 1890

Background imageProjects Collection: Projects for a road & rail link between Britain & France

Projects for a road & rail link between Britain & France
A double page spread from The Illustrated London News demonstrating a number of rival proposals for building a road and rail link between France and Britain

Background imageProjects Collection: Tubular Houses

Tubular Houses
A model design for a futuristic set of tubular houses, France. Date: 1930s

Background imageProjects Collection: Alfonso Lombardi

Alfonso Lombardi
ALFONSO LOMBARDI Italian sculptor, in a splendid surround showing classical females working on sculptural and architectural projects. Date: 1487 - 1536

Background imageProjects Collection: The Paris of Tomorrow

The Paris of Tomorrow
A stark vision of the high rise buildings of the Paris of tomorrow. Date: early 1930s

Background imageProjects Collection: George Cruickshank Taxi Balloons

George Cruickshank Taxi Balloons - A scene in the Farce of Lofty Projects (1825) [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

Background imageProjects Collection: Bairds Noctovisor

Bairds Noctovisor
John Logie Baird demonstrates his Noctovisor. The military were very interested in developing this technology for their own purposes. Date: circa 1929

Background imageProjects Collection: Curtis Road-Air Project

Curtis Road-Air Project
American designer Glenn Curtiss is one of several who envisage a vehicle that is both automobile and aeroplane, proposing this Flying Commuter Date: 1927

Background imageProjects Collection: Airship Station Paris

Airship Station Paris
An airship station on the towers of Notre-Dame, Paris, will be convenient for inner- city travellers and tourists Date: 1905

Background imageProjects Collection: Exhibition of work done by children in the free art classes

Exhibition of work done by children in the free art classes of the Federal Art Project Works Projects Administration. Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of childrens art produced in WPA

Background imageProjects Collection: The Work Projects Administration is cooperating in the natio

The Work Projects Administration is cooperating in the national campaign to stamp out syphilis! Please let us have your help!. Poster encouraging cooperation in eradicating syphilis

Background imageProjects Collection: American guide week, Nov. 10-16 Take pride in your country

American guide week, Nov. 10-16 Take pride in your country : State by state the WPA Writers Projects describe America to Americans

Background imageProjects Collection: Works Progress Administration presents an exhibition of sele

Works Progress Administration presents an exhibition of selected skills of the unemployed Div. of Womens & Professional Projects

Background imageProjects Collection: Exhibition Oil paintings from the easel division : NYC. WPA

Exhibition Oil paintings from the easel division : NYC. WPA Art Project, Work Projects Administration. Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of oil paintings. Date between 1936 and 1941

Background imageProjects Collection: The Federal Arts Projects for New York City welcome the Nati

The Federal Arts Projects for New York City welcome the National Education Association of the United States Presenting plays, concerts, radio programs, art exhibits, publications, historical records

Background imageProjects Collection: Sculpture exhibition New York City art project : Work Projec

Sculpture exhibition New York City art project : Work Projects Administration. Poster announcing exhibit of sculpture from the New York City Art Project, showing sculpture of a seated woman

Background imageProjects Collection: Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Pr

Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project, Work Projects Administration. Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of photographs. Date between 1936 and 1939

Background imageProjects Collection: Work Projects Administration riverfront improvement project

Work Projects Administration riverfront improvement project, Saint Louis, Missouri. Date 1939 Jan

Background imageProjects Collection: Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administra

Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administration) music class. These children walk eight miles for their music lessons. Pie Town, New Mexico. Date 1940 June

Background imageProjects Collection: London / Project / Victoria

London / Project / Victoria
Proposed monument to Victoria at Buckingham Palace, by Aston Webb Date: 1902

Background imageProjects Collection: Early Aeroplane

Early Aeroplane
A rather precarious-looking aeroplane, flying very low over the sea. Date: early 1900s

Background imageProjects Collection: Steam Motorcycle

Steam Motorcycle

Background imageProjects Collection: Prince George and war ambulance

Prince George and war ambulance
Prince George, later Duke of Kent (1902-1942), fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace with Mr Hansell

Background imageProjects Collection: Seti I, Pharaoh

Seti I, Pharaoh
SETI I also known as Meryenptah or Menmaatre or Sethos (19th dynasty) renowned for his ambitious building projects

Background imageProjects Collection: Space Ship Station

Space Ship Station
When mankind start to explore space they will find it practical to anchor space ship stations at convenient locations, where travelers can transfer to smaller craft

Background imageProjects Collection: Glider of Ganymede

Glider of Ganymede
Though Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the largest moon in the solar system, they rely on their abundant air currents (its a windy place) to carry gliders wherever they travel

Background imageProjects Collection: Future Road

Future Road
The road of tomorrow may be a kind of track, along which huge bubbles will run, containing accomodation - a kind of super-caravan

Background imageProjects Collection: Airship of Pluto

Airship of Pluto
The people of Pluto solve the problem, how to fly when theres no atmosphere, by developing this flying wing which uses electro-magnetic force for propulsion

Background imageProjects Collection: Future City 1942

Future City 1942
The city of the 21st century will be a city of science, of atomic power, of space travel, and of high culture

Background imageProjects Collection: Radium Airship

Radium Airship
Other worlds will surely develop their own technologies for space travel : this radium-powered airship of Saturn uses the planets natural resources

Background imageProjects Collection: Airship of Io

Airship of Io
On Io, third of Jupiters moons, atomic power has been harnessed for the purposes of aviation : this airship is really a rocket ship with wings



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