Age of Invention, by Anton Howes
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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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Jan 6
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December 2022
Age of Invention: Sweet on Savery
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Dec 19, 2022
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Age of Invention: Counting Caloric
No, that’s not a typo in the title. Caloric was a kind of infinitesimally subtle fluid substance, believed by many prominent scientists in the late…
Anton Howes
Dec 9, 2022
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November 2022
Age of Invention: The Idea of Energy
It’s been a busy few weeks for me, research-wise. My last few posts have been less frequent than usual, but all the more researched and detailed for it…
Anton Howes
Nov 24, 2022
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Age of Invention: The Beacons are Lit!
Or, Why wasn't the Telegraph Invented Earlier?
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Nov 10, 2022
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October 2022
Age of Invention: Getting Into Hot Water
Lessons from the invention of the thermometer
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Oct 25, 2022
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Age of Invention: Why wasn't the Steam Engine Invented Earlier? Part III
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Oct 14, 2022
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September 2022
Age of Invention: How To Get Writing Done
My friend Saloni Dattani recently wrote a good piece on her approach to writing. I follow many of the same rules: that criticism of style is not to be…
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Sep 8, 2022
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Age of Invention: Why Globalisation Skipped Renewable Energy
Long-distance trade has of course been common since ancient times. Archaeologists often find Byzantine-made glassware from the sixth century all the way…
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Sep 1, 2022
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August 2022
Age of Invention: Lucca More Closely
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Aug 18, 2022
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July 2022
Age of Invention: Victorian Confidence
Dear Patrons, After the last two big posts on why the steam engine wasn’t invented earlier — my most popular ever posts so far, which have put the…
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Jul 28, 2022
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