Age of Invention, by Anton Howes
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Age of Invention: The Dutch Wheel of Fortune
Another remarkably early proto-steam engine; and a sneak peek of the earliest ever drawing I've found of a large-scale version - from France
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May 2023
Age of Invention: Blueprint for a New Great Exhibition
It’s been a long while since my last post, for which I can only apologise. A lot has been going on. I went on a long trip in April to Japan, for which I…
May 25
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April 2023
Age of Invention: The Industrial Romantics
I’ve been reading more from the 1776 travel diary of Samuel More. Last week I quoted his impressions of John “Iron Mad” Wilkinson’s volcano-like iron…
Apr 27
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Age of Invention: England's Iron Volcano
The other week I was tipped off by a fellow researcher to the existence of some very interesting manuscripts in the British Library — the travel diaries…
Apr 20
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Age of Invention: Working for Watt
My head has lately been full of steam. Last week I wrote about Boulton and Watt’s surprising business model — selling steam as a service, rather than…
Apr 6
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March 2023
Age of Invention: The First Intangibles Revolution
One of the most striking economics books of the past few years is Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake’s Capitalism without Capital, in which they chart…
Mar 31
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Age of Invention: Dangerous History
You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation. This edition went out…
Mar 13
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February 2023
Age of Invention: Capital and the King Killers
In this update for the newsletter’s supporters, I’d like to share a few things I’m still investigating. Following last week’s post on how the Dutch…
Feb 26
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Age of Invention: How the Dutch Did it Better
You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation. This edition went out…
Feb 17
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Age of Invention: Shellfish Monopolists
For the last few weeks I’ve been reading all I can about the English Parliament of 1621. It was a watershed event in constitutional history, but is…
Feb 3
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January 2023
Age of Invention: The Bourgeois Supremacy
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Jan 20
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Age of Invention: The Pull of Cities
And London's lost county feasts
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