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Age of Invention: How Coal Really Won
The Coal Conquest, Part II
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October 2024
Age of Invention: The Coal Conquest
There was no shortage of trees
Oct 4, 2024
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June 2024
Age of Invention: The Dutch Salten Age
Part III of the Salt Series
Jun 27, 2024
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May 2024
Age of Invention: The Second Soul, Part II
The Lands that Salt Forgot
May 1, 2024
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March 2024
Age of Invention: The Second Soul, Part I
Here’s a riddle. There was a product in the seventeenth century that was universally considered a necessity as important as grain and fuel. Controlling…
Mar 8, 2024
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Age of Invention: The Second Soul, Part I
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January 2024
Age of Invention: Unsung Materials
One of my big goals for this year, as part of finally finishing my book on the causes of the Industrial Revolution, has been to get a handle on a bunch…
Jan 19, 2024
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December 2023
Age of Invention: More the Merrier
Today I’m making good on a promise.
Dec 22, 2023
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Age of Invention: The Interactive History of the Steam Engine
I’m excited to announce something I’ve been quietly working on for a few months now behind the scenes: the first instalment of the interactive…
Dec 7, 2023
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November 2023
Age of Invention: How to be a Public Historian
Writing for a public audience is a double-edged sword.
Nov 28, 2023
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Age of Invention: Outdoing the Ancients
When was the technology of the Ancient World superseded? The views from 1599 and 1715.
Nov 10, 2023
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October 2023
Age of Invention: Lessons from the Rise of Coal
The surprising rise of muscle power, the salty source of Scottish Lowlands wealth, the Dutch Republic's energy abundance, and why doesn't anybody ever…
Oct 25, 2023
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Age of Invention: How to Steal Technology
The extraordinary life of John Holker: industrialist, rebel, prisoner, fugitive, soldier, undercover agent, spy-catcher, industrial spymaster…
Oct 10, 2023
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