Viable Collection

Listowel Monorail
The Lartigue monorail linking Listowel and Ballybunion is the worlds first commercially viable monorail, operating till 1924. It will be partly reconstructed in 2003

Goya Birdmen
MODO DE VOLAR One of Goyas many etchings depicting winged people, this is the most realistic, with wings large enough to be aerodynamically viable

Leduc 0. 21 01, mounted on a S. E. 161
Leduc 0.21 01, mounted on its SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc mother-ship, parked next door to the second 0.21, also mounted on a Languedoc mother-ship

Low-grade and treated iron ores
Iron ore. Samples of low-grade iron ore, with a sample of a dressed ore at centre. Dressing, or beneficiation, is the process by which the iron ore contained in low-grade deposits is separated

Nuclear pulse spacecraft, artwork

Space Communication
Artificially-induced auroras offer a viable means of communicating with other worlds : by modifying their pulses, messages can be effectively transmitted

Newcomens Engine
Newcomen constructs the first viable steam engine

FULTONs CLERMONT
Robert Fultons Clermont, which steamed from New York to Albany and back, August 17-22 1807; the first economically viable steamboat

Oehmichen Helicopter
Throughout the world, inventors seek to build a viable helicopter : here French engineer Oehmichen flies his graceful project at Valentignay, Doubs

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Exploring the past and future of transportation and space travel, from the Listowel Monorail to nuclear pulse spacecraft: Goya's Birdmen pondered the skies with dreams of flight, while early innovations like the Newcomen Engine and Fulton's Clermont shaped land travel. Meanwhile, Leduc 0.21-01 and low-grade iron ores fueled the industrial revolution. Fast forward to the future, where Oehmichen Helicopters take off and nuclear pulse spacecraft, as depicted in captivating artwork, propel us beyond Earth's boundaries. Bridging the gap between history and technology, these inventions continue to inspire and shape space communication.