Archive - Age of Invention, by Anton Howes

Age of Invention: Just Kiln Time

The Quest for Pale Ale, Part I

Apr 22 •

February 2025

Age of Invention: How Coal Really Won

The Coal Conquest, Part II

Feb 12 •

October 2024

Age of Invention: The Coal Conquest

There was no shortage of trees

Oct 4, 2024 •

June 2024

Age of Invention: The Dutch Salten Age

Part III of the Salt Series

Jun 27, 2024 •

May 2024

Age of Invention: The Second Soul, Part II

The Lands that Salt Forgot

May 1, 2024 •

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 •

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 •

December 2023

November 2023

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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