A Monorail Crossing the English Channel in “The War in the Air” by H. G. Wells (1908).
Created with the assistance of artificial intelligence, this artwork is based on the original illustration by A. C. Michael and the accompanying description in Wells' book:
"Presently the English Channel was bridged -- a series of great iron Eiffel Tower pillars carrying mono-rail cables at a height of a hundred and fifty feet above the water, except near the middle, where they rose higher to allow the passage of the London and Antwerp shipping and the Hamburg-America liners.
"Then heavy motor-cars began to run about on only a couple of wheels, one behind the other... All this gyroscopic and mono-rail development naturally absorbed a vast amount of public attention..." [Wells' description of a mono-rail crossing the English Channel]
A Monorail Crossing the English Channel in “The War in the Air” by H. G. Wells (1908).
Created with the assistance of artificial intelligence, this artwork is based on the original illustration by A. C. Michael and the accompanying description in Wells' book:
"Presently the English Channel was bridged -- a series of great iron Eiffel Tower pillars carrying mono-rail cables at a height of a hundred and fifty feet above the water, except near the middle, where they rose higher to allow the passage of the London and Antwerp shipping and the Hamburg-America liners.
"Then heavy motor-cars began to run about on only a couple of wheels, one behind the other... All this gyroscopic and mono-rail development naturally absorbed a vast amount of public attention..." [Wells' description of a mono-rail crossing the English Channel]